§ 577. Thousand Islands Bridge Authority. 1. A board to be known as
"Thousand Islands Bridge Authority" is hereby created. Such board shall
be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit
corporation. It shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by
the chairman of the board of supervisors subject to the approval of the
supervisors.

2. The term of office of the members of the board hereby created who
are first appointed shall be one, two, three, four and five years
respectively, dating from January first, nineteen hundred thirty-three,
and thereafter the term of office of members shall be five years. In
addition, at any time when the authority has control of properties
physically situated in Canada, the number of members of such board may,
at the option of the supervisors, be increased to seven, any three of
whom may be residents or citizens of Canada, with such additional two
members to be appointed in the same manner. Members shall hold office
until their successors are appointed and qualify. An appointment to fill
a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. The chairman, vice-chairman
and secretary of such board shall be elected annually by such board. The
members of the board shall be entitled to such compensation, if any, for
their services as shall be fixed by the supervisors and shall be
entitled to reimbursement for their actual and reasonable expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties. The power of such
corporation shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the
members of such board then in office. Such board may delegate to one or
more of its members, or to its agents and employees, such powers and
duties as it may deem proper.

3. Such board and its corporate existence shall continue until all of
its indebtedness created prior to April first, nineteen hundred
eighty-one, and all notes and bonds issued as provided in this title
shall have been paid in full, and thereafter until such existence is
terminated by formal action of the supervisors, which shall specifically
provide for the assumption by and agreement of the county to pay any and
all liabilities, indebtedness and obligations of the authority.

4. The authority's right to own, control and operate properties or
facilities situated within the Dominion of Canada depends and shall
continue to depend upon grants in its favor by the federal government of
Canada and the government of the province of Ontario, agreements between
the authority and such foreign governments, or political subdivisions
thereof and by the laws of such foreign jurisdictions.

5. When all of its notes and bonds have been paid in full and all of
its other liabilities and obligations have either been met or paid in
full or assumed by the county and when the existence of the authority
has been terminated by the supervisors as hereinabove provided, then all
its rights and properties, so far as the same are located in the United
States, including the right to fix, charge and collect tolls for the use
of the American channel bridge or bridges, shall be conveyed without
cost or expense to the county and all its rights and properties, so far
as the same are located in the Dominion of Canada, shall be conveyed
without cost or expense to the province of Ontario, or otherwise as the
lieutenant-governor in council thereof may designate. Such conveyance to
the province of Ontario may also be made in the same manner at any time
when the authority's right to own or control or operate properties or
facilities in Canada has been terminated even though its existence and
right to operate in the state or county may be unimpaired.