PRINTER'S NO. 3505
No. 487 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY HABAY, ARGALL, BAKER, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, COSTA, DALEY,
DERMODY, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER,
FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, HARHAI, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY,
HUTCHINSON, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ, MARSICO,
McNAUGHTON, MELIO, ORIE, PESCI, PETRONE, PIPPY, PISTELLA,
ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER,
SEYFERT, SHANER, B. SMITH, STABACK, STEVENSON, THOMAS, TRUE,
TULLI, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG,
MAY 9, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 9, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring Shaler Township, Allegheny County, on the occasion of
2 its centennial anniversary as a township of the first class
3 in 2000.
4 WHEREAS, Shaler Township is a township of the first class
5 situate in Allegheny County; and
6 WHEREAS, During the mid-1700's the area that became Shaler
7 Township consisted of Big Pine Creek Valley and Girty Run Valley
8 and served as a trading post for Indians and the French; and
9 WHEREAS, Shaler Township was incorporated in 1847 and was
10 named after the Honorable Judge Charles Shaler; and
11 WHEREAS, Shaler Township originally stretched over Millvale
12 Borough, a part of Ross Township, Etna Township, present Shaler
13 Township and other adjoining lands; and
14 WHEREAS, In 1868 Shaler Township lost part of its territory
1 through the incorporation of Etna Township and Millvale Borough;
2 and
3 WHEREAS, In 1900 Shaler Township was incorporated as a
4 township of the first class, with boundaries containing 6,977
5 acres or 10.9 square miles; and
6 WHEREAS, Shaler Township celebrates its centennial
7 anniversary as a township of the first class in 2000; therefore
8 be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Shaler
10 Township, Allegheny County, on the occasion of its centennial
11 anniversary as a township of the first class in 2000.
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