[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Newtown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 10-14-1974 as Article 139 of the Codified Ordinances of Newtown Township
1973]
The Board of Supervisors of Newtown Township, constituting the
"Municipal Authority" of the Township as defined in the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945[1] (the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented),
hereby signifies its intention to organize an Authority under the
provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945.
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Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The name of the proposed Authority shall be "Newtown Township,
Delaware County, Sewer Authority." In pursuance of such intention,
the Articles of Incorporation of the Authority are hereby approved
and adopted by the Board of Supervisors in the form attached to Ordinance
No. 1961-3.
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY, SEWER AUTHORITY
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
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In compliance with the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945"[1] (the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented),
the Township of Newtown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to
an ordinance duly enacted by its Board of Supervisors authorizing
and directing the formation of an Authority under said Act, DOES HEREBY
CERTIFY:
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(a)
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The name of the Authority shall be "Newtown Township, Delaware
County, Municipal Authority."
[Amended 12-1-1986 by Res. No. 1986-24] |
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(b)
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The said Authority is formed under the "Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945" (the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented),
and said Authority shall be for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
constructing, improving, maintaining and operating, owning, leasing,
either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, for the Township of Newtown
(the "Township"): (i) land, buildings and structures for the conduct
of Township meetings, the administration of municipal government,
the operation of the police and other departments of the Township
government, and the housing, operation and repair of municipal vehicles,
equipment and other property, parks and recreation facilities, or
any other use as authorized by the Township; (ii) equipment to be
leased to the Township; and (iii) sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof,
sewage treatment works, including works for treating and disposing
of industrial waste, for the Township and for such other territory
as it may be authorized to serve.
[Amended 12-1-1986 by Res. No. 1986-24; 2-13-1989 by Res. No.
1989-4] |
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(c)
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No other Authority has been organized under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945 or
under the Act approved June 28, 1935, P.L. 463, or is in existence
in or for the said Township of Newtown.
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(d)
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The name of the incorporating municipality is the Township of
Newtown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; and the names and addresses
of its municipal authorities are as follows:
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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John I. Gable
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8 Reese Avenue
Newtown Square, PA
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Irvin H. Niemeyer
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3700 Gradyville Road
Newtown Square, PA
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George W. Reed
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3117 Green Valley Road
Newtown Square, PA
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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 OF OFFICE
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Warren A Hunter
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3752 School Lane
Newtown Square, PA
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5 years
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Vram Nedurian, Jr.
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Fourth and Malley Roads
Newtown Square, PA
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4 years
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Ralph B. Johansen
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150 Beechwood Road
Newtown Square, PA
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3 years
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C. Edward Weaver
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3416 Horton Road
Newtown Square, PA
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2 years
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Marius M. Nelson, Jr.
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29 Delmont Road
Newtown Square, PA
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1 year
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The terms of office of the first members of said Authority shall
commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from the
first day of January 1962.
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(f)
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The term of existence of the Newtown Township, Delaware County,
Municipal Authority shall expire June 30, 2026, unless sooner terminated
by operation of law.
[Added 12-1-1986 by Res. No. 1986-24] |
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In WITNESS WHEREOF, the Township of Newtown, Delaware County,
Pennsylvania, has caused these Articles of Incorporation to be duly
executed on behalf of said Township by its proper officers hereunto
duly authorized and under its municipal seal, this 24th day of July
1961.
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SEAL
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TOWNSHIP OF NEWTOWN
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ATTEST:
Secretary
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By:
Chairman
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Supervisor
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Supervisor
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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: SS.
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COUNTY OF DELAWARE
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On this 25th day of July 1961, before me, a notary public in
and for the said commonwealth and county, personally appeared the
above-named IRVIN H. NIEMEYER, JOHN I. GABLE, GEORGE W. REED and DANIEL
W. LLEWELLYN, whose official position in the Township of Newtown,
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, are respectively Chairman and members
of the Board of Supervisors of said Township and the Secretary of
said Township, and who, in due form of law, acknowledged the foregoing
Articles of Incorporation to be the act and deed of the Township of
Newtown for the purposes therein specified.
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Notary Public
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Approved and filed in the Department of State on the 7th day
of August 1961 A.D.
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Secretary of the Commonwealth
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[1]
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
