Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1504 – Right of State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey to …
(a) Upon the acceptance of title to the lands as provided in § 1501 of this title and upon the acquisition of the right of use of lands as provided in § 1503 of this title, the State Highway Commissioner of the State of New Jersey is granted a license to use the lands for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining the ferry service and facilities and the approaches thereto, and any additions thereto or improvements or repairs thereof.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1504
- highway: include any public way or road or portion thereof and any sewer, drain or drainage system connected therewith and any bridge, culvert, viaduct or other construction or artificial way used in connection therewith and anything which is accessory to any of the same or to the use thereof. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- State highway: includes any road or highway or portion thereof which the Department has constructed or of which the Department has taken or assumed control or jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 101
(b) The consent of this State is granted to the State of New Jersey, acting by and through the State Highway Commissioner of New Jersey, to construct, operate and maintain and to charge and collect rates, rents and other charges for the use of the ferry service and facilities and approaches thereto over and under the Delaware River, the southerly terminus thereof to be in Sussex County, Delaware, at or near the Town of Lewes, in accordance with certain legislation enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Jersey.
48 Del. Laws, c. 262, §§ ?4, 5; 17 Del. C. 1953, § ?1504;