Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Company Act — B-9.86 Section 1
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1 Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority. A board to be known as Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority is hereby created which shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation, to consist of nine members. § 2 The board shall constitute the municipal corporate instrumentality of the state of New York, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to act for and become the agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the Dominion of Canada, with like duties and authority, or with such duties, powers, authority and purposes as may be determined by the Dominion of Canada with reference to the lands, bridges, terminals, approaches and properties within the Dominion of Canada connected with or usable with the property and assets authorized to be acquired and conveyed to the board hereunder and now constituting the property and assets of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Company. § 3 Six members of the board, who shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the state of New York, shall be appointed and may be removed by the governor; three members of the board, who shall be residents of the Dominion of Canada, shall be appointed, and may be removed, in such manner and at such time and may hold office for such period as may be determined by the Dominion of Canada. Of the members first appointed by the governor, two shall be designated by him to serve for two years from the date of their appointments; two shall be designated by him to serve for four years from such date and two shall be designated by him to serve for six years from such date. Thereafter each member appointed by the governor shall serve for a term of six years from the date of his appointment. § 4 Vacancies in the board caused by the death, disqualification, resignation or removal of a member appointed by the governor shall be filled by appointment by the governor. If a vacancy shall occur by reason of the death, disqualification, resignation or removal of a member who is a resident of the Dominion of Canada, the person appointed to fill such vacancy must be a resident of the Dominion of Canada and such appointment shall be made in the manner and by such authority as the Dominion of Canada may require. § 5 The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but the board shall have authority to compensate its members for expenses and disbursements from funds collected by it in the operation of properties acquired by it. § 6 The board shall appoint annually a chairman, a vice-chairman or vice-chairmen, a secretary, an assistant secretary, a treasurer, and an assistant treasurer, and may delegate to them such powers and duties as it may deem proper. § 7 The Board may adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for the calling and conduct of its meetings and the management of its affairs as it may deem necessary or proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business and the concurrence of a majority of the members of the board shall be necessary to the validity of any action by the board. § 8 The Board may appoint agents and employees with such powers and duties as it may determine, and shall fix their compensation and pay the same out of any funds collected by it in the operation of properties acquired by it. § 9 The Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority shall have power: 1 To sue and be sued. 2 To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. 3 To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for its corporate purposes. 4 To make contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient. 5 To maintain, reconstruct, repair and replace and operate any properties acquired by it, and pay for the same out of any funds collected