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310 Commission mem- bership. Commissioners to create board. Powers . 72d CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 258. JUNE 14, 1932 . " ARTICLE II "The commission shall consist of sixteen commissioners, eight r esid ent voters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and eig ht resident voters of the State . of New Jersey, who shall serve without compensation . "The first eig ht c ommi ssio ners for the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania shall be the governor of the Commonwealth, the auditor general, the State treasurer, the mayor of the city of Philadelphia, and the fo ur additional persons now serving as members of the Pennsylvania Commission, existing by virtue of act numbered 338 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved Ju ly 9, 1919 (Pamphlet Laws, 814), and ac ts amendatory thereof and supple- mentary thereto . " The first eight commissioners for the State of New Jersey shall be the eight individuals now holding office, as members of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission, existing by virtue of chapter 271 of the laws of said State of 1929, approved May 6, 1929, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, which sa id ei ght i ndivi duals are h ereby appoi nted by sa id St ate as such com- missioners, who shall serve for their unexpired terms as members of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge Commission . Succeeding com - missioners shall be elected by the legislature to serve for terms .of five years . " For the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the governor, the auditor general, the State treasurer, and the executive head of the city of Philadelphia, in office at the time, shall always be members of the comm ission, and, in addition thereto , there shall be four mem - bers appointed by the governor, who shall be known as appointive members . Whenever a vacancy occurs in the appointive member- s hip of the commission, the governor shall appoint a mem ber to serve for a term of five years from the date of his appointment . " For the State of New Jersey, whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner shall occur, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the legislature . If the legislature shall not be in session when the vacancy occurs, such vacancy shall be filled by the governor, and such appointee shall hold office until the legis- lature convenes . "All commissioners shall continue to hold office after the expira- tion of the terms for which they are appointed or elected unless and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified, bu t no perio d duri ng wh ich a ny com missi oner shall hold over shall be deemed t o be an extensio n of his term of office for the purpose o f computing the date on which his successor's term expires . " ARTICLE III " The commissioners shall have charge of the commission's prop- erty and affairs, and shall, for the purpose of doing business, con- stitute a board, but no action of the commissioners shall be binding unless a majority of the members of the commission from Pennsyl- va nia and a majority of th e members of the commiss ion from New J ersey sh all vote in favo r thereof . " ARTICLE IV "For the effectuation of its authorized purposes, the commission is hereby granted the following powers a To have perpetual succession. "(b) To sue and be sued.