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Show 214 INTERSTATE COMPACTS "In like manner, such state, at the expense of the Commission and upon its request shall procure the relocation of any railroad, electric transmission, telephone, or telegraph lines, or other public utility struc- tures, including new rights of way therefor as may be essential on ac- count of the construction, operation, and maintenance of such reservoir for flood control purposes. "article vi "The Commission shall save the states in which such reservoirs are lo- cated, free and harmless from all loss, cost, damage, or expense in con- nection with the flood control, operation, and maintenance of such reservoir or reservoirs except as hereinafter provided in Articles X and XII. "In the construction and maintenance of such reservoir or reservoirs the Commission shall cause the area which may be flowed thereby when full, to be cleared of buildings and all such trees, brush, and under- brush as from time to time may be damaged or killed by such flowage; shall cause borrow pits or banks, other excavations, or unused accu- mulations of material and debris, to be leveled, graded, masked, re- moved, or otherwise disposed of in such a way as to leave no holes or other unsightly conditions therein; and shall cause all water pockets to be properly drained and the premises affected by such flowage to be landscaped in such manner as may reasonably preserve the natural condition of such premises before such construction, except as the same necessarily may be changed thereby. "The lands, easements, and rights of way hereby leased shall be ex- empt from all taxation, but the said commission shall make payments on or before the first day of October of each year to each town in which such lands, easements, and rights of way, respectively, are located, of a sum equal to the taxes which would have been assessed against the said lands, easements, and rights of way in such town if the same had been included in the list of taxable property for such year, at the as- sessed valuation of the same as determined for the tax year 1936. Pro- vided, however, that no payment shall be made or required hereunder on account of reimbursement for loss of taxes on any structure which may be erected on such premises in connection with the construction or use of said project, or on account of any railroad or other public util- ity which may be relocated under the terms of this compact, and which thereafter is included in the list of taxable property in said town when relocated. "aeticle vii "When said lands, easements, and rights of way essential to the con- struction of any dam or reservoir shall have been acquired as herein- before provided, the state wherein the same are located shall make, ex- ecute, and deliver to said Commission a good and sufficient lease of the same, to include the structures thereon when completed and accepted by the state, except as hereinafter provided, upon the terms and condi- tions following, to wit: "(a) The said Commission shall save the state in which said reser- voirs are respectively located, free and harmless from all loss, cost, damage, or expense in connection with the control, operation, and maintenance of said reservoir or reservoirs except as hereinafter pro- vided in Articles X and XII. |
