Chapter 390. To authorize the Port of New York Authority to construct, maintain, and operate bridges across the Arthur Kill between the States of New York and New Jersey
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CHAP. 390.— An Act To authorize the Port of New York Authority to construct, maintain, and operate bridges across the Arthur Kill between the States of New York and New Jersey. March 2, 1925.[[S. 4179](/us/bill/68/s/4179).][[Public, No. 521](/us/pl/68/521).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Arthur Kill.Port of New York Authority may bridge, from Staten Island to New Jersey.Locations. That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Port of New York Authority to construct, maintain, and operate two bridges and approaches thereto across Arthur Kill, one of said bridges to be located at a point suitable to the interests of navigation in or near Perth Amboy on the New Jersey side and Tottenville on the New York side, and the other to be located at a point suitable to the interests of navigation in or near Elizabeth on the New Jersey side and Howland Construction.Vol. 34, p. 84.Hook, Staten Island, on the New York side, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March 23, 1906.
Sec. 2. Time of construction. Construction of the said bridges shall be commenced within three years, and they shall be completed within six years from the date of the passage of this Act, and in default thereof the authority hereby granted shall cease and be null and void. Sec. 3. Amendment. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 2, 1925.