PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 637-AUG. 10 , 1939
Extension of Fed-
eral aid for construc-
tion, out of State allot-
ments.
39 Stat. 355; 42 Stat.
212.
23U.S. C. chs.1,2;
Supp. IV, chs. 1, 2.
Memphis and Ar-
kansas Bridge Com-
mission created; pow-
ers.
Membership of
Commission.
Vacancies.
Secretary and other
employees.
Payment of salaries
and expenses.
Dissolution of Com-
mission.
SEC. 4 . Notwithstanding any restriction or limitation imposed by
the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid
the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other
purposes", approved July 11, 1916, or by the Federal Highway Act,
or by an Act amendatory of, or supplemental to either thereof, the
Secretary of Agriculture, or any other Federal department or agency
of the United States Government, may extend Federal aid under
such Acts for the construction of said bridge out of any money allo-
cated to the State of Tennessee with the consent of the State highway
commission of said State, and out of money allocated to the State of
Arkansas with the consent of the highway department of said State.
SEC. 5. For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects stated
in this Act, there is hereby created the Memphis and Arkansas
Bridge Commission, and by that name, style, and title said body shall
have perpetual succession, may contract, and be contracted with, sue
and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend in all
courts of law and equity; may make and have a common seal; may
purchase or otherwise acquire and hold or dispose of real estate and
other property; may accept and receive donations, grants, or gifts of
money or property and apply the same to the purposes of this Act;
and shall have and possess all powers necessary, convenient, or proper
for carrying into effect the objects stated in this Act.
The Commission shall consist of E. H. Crump, Senior, E. W . Hale,
Senior, Clifford Davis, Frank R. Ahlgren, W. H. Jasspon, William
B. Fowler, Frank Gailor, and Will Gerber all residents and citizens
of the State of Tennessee; and J. O. E. Beck, Senior, J. C . Johnson,
J. Land Williams, W. W. Campbell, C. R. Walton, A. C . Oliver,
J. L. Shaver, and James Crane, all residents and citizens of the State
of Arkansas. Such Commission shall be a body corporate and politic.
Each member of the Commission shall qualify within thirty days
after his appointment by filing in the office of the Administrator of
the Federal Works Agency an oath that he will faithfully perform
the duties imposed upon him by this Act, and each person appointed
to fill a vacancy shall file in like manner within thirty days after
his appointment. Any vacancy occurring in said Commission by
reason of failure to qualify as above provided, or by reason of death
or resignation, shall be filled by the Administrator of the Federal
Works Agency, and in filling such vacancy the Administrator of the
Federal Works Agency shall at all times make the appointment so
that the respective States shall at all times have the same representa-
tion on said Commission as herein provided. The Commission shall
elect a chairman and vice chairman from its members, and shall
establish rules and regulations for the government of its own business.
A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
tion of business. The Commission may employ a secretary, treasurer,
engineers, attorneys, and such other experts, assistants, and employees
as they may deem necessary, who shall be entitled to receive such
compensation as the Commission may determine. All salaries and
expenses shall be paid solely from the funds provided under the
authority of this Act.
SEC. 6 . Within six months after completion of the bridge, the Com-
mission shall be dissolved and shall cease to have further existence
by an order of the Commissioner of the Public Roads Administra-
tion, made upon his own initiative or upon application of the Com-
mission or any member or members thereof, but only after a public
hearing in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, notice of time and place
of which hearing and the purpose thereof shall have been published
once, at least thirty days before the date hereof, in a newspaper
published in the cities of Memphis, Tennessee, and Little Rock,
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[53 STAT.
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