| The authority, as established by Title 5, section 12004-F, |
subsection 18, is a body both corporate and politic in the State |
established for the general purpose of establishing freight rail |
service between Calais and Eastport as set forth in subchapter I.__ |
It is declared that the purposes of this chapter are public and |
that the authority must be regarded as performing a governmental |
function in carrying out this chapter. |