OFFICERS LUKE ARLINGTON CONNER AND JOHN HORACE CALLAGHAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY - DESIGNATION — 2014 Pa. Act 77 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

PRINTER'S NO. 3147
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2093
Session of
2014
INTRODUCED BY MICCARELLI, COHEN, CALTAGIRONE, O'NEILL, MCNEILL, KNOWLES, MICOZZIE, NEILSON, GODSHALL, BROOKS, KOTIK, SONNEY, KORTZ, PARKER, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, BROWNLEE, GRELL, COX, ROCK, MAHONEY, MARSICO, LUCAS, HAHN, HENNESSEY, HARHART, DiGIROLAMO, W. KELLER, GOODMAN, GINGRICH, GROVE, MURT, WATSON, KINSEY, BAKER, GILLEN, THOMAS, READSHAW, MULLERY, M. K. KELLER, FARINA, MAJOR, FLECK, VEREB AND EVERETT, MARCH 13, 2014
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 13, 2014
AN ACT
Designating the 700 to 800 block of U.S. Route 13, also known as
the Chester Pike, in Prospect Park Borough, Delaware County,
as the Officers Luke Arlington Conner and John Horace
Callaghan Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Officers Luke Arlington Conner and John Horace
Callaghan Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--
(1) Officer Luke Arlington Conner.
(i) Officer Conner was a resident of Prospect Park
and an officer of the Prospect Park Police Department for
two years.
(ii) On October 8, 1919, Officer Conner was on foot
patrol on U.S. Route 13, also known as the Chester Pike,
and was struck by a vehicle, dying six hours later in a
local hospital.
(iii) Officer Conner was survived by his wife and
five children.
(2) Officer John Horace Callaghan.
(i) Officer Callaghan was a resident of Prospect
Park and an officer of the Prospect Park Police
Department for 15 years.
(ii) On December 21, 1940, Officer Callaghan was
directing traffic on U.S. 13, also known as the Chester
Pike, near Stewart Avenue, when he was struck by a drunk
driver.
(iii) Officer Callaghan was survived by his wife and
three children.
(b) Designation.--The 700 to 800 block of U.S. Route 13,
also known as the Chester Pike, in Prospect Park Borough,
Delaware County, is designated as the Officers Luke Arlington
Conner and John Horace Callaghan Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.–-The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.