An Act granting the consent of Congress to a compact or agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey concerning a bridge across the Delaware River to provide a connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike System and the New Jersey Turnpike, and for other purposes
PL 82-216 (H.R.5131), enacted 10/26/1951

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Public Law 216 
CHAPTER 579 
AN ACT 
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Granting the consent of Congress to a compact or agreement between the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey concerning 
a bridge across the Delaware River to provide a connection between the 
Pennsylvania Turnpike System and the New Jersey Turnpike, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it ermcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Ne'w'jeraey*"'* ^^^ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent 
Consent o
f Congress of Congress is hereby given to the compact or agreement set forth 
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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 com-
merce 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: 
Compact between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the 
State of New Jersey authorizing the Pennsylvania Turnpike Com-
mission and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, acting alone or in 
conjunction with each other, to construct, finance, operate, and main-
tain a bridge across the Delaware River. 
Whereas, In order to facilitate vehicular traffic between the eastern and 
western sections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Penn-
sylvania Turnpike Commission, heretofore created by the provisions 
of the Act of Assembly approved the twenty-first day of May, 1937, 
(Pamphlet Laws 774) has been authorized and empowered by the 
provisions of said act and of the supplements and amendments 
thereto to construct, operate and maintain a turnpike from a point 
on the western boundary line of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
to a point at the City of Philadelphia, and pursuant thereto is 
engaged in the construction, operation and maintenance of the 
Pennsylvania Turnpike System to carry vehicular traffic from the 
Pennsylvania-Ohio state line across the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania to a point at King of Prussia in Montgomery County, Penn-
sylvania, and has been further authorized and empowered by an 
Act of Assembly to construct, operate and maintain an extension 
of the Pennsylvania Turnpike System to carry such vehicular traffic 
to a point on or near the Delaware River between the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey and there to construct, 
operate and maintain, either alone or in conjunction with the New 
Jersey Turnpike Authority, or to contract with the New Jersey 
Turnpike Authority for the construction, operation and mainte-
nance of, a bridge across the Delaware River, pursuant to such 
compact as may be entered into between the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey; and 
Whereas, The New Jersey Turnpike Authority heretofore created by 
the New Jersey Turnpike Authority Act of 1948 (Ch. 454, P. L. 
1948), has been authorized to construct and is constructing a turn-
pike project across the State of New Jersey from a point at State 
Highway Route No. .6 approximately three miles westerly from the 
westerly end of the George Washington Bridge to a point in the 
County of Salem at or near Deepwater to a connection with a new 
bridge across the Delaware River now under construction, and has 
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been further authorized and empowered to construct, operate and 
maintain an extension to a point on or near the Delaware River, 
between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania, and there to construct, operate and maintain, either alone 
or in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or 
to contract with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for the 
construction, operation and maintenance of, a bridge across the 
Delaware River, to connect with the Pennsylvania Turnpike System, 
pursuant to such compact as may be entered into between the State 
of New JervSey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and 
Whereas, It is necessary that a bridge be provided across the Delaware 
River in order to form a connection between the Pennsylvania Turn-
pike System and the New Jersey turnpike and that provision be 
made for the financing, construction, operation and maintenance of 
said bridge under such agreement or agreements as may be entered 
into between the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the New 
Jersey Turnpike Authority; 
Now, Therefore, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of 
New Jersey do hereby solemnly covenant and agree with each other, 
as follows: 
ARTICLE I 
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the New Jersey Turn-
pike Authority, acting in cooperation with each other, are hereby 
authorized and empowered, in accordance with such agreement or 
agreements as shall be entered into pursuant to Article II hereof, to 
select the location for, and to prepare the necessary plans for the 
financing, construction, administration, operation and maintenance of, 
and to finance, construct, operate, and maintain such bridge across the 
Delaware River as the commission and the authority may deem feasible 
and expedient to provide a connection between the Pennsylvania Turn-
pike System and the New Jersey turnpike to advance the interests of 
both States and to facilitate public travel. 
ARTICLE n 
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the New Jersey Turn-
pike Authority shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to 
enter into an a^eement or agreements, not in conflict or inconsistent 
with the provisions of Article I and III hereof, setting forth in detail 
the location for such bridge and by whom and in what manner the 
bridge shall be financed, constructed, operated and maintained, includ-
ing the manner of fixing and collecting tolls, and providing for joint 
action by said commission and authority where such joint action is 
deemed by them to be necessary or advisable and setting forth the 
manner in which any such joint action may be effected. 
ARTICLE n i 
This compact shall be construed as granting supplemental and 
additional powers to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and to 
the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and shall not be construed as 
being in derogation of any other powers of the Pennsylvania Turnpike 
Commission and New Jersey Turnpike Authority; provided, however, 
that (a) all acts and proceedings of said commission with respect to 
such bridge and its location, construction, financing, operation and 
maintenance shall not be in conflict or inconsistent with statutes of the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania creating or granting powers to said 
commission; (b) all acts and proceedings of said authority with respect 
to such bridge and its location, construction, financing, operation and 
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maintenance shall not be in conflict or inconsistent with statutes of 
the State of New Jersey creating or granting powers to said authority; 
and (c) the construction of a bridge at the location selected shall not 
be in contravention of any applicable provision of any compact or 
agreement entered into by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and 
the State of New Jersey which shall be in force and effect at the time 
of the construction of such bridge. 
