[HISTORY: Article I adopted by the Board
of Supervisors (now Township Council) of the Township of Washington
as indicated in article histories. Subsequent articles adopted by
the Township Council of the Township of Washington as indicated in
article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-4-1970 by Ord. No. 3-70]
The Township Council of the Township of Washington,
County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, constituting the municipal
authority of said township as defined in the Act of Assembly known
as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," Pamphlet Laws 382,[1] hereby signifies its intention to organize an Authority
under the provisions of said Act of Assembly, its supplements and
amendments.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301
et seq.
In pursuance of said intention, the Articles
of Incorporation of said Authority are hereby approved and adopted
by the Township Council upon behalf of said Township of Washington
in the following form:
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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(a)
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The name of the Authority shall be: "Washington
Township Sewer and Water Authority".[1]
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(b)
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The Authority is formed under the Act of Assembly
known as "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," approved May 2, 1945,
Pamphlet Laws 382, as supplemented and amended. There have been no
other authorities formed under this Act and there are no other Authorities
in the township.
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(c)
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The name of the incorporating municipality is
Township of Washington. The names and addresses of the Supervisors
of said incorporating municipality are as follows:
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Supervisors
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Addresses
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Robert M. Tracy
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R.D.1, McKean, Pennsylvania
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Ray Showman
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R.D.1, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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Ray A. Sanders
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R.D.1, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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(d)
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The term of office for each member of the Board
of Authority shall be five years, except that the first members named
to said Board, being the following persons, shall serve for terms
as follows:
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Member of Board
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Address
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Term
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Conrad C. Stoll
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R.D.3, Edinboro, Pa. 16412
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5 yrs.
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Donald A. Lindenmoyer
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R.D.2, Gibson Hill Road, Edinboro, Pa. 16412
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4 yrs.
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Stanley R. Fertig
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R.D.1, Edinboro, Pa. 16412
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3 yrs.
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Roy S. Carlson
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R.D.1, Edinboro, Pa. 16412
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2 yrs.
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F.E. Hulings
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R.D.3, Edinboro, Pa. 16412
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1 yr.
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The terms of office of the first members of
the Board of Washington Township Sewer and Water Authority shall begin
on the date of enactment of this Ordinance and terms of the first
members of the Board, as above set forth, shall be computed from the
first day of January, 1970.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Supervisors
have executed these Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the Township
of Washington, County of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, and have
caused the signatures to be attested by the Secretary of the Township
and the Township seal to be affixed this 4th day of April, 1970.
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ATTEST:[2]
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The Washington Township Sewer and Water Authority[1] is organized for the following purposes: to acquire, hold,
construct, improve, maintain and operate, own, either in capacity
of lessor or lessee, either individually or by agreement with any
other authority or authorities, any municipality or municipalities,
sanitary sewers, sanitary sewer systems or parts thereof, sewage treatment
works, including works for treating and disposing of industrial waste,
water works, water supply works and water distribution systems, and
for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits
and privileges granted to such Authorities by the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments.[2]
The Chairman and members of the Township Council
of the Township of Washington are hereby authorized and directed to
execute said Articles of Incorporation upon behalf of said township,
and the Secretary of the township is authorized and directed to attest
said signatures and affix the Seal of said township, cause a notice
of the filing of said Articles of Incorporation to be published once
in the Erie County Legal Journal and once in The Weekly Sentinel,
as required by the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements
and amendments, and to file a certified copy of this article, together
with proofs of publication of notice of filing said Articles of Incorporation,
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied
by the required filing fee as provided by said Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. II, Water Authority, adopted 12-7-1993
by Ord. No. 6-93, was repealed 5-21-2014 by Ord. No. 4-14.
