N.Y. Port of Albany 192/25 § 1: No title

Section 1. There is hereby created and established a district to be

known as the "Albany Port District" which shall embrace all the

territory on the easterly and westerly sides of the Hudson river which

on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, was included within

the city of Albany and the city of Rensselaer; and all lands and water,

in the Hudson river contiguous thereto, subject to the right, title and

interest of the state in and to the lands under the waters of the Hudson

river. Such district is hereby declared to be a public corporation and

shall have perpetual existence and the power to acquire such real estate

and other property as may be necessary, to sue and be sued, to incur

debts and liabilities, to have a seal, to exercise the right of eminent

domain, and to do all acts and exercise all powers authorized by and

subject to the provisions of this act, but subject also to the

constitution and laws of the United States. Such powers shall be

exercised by and in the name of the Albany port district commission.