ARTICLE IV 
1. This compact shall enter into force and become effective and 
binding between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State 
of New Jersey when (a) it has been adopted and enacted into law by 
the respective Legislatures of said Commonwealth and State, and 
(b) it has been signed by the respective Governors of the said Com-
monwealth and State, after authorization therefor by their respective 
Legislatures, and has been attested by the respective Secretaries of 
State of the said Commonwealth and State and the respective Seals 
of the said Commonwealth and State have been affixed thereto, and 
(c) the Congress of the United States of America has consented 
thereto. 
2. This compact shall be signed, attested, and sealed in five origi-
nals, one each of said originals to be forwarded to the Governors of 
the said Commonwealth and State for filing in accordance with the 
laws of the said Commonwealth and State, one each of said originals 
to be deposited in the office of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission 
and the office of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and one of said 
originals to be deposited with the Secretary of State of the United 
States of America. 
In Witness Whereof, And in evidence of the adoption and enact-
ment into law of this compact by the Legislatures of the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, the Governors of the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do 
hereby, in accordance with authority conferred by the Legislatures of 
their respective States, sign this compact in five originals, as attested 
by the respective Secretaries of State of the said Commonwealth and 
State, and have caused the respective Seals of the said Commonwealth 
and State to be hereunto affixed, this 11th day of July, 1951. 
JOHN S. F I N E 
John S. Fine 
[SEAL] 
Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
Attest: 
GENE D . SMITH 
Gene D. Smith 
Secretary of the Commonwealth 
ALFRED E . DRISCOLL, 
Alfred E. Driscoll 
[SEAL] 
Governor, State of New Jersey 
Attest: 
LLOYD B . MARSH 
Lloyd B. Marsh 
Secretary of State 
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^^^* ^- '^^^ Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is hereby author-
Deiaware River. 
ized to coustruct the bridge across the Delaware River which is referred 
to in the compact set forth above in section 1 of this Act, either acting 
alone in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania or acting jointly with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority in 
accordance with the provisions of said compact, and the New Jersey 
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Turnpike Authority is hereby authorized to construct said bridge, 
either acting alone in accordance with the laws of the State of New 
Jersey or acting jointly with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission 
in accordance with the provisions of said compact. 
SEC. 3. If the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall finance the 
construction of all or a part of said bridge, said commission is hereby 
authorized to combine said bridge or such part with the Pennsylvania 
Turnpike System or any part thereof for financing purposes and to 
fix, charge, and collect tolls for the use of said bridge and to pledge 
such tolls in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania which relate to said commission or to said 
Pennsylvania Turnpike System, or if the New Jersey Turnpike 
Authority shall finance the construction of all or a part of said bridge, 
said Authority is hereby authorized to combine said bridge or such 
part with the New Jersey Turnpike for financing purposes and to 
fix, charge, and collect tolls for the use of said bridge and to pledge 
such tolls in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State 
of New Jersey which relate to said authority or said New Jersey 
Turnpike: Provided^ That the collection of tolls for the use of such 
bridge shall cease after forty years from the date of completion of 
such bridge, and such bridge thereafter shall be maintained and 
operated free of tolls. 
SEC. 4. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby 
expressly reserved. 
Approved October 26, 1951. 
Authority to collect 
tolls, etc. 
Time limitation. 
Public Law 217 
CHAPTER 580 
AN ACT 
To amend section 2ffl (a) of Public Law 351, Eighty-first Congress. 
October 26,1951 
[H. R. 5406] 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 207 (a) 
of Public Law 351, Eighty-first Congress, be amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEO. 207. (a) Members of the uniformed services who enlist under 
the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of this section within three 
months from the date of their discharge or separation, or within such 
lesser period of time as the Secretary concerned may determine from 
time to time, shall be paid a lump-sum reenlistment bonus of $40, $90, 
$160, $250, or $360 upon enlistment for a period of two,, three, four, five, 
or six years, respectively; and, upon enlistment for an unspecified 
period of time amounting to more than six years a lump sum reenlist-
ment bonus of $360 shall be paid, and, upon the completion of six years' 
enlisted service in such enlistment, for each year thereafter a lump sum 
payment of $60 shall be made in advance, subject to the limitation that 
the total amount paid shall not exceed $1,440: Provided^ That persons 
in an enlistment for an unspecified period of time, entered into prior to 
October 1, 1949, shall be paid $110 upon the first anniversary date of 
such enlistment subsequent to September 30, 1949, and $60 upon each 
anniversary date thereafter, subject to the limitations that the total 
amount paid after October 1,1949, shall not exceed $1,440: Provided 
further^ That no payment shall be made for any period subsequent to 
the completion of thirty years' service. No reenlistment bonus shall 
be paid for more than four enlistments entered into after the effective 
date of this section: Provided fwther^ That the bonus to be paid in the 
case of a person reenlisting for a period which would extend the 
63 Stat. 811. 
37 U. S. C. 5 238. 
Reenlistment bo-
nus.