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
PL 82-287 (S.1938), enacted 03/31/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 287-MAR. 31, 1952 
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Public Law 287 
CHAPTER 124 
March 31, 1952 
[S. 1938] 
P ennaylvania 
and New Jersey. 
Consent of Con-
gress to supple-
mental compact. 
AN ACT 
Granting the consent of Congress to a supplemental compact or agreement be-
tween 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 hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemoled, 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 Pennsyl-
vania and the State of New Jersey. 
Amending the agreement entitled "Agreement between the Com-
monwealth 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 (here-
inafter 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, pur-
suant to an act of its General Assembly approved the tw^enty-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 Pennsyl-
vania 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 forty-
seven (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 thou-
sand nine hundred and forty-seven (chapter 283, laws of 1947), 
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to which Supplemental Agreement the consent of the Congress of 
the United States was given by an Act of the Congress approved 
AugList 4, 1947 (Public No. 355, 80th Congress, 61 Stat. 752) ; and 
Whereas, It is necessary to protect the investment made by the com-
mission in the bridge now under construction between the City of 
Trenton, New Jersey, and the Borough of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, 
and the investments made by said Commonwealth and said State 
in the approach highways connected with said bridge, and in order 
to finance additional bridges over the Delaware River and thereby 
facilitate the flow of traffic between said Commonwealth and said 
State; now, therefore. 
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey 
do hereby solemnly covenant and agree, each with the other, as 
follows: 
Paragraph 
(a) of Article X of the Agreement between the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey creating 
the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Conunission as a body corporate 
and politic and defining its powers and duties, which was executed 
on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by its Governor on 
the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and 
thirty-four, and was 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, as amended by the Supplemental Agree-
ment which was executed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania by its Governor on the eighth day of July, one thousand nine 
hundred and forty-seven, and was executed on behalf of the State of 
New Jersey by its Governor on the third day of Jul), one thousand 
nine hundred and forty-seven, be and the same is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
(a) The commission may acquire, construct, rehabilitate, 
improve, maintain, repair and operate bridges for vehicular or «
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pedestrian traffic across the Delaware River between the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey at any loca-
tion north of the boundary line between Bucks County and 
Philadelphia County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as 
extended across the Delaware River to the New Jersey shore of 
said river. The commission may also, subject to the approval of 
the State Highway Department of the State of New Jersey and 
the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, lease such bridges as lessor to, and contract for the opera-
tion of such bridges by, one or more public bodies, instrumental-
ities, commissions, or public agencies. 
Whenever any bridge north of the boundary line described 
above in this paragraph (a), proposed to be acquired by the com-
mission pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, has been 
constructed pursuant to consent or authorization granted by fed-
eral law, the acquisition of such bridge by the commission shall 
be by purchase or by condemnation in accordance with the pro-
visions of such federal law, or the acquisition of such bridge by 
the commission shall be pursuant to and in accordance with the 
provisions of sections 48:5-22 and 48:5-23 of the Revised 
Statutes of New Jersey, and for all the purposes of said provisions 
and sections the commission is hereby appointed as the agency of 
the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
exercising the rights and powers granted or reserved by said 
federal law or sections to the State of New Jersey and Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania jointly or to the State of New Jersey 
acting in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
Delaware 
River 
Joint Toll Bridge 
Cotnniission. 
61 Stat. 754. 
C o n s t r u e tion, 
operation, l e a s e , 
of bridges. 
Acqui s i t i o n of 
bridges. 
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The commission shall have authority to so acquire such bridge 
whether the same be owned, held, operated or maintained by any 
private person, firm, partnership, company, association or cor-
poration or by any instrumentalit}^, public bodj^, commission, 
public agency or political subdivision (including any county or 
municipality) of, or created by or in, the State of New Jersey or 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by any instrumentality, 
public bodj^, commission or public agency of, or created by or in, 
a political subdivision (including any count}' or municipality) 
of the State of New Jersey or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
Bridge'"^'^*^'"^'^ 
^^ addition to other powers conferred upon it, and not in limita-
tion thereof, the commission may acquire all right, title and inter-
est in and to the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, across the Delaware 
River at Palmyra, New Jersey, together with any approaches and 
interests in real property necessary thereto. 
The acquisition of 
such bridge, approaches and interests by the commission shall be 
by purchase or by condemnation in accordance with the provisions 
of the federal law consenting to or authorizing the construction 
of such bridge and approaches, or the acquisition of such bridge, 
approaches or interests by the commission shall be pursuant (o 
and in accordance with the provisions of sections 48: 5-22 and 
48: 5-23 of the Eevised Statutes of New Jersey, and for all the 
purposes of said provisions and sections the commission is hereby 
appointed as the agency of the State of New Jersey and the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania exercising the rights and pow-
ers granted or reserved by said fedei'al law or Sections to the 
State of New Jersey and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania jointly 
or to the State of New Jersey acting in conjunction with the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
The commission shall have 
authority to so acquire such bridge, approaches and interests, 
whether the same be owned, held, operated or maintained by any 
private person, firm, partnership, company, association or cor-
poration or by any instrumentality, public body, commission, 
public agency or political subdivision (including any county or 
municipality) of, or created by or in, the State of New Jersey 
or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or by any instrumental-
ity, public body, commission or public agency of, or created by 
or in, a political subdivision (including any county or munici-
pality) of the State of New Jersey or the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania. 
The power and authority herein granted to the 
commission to acquire said Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, approaches 
and interests shall not be exercised unless and until the Governor 
of the State of New Jersey and the Covernor of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania have filed with the commission their 
written consents to such acquisition. 
