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Show BELLE FOURCHE RIVER COMPACT 37 B. To subject any property of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities to taxation by either State or subdivision thereof, nor to create an obligation on the part of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities, by reason of the acquisition, construction or opera- tion of any property or works of whatsoever kind, to make any pay- ments to any State or political subdivision thereof, State agency, municipality, or entity whatsoever in reimbursement for the loss of taxes; C. To subject any property of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities, to the laws of any State to an extent other than the extent to which these laws would apply without regard to the compact. ARTICLE XIV This compact shall become operative when approved by the Legis- lature of each of the States, and when consented to by the Congress of the United States by legislation providing, among other things, that: A. Any beneficial uses hereafter made by the United States, or those acting by or under its authority, within a State, of the waters allocated by this compact, shall be within the allocations hereinabove made for use in that State and shall be taken into account in determining the extent of use within that State. B. The United States, or those acting by or under its authority, in the exercise of rights or powers arising from whatever jurisdiction the United States has in, over and to the waters of the Belle Fourche River and all its tributaries, shall recognize, to the extent consistent with the best utilization of the waters for multiple purposes, that bene- ficial use of the waters within the Basin is of paramount importance to development of the Basin, and no exercise of such power or right thereby that would interfere with the full beneficial use of the waters shall be made except upon a determination, giving due consideration to the objectives of this compact and after consultation with all in- terested Federal agencies and the State officials charged with the ad- ministration of this compact, that such exercise is in the interest of the best utilization of such waters for multiple purpose. C. The United States, or those acting by or under its authority, will recognize any established use, for domestic and irrigation purposes, of the apportioned waters which may be impaired by the exercise of Federal jurisdiction in, over, and to such waters; provided, that such use is being exercised beneficially, is valid under the laws of the appro- priate State and in conformity with this compact at the time of the impairment thereof, and was yalidly initiated under State law prior to the initiation or authorization of the Federal program or project which causes such impairment. ARTICLE XV Should a court of competent jurisdiction hold any part of this compact to be contrary to the constitution of any State or of the United States, all other severable provisions shall continue in full force and effect. In Witness Whereof, the Commissioners have signed this compact in triplicate original, one of which shall be filed in the archives of |