730

Any business or matter heretofore undertaken or commenced by or before the Ogdensburg bridge authority or the Ogdensburg port authority, or any action or proceeding brought by or against either of such authorities pertaining to or connected with the jurisdiction, functions, powers and duties hereby continued in, transferred and assigned to, or devolved upon, the Ogdensburg bridge and port authority, may be conducted, completed, prosecuted and defended by and in the name of the Ogdensburg bridge and port authority. In all such actions and proceedings, the Ogdensburg bridge and port authority, upon application to the court, may be substituted as a party.