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Chapter 47 of the laws of 1931 relating to\n bridges and tunnels in New York and New Jersey.\n Section 1. The state of New Jersey by appropriate legislation\nconcurring herein, the states of New York and New Jersey hereby declare\nand agree that the vehicular traffic moving across the interstate waters\nwithin the port of New York district, created by the compact of April\nthirty, nineteen hundred twenty-one, between the said states, which said\nphrase "interstate waters" as used in this act shall include the portion\nof the Hudson river within the said port of New York district north of\nthe New Jersey state line, constitutes a general movement of traffic\nwhich follows the most accessible and practicable routes, and that the\nusers of each bridge or tunnel over or under the said waters benefit by\nthe existence of every other bridge or tunnel since all such bridges and\ntunnels as a group facilitate the movement of such traffic and relieve\ncongestion at each of the several bridges and tunnels. Accordingly the\ntwo said states, in the interest of the users of such bridges and\ntunnels and the general public, hereby agree that the construction,\nmaintenance, operation and control of all such bridges and tunnels,\nheretofore or hereafter authorized by the two said states, shall be\nunified under the port of New York authority (hereinafter called the\nport authority), to the end that the tolls and other revenues therefrom\nshall be applied so far as practicable to the costs of the construction,\nmaintenance and operation of said bridges and tunnels as a group and\neconomies in operation effected, it being the policy of the two said\nstates that such bridges and tunnels shall as a group be in all respects\nself-sustaining.\n