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 7 5TH CONGRES S, 1ST SE SSION -CH. 530-JUL Y 28, 1937 state are present and unless four votes are cast therefor, two from each state. Each state reserves the right hereafter to provide by law for the exercise of a veto power by the governor thereof over any action of any commissioner appointed therefrom. AR TI CLE XI Unl ess and unti l ot her wise det ermi ned by the legi slat ure s of the two states, the Bridge Authority shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or other administrative expenses, within the provisions of Article IX, prior to th e making of a ppropriation s adequate to meet the same. AR TIC LE XII The Bridge Authority is hereby authorized to make suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States or of either state, which shall be binding and effective on all persons and corporations affected thereby. A RTICL E XII I The two states shall provide penalties for violations of any order, rule or regulation of the Bridge Authority, and for the manner of enforcing the same. A RTICLE XIV Defin itions. "Tr ansportation facility" sh all include r ailroads, steam or electric, motor truck or other street or highway vehicles, bridges, highways and every kind of transportation facility now in use or hereafter designed for use for the transportation or carriage of persons or property. "Facility" shall include all works, buildings structures, s tations, appl iances and ap purtenances necessary and convenient for the proper construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of such facility or facilities or any one or more of them. "Real property" shall include land under water, as well as uplands, and all property either now commonly or legally defined as real property or which may hereafter be so defined. "Personal property" shall include choses in action and all other property now commonly or legally defined as personal property or which may hereafter be so defined. "To lease" shall include to rent or to hire. "Rule or regulation" shall include charges, rates, rentals or tolls fixed or established by the Bridge Authority . Wherever action by the legis- lature of either state is herein referred to, it shall mean an act of the legislature duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the state. Plural or singular. The singular wherever used herein shall include the plural. Consent, approval or recom- mendation of municipality, how given. Wherever herein the consent, approval or recommendation of a "municipality" is required, the word "municipality" shall be taken to include any city, town or village district. Such consent, approval or recommendation when- ever required in the case of the city of Portsmouth shall be deemed to have been given whenever the city council of the city of Ports- mouth or any body hereafter succeeding to its duties shall by major- ity vote pass a resolution expressing such consent, approval or recom- mendation ; and in the case of the town deemed to have been given whenever at a regular town meeting, or special meeting called for that purpose shall by majority of votes of persons present and voting therefor ; and in all other cases whenever the body authorized to grant consent to the use of the streets or highways of such munici- pality shall by a majority vote pass such a resolution. 541