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 1060 74Ta CONGRESS. SESS. I'. CH. 833. AUGU ST 30, 1935 . Powers conferred. Acq uisition of land. ARTICLE II For the effect uatio n of i ts au thoriz ed pu rposes, the commi ssion is hereby granted the following powers a) To Iliave perpetual succession . (b) To sue and be sued. (c) To adopt and use an official seal . (d) To elect a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer, and appoint an engineer . The secretary, treasurer, and engineer need not be members of the commission . (e) To ado pt su itable byla ws for the manage ment of its affa irs . (f) To appoint such other officers, agents, and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties . (g) To determine the qualifications and duties of its appointees, and to fix their compensation . h) To enter into contracts. i) To acquire, own, hire, use, operate, and dispose of personal property. (j) To acquire, own, use, lease, operate, and dispose of real property and interest in real property, and to make improvements the reon . (k) To grant the use of, by franchise, lease, and otherwise, and to make and collect charges for the use of, any property or facility owned or controlled by it . (1) To borrow money upon its bonds or other obligations, either with or without security . (m) To exercise the power of eminent domain . (n) To determine the exact location, system, and character of, and all other matters in connection with, any and all improvements or facilities which it may be authorized to own, construct, establish, eff ectuate, m aintain, o perate, or control . (o) In addition to the foregoing powers, to exercise the powers, duties, authority, and jurisdiction heretofore conferred and imposed upon the aforesaid commissions, hereby constituted a joint com- mission by reciprocal legislation of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania a nd the State of New Jersey, with respect to the acquisition of toll bridges over the Delaware River, the management, operation, and maintenance of such bridges, and the location, construction, operation, and maintenance of additional bridge communications over the Delaware River north of the aforesaid railroad bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad. (p) To exercise all other powers, not inconsistent with the Con- stitutions of the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey or of the United States, which may be reasonably necessary or incidental to the effectuation of its authorized purposes or to the exercise of any of the foregoing powers, except the power to levy taxes or assess- ments for benefits ; and generally to exercise, in connection with its property and affairs and in connection with property under its con- trol, any and all powers which might be exercised by a natural person or a private corporation in connection with similar property and affairs. ARTICLE III If for any of its authorized purposes (including temporary pur- poses) the commission shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire for public use any real property in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the State of New Jersey, whether for immediate or future use, the commission may, by resolution, determine to acquire such property by a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, and the said determination shall not be affected by the fact that