Delaware Code Title 17. Highways § 1711. Commissioners;  appointment

The Commissioners from this State, provided for in Article V of the Delaware-New Jersey Compact set out in § 1701 of this title, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.  Immediately upon enactment of this chapter, the Governor may so appoint the first Commissioners from this State, notwithstanding that the said Compact may not have yet taken effect.  The persons nominated by the Governor to serve as the first Commissioners shall be authorized to sign duplicate originals of said Compact on the part of this State, to apply to Congress for such consent thereto as may be required by law, and to seek an amendment of 60 Stat. 553 having the effect of eliminating the requirement that the Delaware Memorial Bridge shall become toll free upon payment of the outstanding revenue bonds, although said persons may not then have been confirmed or have taken their oath of office.