BRIDGES, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
                 Act of Jul. 15, 1935, P.L. 998, No. 317              Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Highways to enter into an
        agreement or agreements with the Department of Public Works
        of the State of New York for the construction,
        reconstruction, or maintenance, under certain terms and
        conditions, of free bridges across the Delaware River;
        granting certain powers to the Department of Highways in
        connection with the construction, reconstruction, or
        maintenance of such bridges and approaches thereto; and
        making an appropriation.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Department of
     Highways, with the approval of the Joint Commission having
     jurisdiction over bridges between the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania and the State of New York, is hereby empowered and
     authorized to enter into an agreement or agreements with the
     Department of Public Works of the State of New York for the
     construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of free bridges
     across the Delaware River between the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania and the State of New York, at such location or
     locations as may be fixed and determined in any agreement or
     agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions hereof.
        Section 2.  Said agreement or agreements shall provide that
     the cost and expense of constructing, reconstructing, or
     maintaining said bridges shall be borne as follows: as to the
     bridges proper, fifty (50) per centum by the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania and fifty (50) per centum by the State of New York;
     as to construction, reconstruction or maintenance of bridge
     approaches in Pennsylvania, the costs thereof shall be paid
     entirely by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; if the bridge
     approach is in New York, the Commonwealth shall have no
     liability for payment of construction, reconstruction or
     maintenance costs thereof.
        (2 amended Dec. 19, 1975, P.L.600, No.170)
        Section 3.  Said agreement or agreements shall provide for
     the making and preparation of the necessary surveys, plans, and
     specifications by the highway departments of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania and the State of New York, either jointly or by
     either, in such manner as may be agreed upon; and the letting of
     the contract and supervision and inspection of the work may be
     handled in the same manner: Provided, however, That said
     agreement or agreements shall make an equal division of the
     expense involved between the State of New York and the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: And provided further, That each
     state shall secure, at its own cost and expense, the necessary
     right-of-way within their respective limits required for the
     construction of said bridges.
        Section 4.  In carrying out the terms of any agreement or
     agreements, entered into pursuant to the provisions of this act,
     for the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of any
     bridge or bridges, as well as in connection with the
     construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of necessary
     approaches in Pennsylvania, the Department of Highways shall
     have and exercise all of the rights and powers vested in it by
     the laws relating to the construction, reconstruction, repair,
     or maintenance of State highways and bridges.
        Section 5.  So much of the money, as may be necessary to
     carry out the provisions of this act, is hereby specifically
     appropriated to the Department of Highways out of the Motor
     License Fund, and any Federal aid received on said projects from
     the Federal Government, as well as any payments received from
     the State of New York, shall be deposited in the Motor License
     Fund.
        Section 6.  Upon completion, any bridge or bridges,
     constructed or reconstructed, as provided herein, shall be free
     from toll and shall be maintained by the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania and the State of New York under the custody and
     charge of the said Joint Commission, and the costs thereof shall
     be borne and paid by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the
     State of New York in equal proportions, in the same way as other
     bridges across the Delaware River under the custody and charge
     of the said Joint Commission: Provided, however, That the
     Secretary of Highways is hereby empowered and authorized to
     enter into an agreement or agreements with the Department of
     Public Works of the State of New York providing that the
     maintenance shall be done by either of their respective highway
     departments and reimbursement made to the one doing the work by
     the other. So much of the money, as may be necessary from time
     to time, is hereby specifically appropriated to the Department
     of Highways out of the Motor License Fund for defraying the
     share of the cost of maintenance, properly chargeable to the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        Section 7.  All expenditures made under the provisions of
     this act for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and
     repair of such bridges shall be audited and approved by the said
     Joint Commission.
        Section 8.  This act shall become effective upon its approval
     by the Governor and the enactment into law of a similar, or
     substantially similar, statute by the State of New York making
     moneys available for such bridge construction and maintenance
     and conferring like powers upon its Department of Public Works.
        Section 9.  The Governor is hereby authorized to apply on
     behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the Congress of
     the United States for its consent and approval to said compact
     or agreement, but, in the absence of such consent and approval,
     the said highway departments or either of them, as may be agreed
     upon, shall have all the powers which the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania and the State of New York may confer upon them, or
     it, without the consent and approval of Congress.