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PUBLIC LAW 105-348—NOV. 2, 1998 112 STAT. 3215 "SEC. 10. SALE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY. "In the event all of the public corporations contributing to the funds of the Authority so determine, the Authority shall make sale of all of its properties and assets and distribute the proceeds of the sale among those contributing to its funds. In the alternative, if such of the supporting corporations contributing a majority of the funds of the Authority so determine, the Authority may lease all of its property and equipment upon whatever terms and conditions the Authority may fix and determine. "SEC. 11. EMPLOYEES TO BE COVERED BY WORKMEN'S COMPENSA- TION. "All eligible employees of the Authority are considered to be within the Workmen's Compensation Act of West Virginia, and premiums on their compensation shall be paid by the Authority as required by law. "SEC. 12. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF COMPACT. "It is the purpose of this Compact to provide for the maintenance and operation of an airport in a prudent and economical manner, and this Compact shall be liberally construed as giving to the Authority full and complete power reasonably required to give effect to the purposes hereof. The provisions of this Compact are in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing in the county commissions and municipal corporations herein named under any constitutional, statutory, or charter provisions which they or any of them may now have or may hereafter acquire or adopt.". SEC. 2. RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, OR REPEAL. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. The consent granted by this joint resolution shall not be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the region which forms the subject of the compact. Approved November 2, 1998. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 51: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): July 31, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 8, considered and passed House.