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Show 80 INTERSTATE COMPACTS "article vi "The Commission shall save the States in which such reservoirs are located free and harmless from all loss, cost, damage, or expense in connection with the control, operation, and maintenance of such reser- voir or reservoirs except as hereinafter provided in articles IX and XI. "The Commission or the War Department in the construction and maintenance of such reservoir or reservoirs shall cause the area which may be flowed thereby, when full, to be cleared of buildings and all such trees, brush, and underbrush as from time to time may be damaged or killed by such flowage; shall cause borrow pits or banks, other excavations, or unused accumulations of material and debris, to be leveled, graded, masked, removed, 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 rea- sonably preserve the natural condition of such premises before such construction, ex^pt as the same necessarily may be changed thereby. "The lands, easements, and rights-of-way leased shall be exempt 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 assessed valuation of the same as determined for the tax year 1936: Provided, however, That no payments 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 utility which may be relocated under the terms of this compact, and which is included in the list of taxable property in said town when relocated. "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, execute, and deliver to said Commission a good and sufficient lease of the same, to include the structures thereon when completed and accepted by the States, except as hereinafter provided, upon the terms and conditions 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 IX and XI. "(b) In the construction and maintenance of such reservoir or reservoirs, the area wihich may be flowed thereby, when full, shall be cleared of buildings and of such trees, brush, and underbrush, as from time to time may be damaged or killed by such flowage; borrow pits or banks, other excavations or unused accumulations of material and debris, shall be leveled, graded, masked, removed, or otherwise dis- posed of in such a way as to leave no holes or other unsightly conditions therein; all water pockets shall be properly drained; and the premises |
