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Show 84 INTERSTATE-COMPACTS exceed Ten Million Five Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($10,575,000); and the contributions by the respective signatory States, in the proportions hereinbefore set forth, shall not in any event exceed the total amount above stated. "In the further development of such comprehensive program, said Commission shall determine from time to time the site, character, loca- tion, and extent of such additional reservoirs, subject to the approval of the legislature of the State in which the same may be located. "article xi "Each of the signatory States shall annually contribute and pay^ to the Commission the respective proportions of the expense of operation and maintenance of the flood control reservoirs hereafter constructed under the terms of this agreement as follows: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, fifty per cent thereof, The State of Connecticut, forty per cent thereof, The State of New Hampshire, five per cent thereof, The State of Vermont, five per cent thereof, and each of said States shall make adequate provision for compliance on its part with the provisions of this Article, and the same shall be made available as and when required upon the requisition of the Commission. "As a part of the expense of operation and maintenance of said reservoirs, the Commission shall assume and pay to the respective towns entitled thereto the cost of reimbursement for loss of taxes, as set forth and required in subparagraph (c) in article VI hereof, and shall pay all costs incident to or damages resulting from the opera- tion and maintenance of such flood-control reservoirs, and shall save the United States free and harmless on account thereof, and shall pay all other costs or expenses which may be necessary in the operation and maintenance thereof, including the expenses of the members of said Commission hereinbefore provided to be paid out of the funds of said Commission. "article xii "Each of the signatory States hereby releases and discharges the others of and from all damages which may be claimed to result from the obstruction, detention, impounding, storage, release, or diversion of the waters of said Connecticut River and its tributaries, insofar as the same may be in any way affected by the construction, operation, or maintenance of the reservoirs herein contemplated. "article xiti "This compact shall become operative and effective when approved by the legislatures of each of the signatory States and by the Congress of the TTnited States. Notice of approval shall be given by the Gov- ernor of each State to the Governors of the other States and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the Governors of each of the signatory States of its approval by the Congress of the United States." |