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Show POTOMAC RIVER COMPACT 253 ARTICLE III The moneys necessary to, finance the Commission in the administra- tion of its business in the Conservancy District shall be provided through appropriations from the signatory bodies and the United States, in the manner prescribed by the laws of the several signatory bodies and of the United States, and in amounts as follows: The pro rata contribution shall be based on such factors as popu- lation, the amount of industrial and domestic pollution; and a flat service charge, as shall be determined from time to time by the Com- mission, subject, however, to the approval, ratification and appropria- tion of such contribution by the several signatory bodies. And, further provided, that the total of such sums from signatory bodies shall not exceed a total of $30,000 per annum. ARTICLE IV Pursuant to the aims and purposes of this compact, the signatory bodies mutually agree: 1. Faithful cooperation in the abatement of existing pollution and the prevention of future pollution in the streams of the Conservancy District. 2. The enactment of adequate and, in so far as is practicable, uni- form legislation for the abatement and control of such pollution. 3. The upjyropriation of biennial sums on the proportionate basis as set forth in Article III. article v This compact shall become effective immediately after it shall have been ratified by the majority of the legislatures of the States of Mary- land and West Virginia, the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and approved by the Congress of the United States; provided, however, that this compact shall not be effective as to any signatory body until ratified thereby. ARTICLE VI Any signatory body may by legislative act, after one year's notice to the Commission, withdraw from this compact. NOTES Congressional consent to negotiations.-By the Joint Resolution of August 31, 1937 (50 Stat. 884), the consent of the Congress was given "to the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsyl- vania, and the District of Columbia to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement providing for the creation of a conservancy district to consist of the drainage area of the Potomac River and the main and tributary streams therein, said district to be organized and maintained for the purpose of regulating, controlling, preventing, or otherwise rendering unobjectionable and harmless the pollution of the waters of said Potomac drainage area by sewage and industrial and other wastes * * *." This consent was conditioned upon the appointment by the President, from the Department of the Treasury, |