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Show DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMPACT 151 technicaland clerical assistance as may be necessary to enable it to carry put the duties imposed by this compact. The expenses of the commission shall be paid, share and share alike, from funds provided by each of the signatory, states in such manner as the laws of the signatory states shall pt^ribe,. "article xx "Notwithstanding anything contained in this compact, each state may institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity for the enforcement or protection of its rights or the rights of its citizens accruing under this compact or otherwise. ¦.:¦„¦¦¦ "article xxi "The governors of the signatory states, upon the request of any one of them, shall each forthwith appoint a commissioner, and the said commissioners are empowered to consider and recommend modifica- tions of this compact and upon adoption by the legislative act of each and all of said states, the congress of the United States having conT sented thereto, such modification shall be in full force and effect, "article xxii "Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the con- stitution of any signatory state or of the United States all other severable parts of this compact shall continue to be in full force and effect. "article xxiii "The consent of the Congress of the United States to this compact shall ill no wise affect any existing federal statute. "article xxiv "This compact may be terminated at any time by concurrent legis-: lative action of all the signatory states. In the event of the terminar tion of this compact all rights which may have become vested under its provisions shall remain and continue unimpaired. "article xxv "This compact shall be submitted for adoption to the legislature of each of the signatory states at the several sessions beginning in the month of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven; and upon adoption by the legislative act of each and all of said states, the Con^ gress of the United States having consented thereto, it shall be in full force and effect. "In Witness Whereof, the commissioners have signed this com- pact in triplicate originals, one of which shall be deposited with the secretary of state of each of the signatory states. |