[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Columbia 11-13-1950 by Ord. No. 231 (Appendix Part II of the
1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia
hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize an Authority
under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (Act
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382), as amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
The Chief Burgess, the President of the Borough
Council and the Secretary of the Borough Council are hereby authorized
and directed to execute on behalf of the Borough of Columbia Articles
of Incorporation in substantially the following form:
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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To the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
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  In compliance with the requirements
of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945," as amended, the municipal authorities of the Borough
of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, desiring to incorporate
an Authority thereunder, do hereby certify:
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(a)
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The name of the Authority is "Columbia Municipal
Authority."
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(b)
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Said Authority is formed under the provisions
of the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, known as the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945," as amended.
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(c)
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No other Authority has been organized under
the said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, or under the Act approved
the 28th day of June 1935, P.L. 463, or is in existence in or for
the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania.
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(d)
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The name of the incorporating municipality is
the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the names
and addresses of its municipal authorities are as follows:
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Name
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Office
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Address
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Walter Roye
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Chief Burgess
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820 Walnut Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Robert Wickenheiser
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President of Borough Council
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536 South Ninth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Edward J. Dinkel
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Secretary of Borough Council
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260 South Fourth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Columbia Trust Company
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Treasurer of Borough Council
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Fourth and Locust Streets, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Charles Rochow
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Member of Borough Council
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535 Locust Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Philip J. Price
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Member of Borough Council
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228 Lawrence Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Charles G. Slottenberger
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Member of Borough Council
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237 Walnut Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Woodrow A. Zeamer
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Member of Borough Council
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135 South Eighth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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C. Stanley Albright
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Member of Borough Council
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935 Walnut Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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James Ellwein
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Member of Borough Council
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134 South Fifth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Charles F. Gundel
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Member of Borough Council
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134 South Third Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Breneman Shultz
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Member of Borough Council
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612 Union Street Columbia, Pennsylvania
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(e)
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The names, addresses and terms of office of
the first members of the Board of said Authority are as follows:
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Name
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Address
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Term
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Theodore Kain
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1051 Walnut Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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One year
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Harry Denison
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21 South Fourth Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Two years
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Dr. William B. Boyle
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433 Walnut Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Three years
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Fred W. Wagner
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13th & Central Avenue, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Four years
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R. Clark McCachren
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1012 Walnut Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania
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Five years
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Whose terms of office shall commence on the
date of appointment and shall be computed from January 1, 1951.
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(f)
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Said Authority is organized for all of the purposes
set forth in the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended,
and shall have all of the powers granted in said Act.
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(g)
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The ordinance authorizing the creation of said
Authority, certified from the record of the incorporating municipality,
together with proofs of publication of notice of intention to file
these Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, are each submitted herewith.
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  In witness whereof, the undersigned
have executed these Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the Borough
of Columbia, the incorporating municipality above named, and have
caused to be affixed hereto the seal thereof, this _______ day of
______________, 1950.
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  Chief Burgess
  President of Borough Council
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(SEAL)
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Attest:
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Edward J. Dinkel
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Secretary of Borough Council
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
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SS.
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County of Lancaster :
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  On this ______ day of _____________
1950, before me, a Notary Public in and for the county aforesaid,
personally appeared Walter Roye, Chief Burgess, Robert Wickenheiser,
President of Borough Council and Edward J. Dinkel, Secretary of Borough
Council, of the Borough of Columbia, the municipal corporation named
in and which executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation, who,
being severally duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they
were personally present at the execution of the foregoing Articles
of Incorporation and saw the common or corporate seal of the Borough
of Columbia affixed thereto; that the seal affixed thereto is the
common or corporate seal of said Borough of Columbia; that the foregoing
Articles of Incorporation were duly signed, sealed and delivered by
and as and for the act and deed of the said Borough by the authority
and at the direction of the Borough Council, pursuant to an ordinance
duly enacted on the 13th day of November 1950, and that the names
of Walter Roye as Chief Burgess, of Robert Wiekenheiser as President
of Borough Council and of Edward J. Dinkel as Secretary of Borough
Council are in their proper and respective handwritings.
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this ______
day of __________, AD. 1950.
Notary Public
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My commission expires:
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The proper officers of the Borough are hereby
directed to cause a notice of this ordinance to be published one time
in the Lancaster Law Review, the legal periodical of Lancaster County,
and one time in the Columbia News, a newspaper published and of general
circulation in Lancaster County, as required by the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, as amended;[1] to file said Articles of Incorporation, together with
the required proofs of publication of notice of this ordinance and
a certified copy of this ordinance with the Secretary of the Commonwealth;
and to do, execute and perform any and all official acts and to pay
all fees and costs necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation
of the Columbia Municipal Authority.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601
et seq.
