This Township hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize
an Authority (the "Authority") jointly in a group consisting of the
Boroughs of Lansdale and Souderton and the Townships of Franconia,
Hatfield, Lower Salford, Towamencin and Worcester, under the provisions
of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
The initial project to be undertaken by the Authority is: to
acquire, hold, construct, improve, interconnect, maintain, operate,
own and lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, waterworks,
sources of water supply, water rights and allocations, water supply
works and water distribution systems in the above-mentioned municipalities
or any of them, or anywhere else, and for such municipalities or any
of them and for such other territory as it may be authorized to serve.
The President and Secretary of the Board of Supervisors are
hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Township
of Towamencin Articles of Incorporation for the Authority in substantially
the form presented to this meeting, which is hereby approved and is
ordered to be filed with this article.
The Township Secretary is hereby directed to cause a notice
of the substance of this article to be published (separately or jointly
with respect to similar ordinances adopted by other municipalities)
once in the legal periodical for Montgomery County and once in a newspaper
published and of general circulation in such county pursuant to the
Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
The President and Secretary of the Board of Supervisors 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 Authority.
Section 6 of the Authority's Articles of Incorporation
shall provide that the restrictive municipalities which are incorporating
members of the Authority shall each have one representative on the
Board of the Authority.
The following-named person is hereby appointed as the first
member of the Board of the Authority to represent this Township, whose
term of office shall commence on the date of appointment and shall
be computed from January 1 next succeeding the date of incorporation:
Name
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Address
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Term
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John M. Waligora
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Lansdale, Pa., R.D. #1
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1 year
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This article shall become effective when ordinances substantially
similar to this (except, in the case of the boroughs, for the addition
of a section with respect to the transfer of existing water systems)
have been enacted by the Boroughs of Lansdale and Souderton and the
Townships of Franconia, Hatfield, Lower Salford and Worcester.