[Adopted 7-27-1964 by Ord. No. 103
(Ch. 1, Part 4B, of the 1994 Code)]
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 Sounderton 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Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 was repealed
6-19-2001 by P.L. 287, No. 22. See now 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 abovementioned 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 Commissioners are hereby
authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the Township of Hatfield 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.[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 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 Commissioners 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 502(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.
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: [Here followed the name, address
and term of office of the first member.]
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 Borough of Lansdale and Sounderton and the Townships of Franconia,
Hatfield, Lower Salford and Towamencin.
