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Show 170 INTERSTATE COMPACTS "ARTICLE XVI-EXISTING RIGHTS AND COMPACTS "1. Nothing in this compact shall be deemed to affect any right of the States of New Jersey, New York, the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania and the City of New York, or any of them, granted or reserved by or pursuant to the decision of the United States Supreme Court in New Jersey versus New York, et al. (283 U.S. 336). "2. Nothing in any existing compact between any two or more of the signatory States shall be impaired or invalidated by any of the provisions of this compact. "ARTICLE XVII-CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERAB1LITY "The provisions of this compact, or of agreements thereunder, shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact or such agreement is declared to be unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any State, agency, or person is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact or such agree- ment and the applicability thereof to any other State, agency, per- son, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. It is the legislative intent that the provisions of this compact be reasonably and liberally construed. "ARTICLE XVIII-EFFECTIVE DATE "1. This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding between the States of New Jersey and New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when (a) it has been adopted and enacted into law by the respective legislatures of the said States and Commonwealth, and (b) it has been signed by the respective Gover- nors of the said States and Commonwealth, after authorization there- for by their respective legislatures, and has been attested by the Secretary of State of each of said States and Commonwealth and the Seal of each of said States and Commonwealth has been affixed thereto, and (c) the Congress of the United States of America has consented thereto. "2. This compact shall become effective and binding with respect to the State of Delaware, either at the same time it becomes effective and binding between the States of New Jersey and New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as provided in the first para- graph of this Article or at any time thereafter, when (a) it has been adopted and enacted into law by the legislature of the State of Dela- ware, and (b) it has been signed by the Governor of the State of Delaware, after authorization therefor by the legislature thereof, and has been attested by the Secretary of State of the State and the Seal of that State has been affixed thereto. "3. This compact shall be signed, attested, and sealed in five origi- nals, one original to be forwarded to the Governor of each signatory State for filing in accordance with the laws of that State and one orig- inal to be deposited in the archives of the Commission upon its estab- lishment. "In Witness Whereof, and in evidence of the adoption and enact- ment into law of this compact by the legislatures of the respective States, the respective Governors of the signatory States do hereby, |