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Show 18 INTERSTATE COMPACTS B. This compact may be terminated at any time by the appropriate action of the legislatures of both signatory states. C. In the event of amendment or termination of the compact, all rights established under the compact shall continue unimpaired. ARTICLE XIII Nothing in this compact shall be deemed: A. To impair or affect the powers, rights or obligations of the United States, or those claim- ing under its authority, in, over and to the waters of the Arkansas River Basin; B. To interfere with or impair the right or power of either signa- tory state to regulate within its boundaries the appropriation, use and control of waters within that state not inconsistent with its obligations under this compact. ARTICLE XIV If any part or application of this compact should be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other provisions and applications of this compact shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE XV This compact shall become binding and obligatory when it shall have been ratified by the legislatures of each state and consented to by the congress of the United States, and when the congressional act con- senting to this compact includes the consent of congress to name and join the United States as a party in any litigation in the United States supreme court, if the United States is an indispensible party, and if the litigation arises out of this compact or its application, and if a signatory state is a party thereto. Notice of ratification by the legisla- ture of each state shall be given by the governor of that state to the governor of the other state and to the president of the United States and the president is hereby requested to give notice to the governor of each state of consent by the congress of the United States. In Witness Whereof, The authorized representatives have executed three counterparts hereof each of which shall be and con- stitute an original, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the department of state of the United States, and one of which shall be forwarded to the governor of each state. Done at the City of Wichita, state of Kansas, this 31st day of March, a.d. 1965 Approved : Robert L. Smith, Warden L. Noe, Compact Representatives for the state of Kansas. Geo. R. Benz, Frank Raab, Compact Representatives for the State of Oklahoma. Trigg Twichell, Representative of the United States. |
