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Show -180- Perhaps the true rule is that all compacts or agreements which increase or decrease political power are void, but that all others are voidable merely, at the op-tion of the national government, and that a consent thereto may be inferred from silence and acquiescence* Andrew A o Bruce.* Bismarck, North Dakota* * Chief Justice, Supreme Court of North Dakota, Act of August 19, 1899 (26 Stat., 329). New York and Pennsylvania, March 26, 1886. Boundary line * Act of July 2k, 1897 (30 Stat., 214.) • South Dakota and Nebraska, June 3 and 7, 1897, Boundary line. Joint resolution of March 3, 1901 (31 Stat,, 1465). Tennessee and Virginia, January 28 and February 9, 1901, Boundary line. Act of March 1, 1905 (33 Stat., 820). South Dakota and Nebraska, Boundary line. Act of January 2k, I907 (3!+ Stat, 858), New Jersey and Delaware, March 21, 19O5# Jurisdiction over Delaware River, process, etc. Joint; resolution of January 26, I909 (35 Stat,, ll60). Mississippi and Louisiana* Boundary line and criminal jurisdiction (prospective agreement)* Joint resolution of January 26, 1909 (35 Stat., Il6l) Mississippi and Arkansas, Boundary line and criminal jurisdiction (prospective agreement). Join-t resolution of February k, 1909 (35 Stat,, II63). Tennessee and Arkansas. Boundary line and criminal jurisdiction (prospective agreement), Join-t resolution in June 7, 1910 (36 Stat., 881), Missouri and KansasQ Boundary line and criminal jurisdiction (prospective agreement), Join-t resolution of June 10, 1910 (36 Stat., 881). Oregon and ?Jashington. Boundary line (prospective agreement). Join-t resolution of June 22, I9IO (36 Stat,, 882). Wisconsin, Illinois* Indiana, and Michigan. Criminal jurisdiction on Lake Michigan (prospective agreement) • Act of October 3-, 19ll|. (38 Stat,, 727). Massachusetts and Connecticut, March 19, 1908, and June 6, I913. Boundary line.-Cong» Record, 1918, p. i+731» |