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 308 72d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 257, 258 . JUNE 14, 1932. ~Pe dt%igieent cient sum to make therefrom a per capita payment or distribution of $50, in two equal installments of $25 each on or about October 15, 1932, and on or about January 15,1933, to each of the living members on the tribal roll of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of the State of Wisconsin, under such rules and regulations as the said Secretary may prescribe. Approved, June 14, 1932. [CH APTE R 258.] June 14, 1932. JOINT RESOLUTION [s .J. Res. 41.1 Granting con sent of Congress t o a compact or ag reement between th e common- [Pub. Res., No. 26.1 wealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint Commission and specifying the powers and duties thereof . c~io River Jo int J„int Whereas, pursuant to act numbered 200 of- the Commonwealth of Peom pi yivania etween Pennsylvania, approved June 12, 1931, and chapter 391 of the Jersey for creation of. Laws of New Jersey, approved June 30, 1931, the Commonwealth Preamble, of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey have entered into a certain ,compact or agreement, which said compact or agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Governor of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania on behalf of said Commonwealth, and b the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission on behalf of said State ; and Whereas the aforesaid agreement or compact is in substantially the following form, that is to say " Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey are the owners of a certain bridge across the Delaware River between the city of Philadelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the .city of Camden in the State of New Jersey ; and " Whereas the Pennsylvania Commission, existing by virtue of act numbered 338 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved July 9, 1919 (Pamphlet Laws, 814), and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission, existing by virtue of chapter 271 of the Laws of New Jersey of 1929, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, are acting jointly under the name of the Delaware River Br idge Joint Commission in connection with the operation and maintenance of said bridge ; and "Whereas the interests of the people' of the two States will be best served by consolidating the two commissions in corporate form, and granting additional powers and authority thereto with refer- ence to the said bridge, and to other and further means of com- munication between the two States in the vicinity of Philadelphia and Camden ; and " Whe reas a dditio nal tr anspo rtatio n faci lities betwe en th e two States in the vicinity of Philadelphia and that part of New Jersey opposite thereto will be required in the future for the accommoda- tion of the public and the development of both States ; and "Whereas both States have mutual interests in the development of the Delaware River from Philadelphia and Camden to the sea, and parti cula rly in de velo ping the facil itie s an d pro moti ng th e more extensive use of the ports of Philadelphia and Camden by coastwise, intercoastal, and foreign vessels ; and " Whereas- it is highly desirable that there be a single agenty of both States empowered to further the aforesaid interests of both States : Now, therefore