[Adopted 5-1-1961 by Ord.
No. 235 (Ch. 29 of the 1982 Code)]
The Borough Council hereby signifies its intention and desire
to organize an authority jointly with the Township of Newtown, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, under the provisions of the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, as amended.
The initial project to be undertaken by said Authority is to
acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own and lease,
in the capacity of either lessor or lessee, sewers, sewer systems
or parts thereof and sewage treatment works, including works for treating
and disposing of industrial waste, for the Borough of Newtown, Township
of Newtown and for such other territory as it may be authorized to
serve.
The President and Secretary of the Borough Council are hereby
authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Borough of Newtown
Articles of Incorporation for said Authority in substantially the
following form.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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In compliance with the requirements of the Act of May 2, 1945,
P.L. 382, known as "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," as amended,
the Borough of Newtown and the Township of Newtown, each of Bucks
County, Pennsylvania, desiring to incorporate an Authority thereunder,
do hereby certify:
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1.
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The name of the Authority is "Newtown, Bucks County, Joint Municipal
Authority."
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2.
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Said Authority is formed under the provisions of the Act of
May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.
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3.
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No other Authority organized under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L.
382, as amended, nor under the Act of June 28, 1935, P.L. 463, as
amended, is in existence in or for the incorporating municipalities
or any of them.
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The Borough Secretary is hereby directed to cause a notice of
the substance of this chapter, including the substance of the above
Articles of Incorporation, to be published once in the Bucks County
Law Reporter and once in a newspaper published and of general circulation
in Bucks County, as required by the Municipality Authorities Act of
1945, as amended.
The President and Secretary of Borough Council 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 Newtown, Bucks County, Joint Municipal Authority.
The following named persons are hereby appointed as the first
members of the Board of the Authority, whose terms of office shall
commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from January
1 next succeeding the date of incorporation: