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Show 65 purpose of conserving the forests and the water supply of the States" entering into such compacts.282 Also, in connection with projects authorized by the 1936 Hood Control Act, Congress gave blanket consent to states to enter into compacts whereby they would provide certain project funds, exempting a speci- fied type from a requirement that they be effective only after approval.283 And in 1948, blanket consent was given to the states for negotiation of interstate compacts for the prevention and abatement of pollution, and for establishment of agencies to make such compacts effective.284 No record has been found, however, of the consummation of compacts negotiated ex- pressly pursuant to these authorizations. On the other hand, difficulties in several fields of legislation have elicited application of the Compact Clause.285 While much has been written concerning interstate compacts,286 and states have made use of this device in many situations,287 those concerned with water and land resources are of special interest here. Of these, most common are the ones providing for the apportionment of waters of interstate streams.288 Several re- 282 Act of March 1, 1911, § 1, 36 Stat. 961,16 U. S. 0. 552. One writer has characterized this blanket consent statute as the first of its kind. Dodd, Interstate Compacts, 70 U. S. Law Rev. 557, 561 (19S6). 283 See infra, n. 34, pp. 133-134. 484 Act of June 30, 1948, §2(c), 62 Stat. 1155, 1156, 33 U. S. O. 466a(c) (Supp. III). 285 See, e. g., Frankfurter and Landis, The Compact Clause of the Consti- tution, A Study in Interstate Adjustments, 34 Yale L. J. 685, 696-704 (1925). 288 See, e. g., Interstate Compacts, A Compilation of Abticles from Various Soubces, Colorado Water Conservation Board (1946). 287 For a listing of compacts with the consent of Congress from 1789-1925, with related data, see Frankfurter and Landis, op. cit., supra, n. 285, at 735-748; for a listing of interstate compacts from 1789-1936 with related data, see Dodd, Interstate Compacts, 70 U. S. Law Rev. 557, 574-578 (1936); for a listing of interstate compacts from 1934-1949 with related data, see The Book of The States, The Council of State Governments, pp. 26-31 (1950- 1951). 288 See Hinderlider v. La Plata River d Cherry Creek Ditch Co., 304 U. S. 92, 106 (1938), where the Court pointed out that up to that time Congress had consented to 15 such compacts, of which five were ratified by two or more of the contracting states. Compacts providing for, among other things, apportionment, equitable apportionment, equitable distribution, or equitable division of waters of interstate streams, include the following: La Plata River Compact (Colo- |