[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City of Sunbury 3-12-1947 by Ord. No. 456. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City Council hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize an Authority under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Act (53 P.S. §§ 301 to 322, inclusive), was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
[Amended 8-12-1955 by Ord. No. 577A; 2-14-1977 by Ord. No. 941]
The Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of Sunbury, Articles of Incorporation for said Authority, in substantially the following form:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2, 1945 (Act No. 164), known as "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945,"[1] the City of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, desiring to incorporate an Authority thereunder, does hereby certify:
1.
The name of the Authority is "The Municipal Authority of the City of Sunbury, County of Northumberland, Pennsylvania."
2.
The said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of May 2, 1945 (Act No. 164), P.L. 382. The term of existence of the Authority shall extend for 50 years from the date of approval of these Articles of Amendment.
3.
No other Authority organized under said Act of May 2, 1945, (Act No. 164), or under the Act approved the 28th day of June, 1935 (Pamphlet Laws 463), is in existence in or for the incorporating municipality, the City of Sunbury.
4.
The name of the incorporating municipality is "City of Sunbury, County of Northumberland, Pennsylvania."
5.
The names and addresses of its municipal authorities are as follows:[2]
Members of City Council:[3]
6.
There shall be seven members of the Board of Authority, each of whom shall serve terms of office of five years; the terms of three members shall expire in years ending in the numbers one and six and the term of one member shall expire in every other year.
7.
The ordinance authorizing the creation of said Authority, certified from the records of the City of Sunbury, together with advertisement of notice of filing these Articles of Incorporation, are submitted herewith.
8.
The projects to be undertaken by the Authority shall be for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating, owning or leasing, in the capacity of either lessor or lessee, of parks, recreation grounds and facilities, sewers, sewer systems, or parts thereof, sewage treatment works, including works for treating and disposing of industrial waste, waterworks, water supply works and water distribution systems in the City of Sunbury and such other area as the Authority may be authorized to serve.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed these Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the City of Sunbury, and have caused to be affixed hereto the seal of said City this
day of
, 1947.
Mayor
City Clerk
Attest:
City Clerk
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
SS.
COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND:
On this
day of
, 1947, before me, the undersigned, personally came the above-named JOSEPH B. NESBIT and HELEN THOMPSON METZGER, whose official positions in the City of Sunbury are respectively Mayor and City Clerk, and who, in due form of law, acknowledged the foregoing to be the act and deed of the City of Sunbury for the purposes therein specified.
Notary Public
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: The names of the municipal authorities are contained in the original ordinance on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[3]
Editor's Note: The names of the members of the Council at the time of the enactment of the ordinance upon which this chapter is based are contained in the original ordinance on file in the office of the City Clerk.
The proper officers of the City are hereby directed to cause a notice of this chapter to be published one time in the Northumberland Legal Journal and one time in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the County of Northumberland, as directed by the Act of May 2, 1945 (Act No. 164).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: 53 P.S. §§ 301 to 322, inclusive, was repealed 6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The Mayor and the City Clerk are directed to file said Articles of Incorporation, together with the necessary proofs of publication, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and to do all other acts and things necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of the Municipal Authority of the City of Sunbury, County of Northumberland, Pennsylvania.
The project which shall be undertaken by the said Authority is for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing, improving, maintaining and operating, owning or leasing, in the capacity of either lessor or lessee, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof and sewage treatment works for the City of Sunbury and for such other territory as it may be authorized to serve.