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Show power to consent to a compact, is given power to enforce it", -,since it "became operative at the will of Congress. There are in existenoe interstate agreements which are called "compacts" and which do not have the consent of Congress* It may well be questioned how such compacts could be enforced, or whether they are enforceable at all* Federal Blanket Consent Acts The purpose of blanket consent acts is to expedite the negotiation of state compacts by cutting out a certain amount of red tape in making them effective, since, by decision, Congressional consent may be given either before or after state action. A more or less modern'practice which has grown up in Congress has been to grant blanket consent to compacts which may be made in the future and -which are not necessarily contemplated at the time the federal act is passed. If Congressional consent follows state action, Congress must pass on each compact individually even though the subject matter of several may be identical. Under a blanket consent act wholesale assent is given to any and all compacts which may be in the future consummated by the states and which come within the purview of the subject matter of the act* The first measure of this kind was enacted by Congress during the year- 1911. (36 Stat. 961) This law provided* That the consent of Congress is hereby given to each of the several states of the Union to enter into any agreement or compact not in conflict with any law of the United States, with any other s-tate or states for the purpose of conserving the forests and water supplies of the states entering into such-agreement or compact* T"wenty-three years later, Congress, motivated by the mounting crime record thro-ughout the nation and the inability of either the states alCne or the federal government to cope with the situation single-handed, enacted the Crime Compact Act, which gives the consent of Congress permitting a:ny two or more states to enter into agreements or pacts for co- operative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime and in the enforcement of their respective criminal laws and policies, and to establish such agencies joint or otherwise as tjiey may deem desirable for making effective such agreements or c anpacts• Tfhen the Supreme Court declared the Agricultural Adjustment Act un- constitutional, there was in existence a law, known as the Kerr Tobacco Act, which attempted to control and tax the production of tobacco along the same lines as the A.A.A. This act was repealed by Congress after the A.A»A. decision, inasmuch as it too would have been declared unconstitutional. There existed, however, a situation in the tobacco-growing regions of the United States which demanded sorne sort of regulation. The action of individual states being insuf- ficient in itself, and federal action having been held unconstitutional by the |