Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/1289

 PUBLIC LAW 96-163—DEC. 28, 1979

93 STAT. 1257

situated and such other provisions as by their nature cannot be applicable to property other than real property, shall not be applicable to the acquisition of such other property. In the event that any property other than real property is acquired for any of the purposes of this act under this section then, with respect to such other property, notice of such proceeding and all subsequent notices or court processes shall be served upon the owners of such other property and upon the port authority by personal service or by registered or certified mail, except as may be otherwise directed by the court. "The port authority is hereby authorized and empowered, in its discretion, from time to time to combine any property which is to be acquired as aforesaid by condemnation for any of the purposes of this act for acquisition in a single action or proceeding notwithstanding that part of the property so to be acquired is personal property or mixed real and personal property or may be owned by more than one owner. "The owner of any property acquired by condemnation or the Compensation exercise of the right of eminent domain for any of the purposes of this owner. act shall not be awarded for such property any increment above the just compensation required by the constitutions of the United States and of the state or states in which the property is located or has its situs by reason of any circumstances whatsoever. "Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the port authority from bringing any proceedings to remove a cloud on title or such other proceedings as it may, in its discretion, deem proper and necessary, or from acquiring any such property by negotiation or purchase. "Where a person entitled to an award in the proceedings for the acquisition of property by condemnation or the right of eminent domain for any of the purposes of this act remains in possession of such property after the time of the vesting of title in the port authority, the reasonable value of this use and occupancy of such property subsequent to such time, as fixed by agreement or by the court in such proceedings or by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be a lien against such award, subject only to liens of record at the time of the vesting of title in the port authority. "§ 15. The port authority and its duly authorized agents, and all Surveys persons acting under its authority and by its direction, may enter in the daytime into and upon any real property for the purpose of making such surveys, diagrams, maps, plans, soundings or borings as the port authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable for any of the purposes of this act. "§ 16. Any declarations contained herein with respect to the gov- Other port ernmental nature and public purpose of any industrial development authority project or facility and to the exemption of any industrial development facilities, and property, project or facility property and instruments relating thereto from operations. taxation and to the discretion of the port authority with respect to said projects or facilities shall not be construed to imply that other port authority facilities, property and operations are not of a governmental nature or do not serve public purposes, or that they are subject to taxation, or that the determinations of the port authority with respect thereto are not conclusive. The powers hereby vested in the port authority and in any subsidiary corporation incorporated for any of the purposes of this act (including but not limited to the power to acquire real property by condemnation or the exercise of the right of eminent domain) shall be continuing powers and no exercise thereof by the port authority or a subsidiary corporation incorpo-

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