§ 729. Continuity of authority; status of acts. For the purposes of succession, all of the functions, powers and duties of the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and of the Ogdensburg port authority, as prescribed and provided, respectively, by the provisions of title eight of article three, and title three of article six of this chapter, and hereby continued in, transferred and assigned to, and devolved upon, the Ogdensburg bridge and port authority, shall be deemed to constitute a continuation of the same, and all the acts, orders, rules, regulations and determinations of either the Ogdensburg bridge authority or the Ogdensburg port authority shall have, and continue with, the same force and effect as though done or made by the Ogdensburg bridge and port authority.