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PUBLIC LAW 287-MAR. 31, 1952

Public Law 287 March 31, 1952 [S. 1938]

P ennaylvania and New Jersey. Consent of Congress to s u p p l e mental compact.

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AN ACT Granting the consent of Congress to a supplemental compact or agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey concerning the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, and for other purposes. ,., Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the supplemental compact or agreement set forth below, and to each and every term and provision thereof: Provided, That nothing therein contained shall 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 or with foreign countries, or any bridge, railroad, highway, 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: Supplemental agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey. Amending the agreement entitled "Agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey Creating the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission as a Body Corporate and Politic and Defining Its Powers and Duties," as heretofore amended, by extending the jurisdiction and powers of the commission. Whereas, The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "commission") was created by a compact or agreement entitled "Agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission as a body corporate and politic and defining its powers and duties," executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its Governor on the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, pursuant to an act of its General Assembly approved the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws 1852), as last amended by an act of said General Assembly approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three (Pamphlet Laws 827), and executed on behalf of the State of New Jersey by its Governor on the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, pursuant to an act of its Senate and General Assembly approved June eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four (chapter 215, laws of 1934; R. S. (1937) 32: 8-1), to which compact or agreement the consent of the Congress of the United States was given by section 9 of an Act of the Congress approved August 30, 1935 (Public No. 411, 74th Congress, 49 Stat. 1051, 1058); and Whereas, Said compact or agreement was amended by a Supplemental Agi"eement, executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its Governor on the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, pursuant to an act of its General Assembly approved June thirteenth, one thousand nine hundred and fortyseven (Pamphlet Laws 592), and executed on behalf of the State of New Jersey by its Governor on the third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, pursuant to an act of its Senate and General Assembly approved June thirteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven (chapter 283, laws of 1947),

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