PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 850 PRINTER'S NO. 928
No. 706 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, MAY 26, 2005
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JUNE 14, 2005
AN ACT
1 Designating the Main Street Bridge in Butler, Butler County,
2 Pennsylvania, as the General Richard Butler Bridge.
3 WHEREAS, During the Revolutionary War, Richard Butler fought <--
4 SERVED with General George Washington at Valley Forge and also <--
5 was involved in the battles of Saratoga, Yorktown and Monmouth;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, At the end of the war, Richard Butler held the rank
8 of colonel of the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment and served as a
9 commissioner negotiating treaties with six American Indian
10 tribes; and
11 WHEREAS, In 1788, Richard Butler was appointed a judge of the
12 Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and promoted to major
13 general under General Arthur St. Clair, who was the commander-
14 in-chief of the United States Army; and
15 WHEREAS, General Butler was instrumental in establishing
16 Allegheny County as a separate political entity from
17 Westmoreland County; and
1 WHEREAS, When Allegheny County was divided in 1800, an area
2 north of Pittsburgh was named Butler County in honor of General
3 Butler; and
4 WHEREAS, General Butler was killed in 1791 during the Battle
5 of Miami, which took place in Ohio on the banks of the Wabash
6 River.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Designation.
10 The bridge carrying State Route 8, Main Street, in Butler,
11 Butler County, over the Connoquenessing Creek, the B&P Railroad,
12 the B&LE Railroad and Quarry Street, is hereby designated and
13 shall be known as the General Richard Butler Bridge.
14 Section 2. Signs.
15 The Department of Transportation shall place appropriate
16 signs at both ends of the bridge referred to in section 1
17 (relating to signs).
18 Section 3. Effective date.
19 This act shall take effect immediately.
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