City of Camden v. South Jersey Port Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Yandebbilt, C. J.

The South Jersey Port District comprising the counties of Burlington, Cape May, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and Salem, was created by P. L. 1926, Chapter 336 (R. S. 12:11-1 et seq.), and thereby declared a public corporation and awarded the usual corporate powers. A Port Commission was also created to serve as the governing body of the district and was given the power to “determine upon the location, type, size and construction of requisite port facilities” as well as the power to “lease, * * * construct, make, equip and…