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Show 142 INTERSTATE COMPACTS "article xxiv "This compact shall be submitted for adoption to the legislature of each of the signatory states at their several sessions beginning in the month of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five; and upon adop- tion by the legislative act of each and all of said states, the congress of the United States having consented thereto, it shall be in full force and effect. "In Witness Whereof, the commissioners have signed this compact in triplicate originals, one of which shall be deposited with the secre- tary of state of each of the signatory states. "Done at the city of New York, New York, this twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-five. "Charles H. Miner "Frederick C. Schneider "Robert Y. Stuart "George MacDonald "Philip P. Wells "Rudolph Reimer "W. A. Starrett " J. D. Thompson" A second compact negotiated by representatives of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania was ratified by New York in its Act of April 6,1927 (Laws 1927, p. 1712), but failed of ratification by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. As set forth in the Act of the New York legislature just cited, the compact read thus: "The commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the state of New Jersey, and the state of New York having appointed as commissioners, for the purpose of negotiating a compact with respect to the water resources of the Delaware river, For the commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Charles H. Miner Philip P. Wells Robert Y. Stuart For the state of New Jersey: Willard I. Hamilton Carroll P. Bassett Henry G. Parker F. Morse Archer Harry Bacharach Edward L. Young S. Wood McClave For the state of New York: George MacDonald Jefferson DeMont Thompson Rudolph Reimer the said commissioners, after negotiations, have agreed upon the fol- lowing articles: "article i "This compact, between the sovereign states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, is entered into to provide for the preservation of the Delaware river and, consistent with such object, to enable each of the said states to make use of a part of the waters thereof for the purpose of meeting present and reasonably prospective needs. This compact does not allocate the remaining waters nor fix any ratio or principle to govern future divisions. |
