[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Lower Salford 6-3-1964 by Ord. No. 64-5.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
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 Lower Salford, 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
chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Articles of Incorporation are on file in
the Township offices.
The Township Secretary is hereby directed to cause a notice of the substance
of this chapter 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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.
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 respective municipalities which are incorporating members of the
Authority shall each have one representative on the Board of the Authority.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 7 of this chapter, pertaining
to the appointment of a member of the Authority to represent the Township,
which immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-4-1982 by Ord. No.
82-8.
This chapter 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 Towamencin.
