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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 833. AUGUS T 30, 1935 . 10 59 be construed to affect, impair, or diminish any right, power, or jurisdiction of the United States or of any court, department, board, bureau, officer, or official of the United States, over or in regard to any navigable waters, or any commerce between the States o r with f oreign c ountries, or any bridge, railroa d, highw ay, pier , wharf, or other facility or improvement, or any other person, matter, or thing, forming the subject matter of the aforesaid compact or agreement or otherwise affected by the terms thereof. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do hereby solemnly covenant and agree, each with the other, as follows A RtiCLE I There is hereby created a body corporate and politic, to be known as the "Delaw are R iver J oint T oll B ridge Commis sion" (here in- after in this agre ement called the "commi ssion" ), whi ch sh all consist of the commissioners, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, provided for by the Act, approved the 8th day of May 1919 (Pamphlet Laws, 148), and its supplements and amend- ments, for the acquisition of toll bridges over the Delaware River, and of commissioners, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, pro- vided for by the Act, approved the 1st day of April 1912 (ch . 397), and its supplements and amendments, for the acquisition of to ll b rid ges ov er the Delaware River, whi ch sa id com mis sio ns hav e heretofore been acting as a joint commission by virture 1 of recipro- cal legislation. No action of the commission shall be binding unless a majority of the members of the commission from Pennsylvania and a majority of the members of the commission from New Jersey shall vote in favor thereof. The commission shall constitute the public corporate instrumen- tality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey for the following public purposes, and shall be deemed to be exe rcising an essen tial gov ernmenta l functi on in ef fectuati ng such purpose, to wit (a) The administration, operation, and maintenance of the joint State-owned bridges across the Delaware River between the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, and loc ated nor th of th e presen t stone arch bri dge of t he Penns ylvania Railroad across the Delaware River from Morrisville to Trenton ; (b) The investigation of the necessity for additional bridge com- munications over the Delaware River north of the said railroad bridge, and the making of such studies, surveys, and estimates as may be necessary to determine the feasibility and cost of such additional bridge communications ; (c) The preparation of plans and specifications for, and location, construction, administration, operation, and maintenance of, such additional bridge communications over the Delaware River, north of the aforesaid railroad bridge, as the commission deems necessary to advance the interests of the two States and to facilitate public travel ; and the issuance of bonds and obligations to provide moneys sufficient for the construction of such bridges ; and the collection of tolls, rentals, and charges for the redemption of such bonds and obl igations, and th e paymen t of int erest th ereon (d) The procurement from the Government of the United States of any consents which may be requisite to enable any project within its powers to be carried out. 1So in original. "Delaware River Joint To ll Bridge Com- mission" created. Functions.