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PUBLIC LAW 86-302-SEPT. 21, 1959
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Public Law 86-301 JOINT RESOLUTION
September 21, 1959
Troviding for the erection of a memorial tablet at Garden Key, Florida, in honor of Doctor Samuel Alexander Mndd.
[H, J. Res, so]
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in recognition of the unselfish services rendered to fellow prisoners by Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd while he was imprisoned, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to erect a memorial tablet of appropriate design on the site of the ruins of Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, to the memory of Doctor Samuel Alexander Mudd. Approved September 21, 1959.
Public Law 86-302 JOINT RESOLUTION
September;il, 1959
Granting consent of Congress to a compact entered into between the State of New York and the State of New.Jersey for the creation of the New YorkNew Jersey Transportation Agency.
[H. j. Res. 403]
Whereas the State of New York and the State of New Jersey have entered into a certain compact known as the New York-New Jersey Transportation Agency Compact, by means of concurrent legislation to that end, being chapter 420 of the Laws of New York of 1959, and chapter 13 of the Laws of New Jersey of 1959 as amended by chapter 24 of the Laws of New Jersey of 1959, for the development and execution of interim plans and the preparation of a long-range plan to deal with problems of mass transit systems for the transportation by common carrier of passengers to or across the Hudson River, or both, with respect to those phases with which either of the States, acting alone, cannot deal effectively: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Con- ^^^sJ'i^a^s'^ttZ gress, subject to the provisions and conditions of section 2 of this tion Agency comjoint resolution, is hereby given to the States of New York and New P^*"*Jersey for the New York-New Jersey Transportation Agency Compact, and to each and every part and article thereof: Provided,^ That nothing contained in said compact shall be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of the compact or the power of Congress, pursuant to the United States Constitution, over interstate or foreign commerce. Such compact reads as follows: "NEW YORK-NEW J E R S E Y TRANSPORTATION AGENCY COMPACT "ARTICLE 1 "LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION
"1.1 Findings and policy. The legislatures of the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, respectively, hereby find and declare that: " (a) Provision for efficient and proper transportation of commuters and other persons by public mass transit inethpds within and
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