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PUBLIC LAW 85-526-JULY 18, 1958
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Public Law 85-526 July 18, 1958 [s. 2964]
^^ ^ ^ ' ^ Granting the consent and approval of Congress to a compact between the State of Connecticut and the State of Massachusetts relating to flood control.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Connecticut- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent Conpact*! *^ and approval of Congress is given to the compact between the State Consent of Conof Connecticut and the State of Massachusetts relating to flood control. gress Such compact reads as follows: "ARTICLE I "The principal purposes of this compact are: (a) To promote interstate comity among and between the signatory states; (b) to assure adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Thames River and its tributaries for the protection of life and property from floods; (c) to provide a joint or common agency through which the signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the basin of the Thames River and its tributaries. "ARTICLE II "There is hereby created 'The Thames River Valley Flood Control Commission', hereinafter referred to as the 'commission', which shall consist of six members, three of whom shall be residents of the commonwealth of Massachusetts; three of w hom shall be residents of the state of Connecticut. "The members of the commission shall be chosen by their respective states in such manner and for such terms as may be fixed and determined from time to time by the law of each of said states respectively by which they are appointed. A member of the commission may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state for which he shall be appointed, and any vacancy occurring in the commission shall be filled in accordance w ith the laws of the state wherein such vacancy exists. "A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any of its powers or the performance of any of its duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least two of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. "The compensation of members of the commission shall be fixed, determined, and paid by the state which they respectively represent. All necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid from the funds of the commission. "The commission shall elect from its members a chairman, vicechairman, and a clerk-treasurer. Such clerk-treasurer shall furnish to the commission, at its expense, a bond with corporate surety, to be approved by the commission, in such amount as the commission may determine, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. "The commission shall adopt suitable by-laws and shall make such rules and regulations as it may deem advisable not inconsistent with laws of the United States, of the signatory states or with any rules or regulations lawfully promulgated thereunder. "The commission shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature of each of the signatory states, setting forth in detail the
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