Chapter 58. To establish a commission on the practicability, feasibility, and place, and to devise plans for the construction of a public bridge over the Niagara River from some point in the city of Buffalo, New York, to some point in the Dominion of Canada, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 58.— An Act To establish a commission on the practicability, feasibility, and place, and to devise plans for the construction of a public bridge over the Niagara River from some point in the city of Buffalo, New York, to some point in the Dominion of Canada, and for other purposes. January 30, 1920. [[S. 3427](/us/bill/66/s/3427).] [[Public, No. 128](/us/pl/66/128).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Buffalo PublicBridge Commission created.
That a commission be, and hereby is, created to be called the Buffalo Public Bridge Commission. Sec. 2. Composition. That such commission shall consist of the following-named persons: Frank B. Baird, Edward J. Barcalo, Marcus Barmon, Frederick G. Bagley, Emanuel Boasberg, Colonel Charles Clifton, John W. Cowper, William A. Eckert, Louis A. Fischer, Carmelo Gugino, Charles M. Heald, Edward B. Holmes, Allan I. Holloway, Edgar E. Joralemon, Charles B. Kane, Edward Kener, John A.
Kloepfer, Stanislaus Lipowicz, Edward P. Lupfer, James H. McNulty, Jacob J. Siegrist, John W. Van Allen, John G. Wickser, Floyd M. Wills, and Frank Winsch. Sec. 3. Plans for bridging Niagara River at Buffalo to be devised by. That the commission shall inquire into the practicability, feasibility, and estimated expense of the construction of a public bridge, from some point in the city of Buffalo, New York, over the Niagara River, to some point in the Dominion of Canada, and devise a plan for the construction of such bridge and the manner of financing its construction.
Sec. 4. Hearings, etc. That the commission is authorized as a whole, or by subcommittees of the commission duly appointed, to hold sittings and public hearings and to take testimony of experts and others, but without creating any expense or obligations to the United States thereby. Sec. 5. Limitation. The term of said commission shall expire two years after the passage of this Act. 401 Sec. 6. That such commission be, and it hereby is, empoweredAuthority. to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of the business of the commission.
Approved, January 30, 1920.