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forth in Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland and as in effect on December 1, 1958, shall be and remain applicable in the Potomac River except to the extent changed, amended, or modified by regulations of the Commission adopted in accordance with this compact. "SEC. 3. EXISTING LICENSES.—The rights and privileges of licensees to take and catch finfish, crabs, oysters, clams, and other shellfish in the Potomac Rdver, which are in effect at the time this compact becomes effective, shall continue in force for a period of six months at which time every such license and every such right and privilege shall be abrogated. "ARTICLE VIII " EFFECT OF RATIFICATION

"These articles shall be laid before the Legislatures of Virginia and Maryland, and their approbation being obtained, shall be confirmed and ratified by a law of each State, never to be repealed or altered by either, without the consent of the other. "ARTICLE

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u EFFECTIVE DATE

"This compact, which takes the place of the Compact of 1785 between Maryland and Virginia, shall take effect at the expiration of sixty days after the completion of the last act legally necessary to make it operative, and thereupon the said Compact of 1785 shall no longer have any force or effect." SEC. 2. (a) The right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution is hereby expressly reserved. (b) The right is hereby reserved to the Congress or any of its standing committees to require of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission the disclosure and furnishing of such information and data as is deemed appropriate by the Congress or any committee thereof having jurisdiction of the subject matter of this resolution. Approved October 10, 1962.

Public Law 87-784 October 10, 1962 [S. 3089]

Colorado River Commission, N e v. L and conveyance provisions, extension.

AN ACT To ameud the Act directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of Nevada to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada in order to extend for five years the time for selecting such lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public lands in the State of Nevada to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada acting for the State of Nevada", approved March 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 31), is amended as follows: (1) in section 2, strike out "five years" and insert in lieu thereof "ten years"; (2) in section 3, strike out "five-year" and insert in lieu thereof "ten-year"; and (3) at the end of section 4(c) a d d: "The appraisal shall be of the fair market value of the lands as of the effective date of this Act." Approved October 10, 1962.