PRINTER'S NO. 3350
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2071
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VEREB, M. DALEY, BRIGGS, V. BROWN, D. COSTA, COX,
DiGIROLAMO, DUSH, HENNESSEY, JOZWIAK, MAJOR, MARSICO,
MILLARD, O'NEILL, QUIGLEY, RAPP, REGAN, ROZZI, SONNEY,
THOMAS, WARD, WATSON AND SAYLOR, MAY 16, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 16, 2016
AN ACT
Designating the pedestrian walkways on the Matsonford Bridge,
located on State Route 3016 over the Schuylkill River,
connecting the Boroughs of West Conshohocken and
Conshohocken, Montgomery County, as the Clay-Doc Walk in
memory of West Conshohocken Borough Police Chief Joseph G.
Clayborne III and Conshohocken Borough Police Chief James H.
Dougherty, Sr.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Clay-Doc Walk.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds as follows:
(1) Joseph G. Clayborne III, "Clay," and James H.
Dougherty, Sr., "Doc," were two long-serving police chiefs
who dedicated their careers to serving their communities.
(2) Chief Clayborne served the Borough of West
Conshohocken as its chief of police for 25 years beginning in
1983, and had a total of 36 years in law enforcement with the
borough.
(3) Chief Dougherty served as chief of police for the
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Borough of Conshohocken for 18 years after joining the police
department in 1971 and rising through the ranks over his 38-
year law enforcement career.
(4) Both men served their country in Vietnam. Chief
Dougherty was wounded in action in Vietnam while serving with
the United States Marine Corps. Chief Clayborne was a
helicopter door gunner in the United States Army 101st
Airborne Division.
(5) Chief Clayborne and Chief Dougherty served and
protected their communities with compassion and commitment
and both made meaningful impact on the lives of the people
they served.
(b) Designation.--The pedestrian walkways of the bridge
located on State Route 3016 connecting the Boroughs of West
Conshohocken and Conshohocken, Montgomery County, over the
Schuylkill River are hereby designated the Clay-Doc Walk in
memory of West Conshohocken Borough Police Joseph G. Clayborne
III and Conshohocken Borough Police Chief James H. Dougherty,
Sr.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the walkway to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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