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Show CONNECTICUT RIVER COMPACT 65 of New Hampshire and Vermont, to complete such a comprehensive flood control system, will remove from the tax rolls of local govern- ments of those states such property as is acquired by the United States and may work other hardships against the people of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont; and Whereas, it is highly desirable that any flood control dam and reser- voir constructed by the United States in the Connecticut River Valley have the approval of the state wherein it is located and that states benefiting from construction of such dam and reservoir make reim- bursement for such loss of taxes and for such hardships; and Whereas, a comprehensive system for the prevention of destructive floods and for water resources utilization in the Connecticut River Valley can best be accomplished by cooperation between the several states in the valley and by and through a common and joint agency of said several states; Now, therefore, the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts and States of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont do hereby enter into the following compact, to-wit: ARTICLE I The principal purposes of this compact are: (a) to promote inter- state comity among and between the signatory states; (b) to assure adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Connect- icut River and its tributaries for the protection of life and property from floods; (c) to provide a joint or common agency through which the signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the basin of the Con- necticut River and its tributaries. ARTICLE II There is hereby created "The Connecticut River Valley Flood Con- trol Commission", hereinafter referred to as the "commission", which shall consist of twelve members, three of whom shall be residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; three of whom shall be resi- dents of the State of Connecticut; three of whom shall be residents of the State of New Hampshire; and three of whom shall be residents of the State of Vermont. The members of the commission shall be chosen by their respective states in such manner and for such terms as may be fixed and deter- mined from time to time by the law of each of said states respectively by which they are appointed. A member of the commission may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state for which he shall be appointed, and any vacancy occurring in the commission shall be filled in accordance with the laws of the state wherein such vacancy exists. A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any of its powers or the performance of any of its duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least two of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. |