"Bridge". 
The word "bridge'" as used in this Agreement shall include 
such approach higliAvays and interests in real pro])erty necessary 
thereto in said Commonwealth or said State as may be deter-
mined by the commission to be necessary to facilitate the flow of 
traffic in the vicinity of any such bridge or to connect such bridge 
witli the highway system or other traffic facilities in said Com-
monwealth or said State; provided, however, that the power and 
authority herein granted to the commission in connection with 
the approach highways shall not be exercised unless and until 
the Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania shall have filed with the commission its written approval 
as to approach highways to be located in said Commonwealth 
and the State Highway Department of the State of New Jersey 
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shall have filed with the commission its written approval as to 
approach highways to be located in said State. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any 
provision of law, state or federal, to the contrary, the commission 
may combine for financing purposes any bridge or bridges here-
after constructed or acquired by it with any or all of the bridges 
described or referred to in any trust indenture securing bridge 
revenue bonds of the commission at the time outstanding, subject 
to any limitations or restrictions contained in such trust 
indenture. 
Notwithstanding any ])rovibion of this Agreement, nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to limit or impair any right 
or power granted or to be granted to the Pennsylvania Turnpike 
Commission or the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, acting alone 
or in conjunction with each other, to provide for the financing, 
construction, operation and maintenance of one bridge across the 
Delaware Kiver south of the City of Trenton in the State of New 
Jersey; provided, that such bridge shall not be constructed within 
a distance of ten miles, measured along the boundary line between 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, 
from the bridge being constructed across the Delaware River by 
the commission between the Borough of Morrisville in said Com-
monwealth and the City of Trenton in said State, so long as there 
are any outstanding bonds or obligations of the commission for 
which the tolls, rents, rates, or other revenues, or any part thereof, 
of said bridge now being constructed shall have been pledged; 
but such bridge maj' be constructed at au}^ other location north 
of the boundary line described above in this paragraph (a). 
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to 
authorize the .commission to condemn any such bridge. 
I N WITNESS WHEREOF, this 12th day of July 1951, ALFRED E . DRIS-
C
O
L
L has affixed his signature hereto as Governor of the State of New 
Jersey and caused the great seal of the State to be attached thereto. 
ALFRED E . DRISCOLL 
Governor, State of New Jersey 
(Great Seal) 
Attest: 
LiiOYD B. M A R S H 
Secretary of State 
And, on this 17th day of July, 1951, JOHN S . F I N E has affixed his 
signature hereto as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
and caused the great seal of the Commonwealth to be attached thereto. 
JOHN S . F I N E 
Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
(Great Seal) 
Attest: 
GENE D . SMITH 
Secretary of the Commonwealth 
SEC. 2. Subject to the provisions of the compact or agreement between 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey 
creating the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, AH 
amended, said commission is hereby authorized to acquire any bridge 
heretofore constructed under the authority or Avith the consent of the 
Congress across the Delaware River. 
Said commission is heieby 
authorized to combin6 for financing purposes any two or more bridges 
C o m b i n i n g of 
bridges for financ-
ing purposes. 
P e n n s y 1 vania 
Turnpike Commis-
sion; New Jersey 
Turr^iike 
Author-
ity. 
Autliority to ac-
quire bridges. 
Tolls. 
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heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired by the commission 
and to fix and charge tolls for the use of such bridges so combined 
and to pledge such tolls in accordance with the provisions of the 
said compact or agreement, as amended: Provided^ That in fixing 
the rates of toll to be charged for the use of any bridge hereafter 
constructed or acquired by said commission or any bridges so com-
bined, the same shall be so adjusted as to provide funds sufficient to 
pay the reasonable costs of maintaining, repairing, and operating such 
bridge or bridges and their approach facilities under economical 
management, and to provide funds sufficient to amortize the costs 
of such bridge or bridges and their approach facilities, including rea-
sonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible, under reason-
able charges, and said Commission may continue such tolls on all 
bridges heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired by the com-
mission until all such costs shall have been amortized; after funds 
sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such 
bridge or bridges shall thereafter be maintained and operated free 
of tolls. 
SEC. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereb}^ 
expressly reserved. 
Approved March 31, 1952. 
April I, 1952 
[H.R. 3847] 
Public Law 288 
CHAPTER 126 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue to School District Numbered 
28, Ronan, Montana, a patent in fee to certain Indian land. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
^Interior Depart- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary 
Issuance of land of tlic luteHor is authoHzed and directed, with the consent of the 
patent, Mont. 
Tribal Couucil of tile Confederated Salisli and Kootenai Tribes of 
the Flathead Keservation, to issue to School District Numbered 28, 
Ronan, Montana, a patent in fee to certain land situated in Ronan, 
Montana, and more particularly described as follows: South half 
northwest quarter southwest (piarter southeast quarter, section 36, 
township 21 north, range 20 west, containing five acres, more or less, 
of Tribal Agency Reserve Land. 
Approved April 1, 1952. 
April 1, 1952 
[H.R. 4798] 
Hawaii. 
Jurors. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 289 
CHAPTER 127 
AN ACT 
To amend the Hawaiian ()r?ianic Act relating to qualifications of jurors. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhJed^ That section 83 of 
the Hawaiian Organic Act (31 Stat. 141, 157; 48 U. S. C , 1946 edition, 
sec. 61)5) is hereby amended by deleting the word '"male"'. 
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of the opening day of the term 
of the circuit courts of the several circuits in the Territory of Hawaii 
which follows the approval of this Act. 
Approved April 1, 1952.