Pennsylvania Statutes Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges § 2971. Commission on bridge over Susquehanna River at Bainbridge

The Governor of the Commonwealth is hereby authorized to appoint a commission to consist of three reputable citizens of the Commonwealth who shall serve without compensation other than for their necessary traveling and hotel expenses, to act, in conjunction with a similar commission appointed or to be appointed by the Federal Government, or as an independent commission, if no Federal commission is appointed, to investigate the advantages, desirability, and necessity of erecting a bridge across the Susquehanna River between the counties of Lancaster and York at a point from Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and, if such bridge is found to be desirable and necessary, to determine and recommend the location thereof, and to report the same to the Legislature not later than February fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine.

Said commission shall organize by selecting a chairman and secretary; may hold such meetings separately or jointly with any Federal commission and call and examine such witnesses as may be deemed necessary. It shall have power to employ such clerks and stenographers as may be deemed necessary, and fix their compensation.