[Adopted 1-30-1952]
It is the considered opinion of the Board of Supervisors that
the extension of the social security system to employees and officers
of the Township of West Manchester will be of great benefit, not only
to the employees of said Township by providing that said employees
and officers may participate in the provisions of the old-age and
survivors insurance system, but will also be of great benefit to the
Board of Supervisors of West Manchester Township by enabling it to
attract and retain in employment the best of personnel and thus increase
the efficiency of its government.
The 1951 Session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in regular session, enacted a statute, known as Act
No. 491,[1] which is the enabling Act provided for in Section 218
of Public Law 734, 81st Congress, which designated the Secretary of
Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to act as the
state agency to implement the coverage of employees and officers under
said old-age and survivors insurance system. The Secretary of the
Board of Supervisors of West Manchester Township is hereby authorized
to execute and deliver to the state agency a plan, or plans, and agreement,
required under Section 6 of said enabling Act[2] and the Social Security Act, to extend coverage to employees
and officers of the Board of Supervisors of West Manchester Township
and do all other necessary things to effectuate coverage of employees
and officers under the old-age and survivors insurance system.
The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish a system of
payroll deduction to be matched by payments by the Board of Supervisors
of West Manchester Township to be made into the Contribution Fund
of the Social Security Act through the office of the state agency
and to make charges of this tax to the fund or funds from which wage
or salary payments are issued to employees of the Board of Supervisors
of West Manchester Township. Such payments are to be made in accordance
with the provisions of the law and regulations promulgated by the
state agency and the Federal Security Administrator. Such payments
which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate of 1/2 of 1%
per month until such time as payments are made.
Appropriation is hereby made from the proper fund or funds of
the Board of Supervisors of West Manchester Township in the necessary
amount to pay into the Contribution Fund as provided in Section 4
of the enabling Act[1] and in accordance with the plan, or plans, and agreement.
Authority is given to the President and Secretary of the Board of
Supervisors of West Manchester Township to enter into an agreement
with the state agency, which agreement shall be in accordance with
Act No. 491 and with Paragraph 218 of the Social Security Act. Such
plan and agreement shall provide that the participation of this Board
of Supervisors of West Manchester Township shall commence as of January
1, 1951.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 P.S. § 204 et seq.
