[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Franconia as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-2-1964 by Ord.
No. 19]
This township hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize
an Authority (the "Authority") jointly in a group consisting of the Boroughs
of Hatfield, Lansdale and Souderton and the Townships of Franconia, Hatfield,
Lower Salford, New Britain, Skippack, Towamencin and Worcester, under the
provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.[2]
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 Franconia, 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: The Articles of Incorporation are on file in the township
offices and are available for public inspection during regular business hours.
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.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 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]
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 Boroughs of Lansdale and Souderton and the Townships of Franconia,
Hatfield, Lower Salford and Towamencin.
[Adopted 6-2-1964 by Ord.
No. 24]
It is the desire of the Supervisors of the Township of Franconia, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, and said Supervisors hereby signify their intention,
to organize an Authority under the Municipality Authorities Act of May 2,
1945, P.L. 382, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.
In pursuance of said desire and intention, and in conformity with the
terms and provisions of the said Municipality Authorities Act and its amendments,
the proposed Articles of Incorporation are hereby set forth in full as follows.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Articles of Incorporation are on file in the township
offices and are available for public inspection during regular business hours.
Said Authority shall be for the purpose of acquiring, holding, constructing,
improving, maintaining and operating, owning, leasing, either in the capacity
of lessor or lessee, projects of the following kind and character: buildings
and structures to be devoted wholly or partially for public use and for revenue
purposes, sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, sewage treatment works and
all facilities in any way used, useful, necessary, convenient or incidental
to the furtherance and operation of sanitary sewage disposal system. No contract
shall be entered into or obligation incurred by the Authority without the
prior written approval of the township, and any such contract or obligation
in violation hereof shall be in excess of the powers of the Authority.
Said proposed Articles of Incorporation of said Authority shall be executed
by and on behalf of the Township of Franconia by the Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors and attested by the Township Secretary, and the Seal of said
township shall be thereto affixed, and filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Solicitor is hereby authorized and directed to publish notice of this
article and of the day upon which said Articles of Incorporation will be filed
with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; to file said Articles
of Incorporation, together with the ordinance authorizing the incorporation
of the Authority and the necessary proofs of publication, and to do all other
things necessary or appropriate to effect the incorporation of the Franconia
Sewer Authority.
