[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Easttown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-2-1968 by Ord. No. 87]
The Board of Supervisors of this Township hereby signifies its intention 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]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 (53 P.S. § 301 et seq.) was repealed by Act 22 of 2001 (June 19, 2001, P.L. 287, No. 22). See now the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
The name of the proposed Authority is "Easttown Municipal Authority." In pursuance of said intention, the Articles of Incorporation of the said Authority are hereby approved and adopted in the following form:
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
EASTTOWN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
In compliance with the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945" (the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended and supplemented), the Township of Easttown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to an ordinance duly enacted by the Board of Supervisors of said Township authorizing and directing the formation of an Authority under said Act, does hereby certify:
(A)
The name of the Authority shall be "Easttown Municipal Authority."
(B)
The said Authority is formed under the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945."
(C)
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 and for said Township of Easttown.
(D)
The name of the incorporating municipality is the Township of Easttown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the names and addresses of the members of the Board of Supervisors of said Township are as follows:[2]
(E)
The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority, each being a citizen of the Township of Easttown, are as follows:[3]
The terms of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority shall commence on the date of appointment and shall be computed from the first day of January 1969.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Easttown, Pennsylvania, has caused these Articles of Incorporation to be duly executed on behalf of said Township by its duly authorized officers and the Township Seal to be duly affixed and attested this _____ day of __________ 1968.
THE TOWNSHIP OF EASTTOWN
(Seal)
By
Chairman
Board of Supervisors
Attest:
Township Secretary
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
:
: SS
COUNTY OF CHESTER
:
On this _____ day of __________, 1968, before me a Notary Public in and for said Commonwealth, personally appeared the above-named ____________________, who stated that their official positions in the Township of Easttown are respectively the Chairman and Secretary of its Board of Supervisors, and who, in due form of law, acknowledged the foregoing Articles of Incorporation to be the act and deed of said Township for the purposes therein specified.
_________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
(NOTARIAL SEAL)
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: Information regarding the names and addresses of said members is available in the Township offices.
[3]
Editor's Note: Information regarding the names, addresses and terms of the original members is available in the Township offices.
The first members of the Board of said Authority, named in the aforesaid Articles of Incorporation, are hereby specifically appointed members of said Board for the terms set after their respective names, commencing on the date of appointment and computed from the first day of January 1969.
The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of this Township is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Articles of Incorporation on behalf of said Township, and the Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to affix thereto and attest the Seal of said Township. Said officers are further authorized and directed to cause a notice of intention to file said Articles of Incorporation to be published as required by law and to file said Articles of Incorporation, together with a certified copy of this article and required proofs of publication, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to take all such action as they may deem necessary or appropriate to effect and establish said Authority.
The initial project to be undertaken by said Authority is as follows: to acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own and lease, either in the capacity of lessor or lessee, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, sewage treatment works, including works for treating and disposing of industrial waste, for the Township of Easttown and for such other territory as it may be authorized to serve.