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Show 148 INTERSTATE COMPACTS shall include a statement of the quantity of water proposed to be diverted, the purpose of such diversion and a copy of the authority for the development. "article xi "To evidence that the provisions of this compact are being complied with there shall be installed and maintained, in connection with every development which comes under the provisions of this compact, ade- quate and suitable equipment for measuring all necessary quantities and rates of water flow. Records of all water flows in connection with such developments shall be kept and furnished to the commission as the said commission may require. Said equipment shall be installed and maintained and said records shall be kept and furnished by the state or by the holder of the authorization for every such development. "article xii "No water from the Delaware drainage basin shall be diverted for use outside the boundaries of the states signatory to this compact. Except by legislative act no signatory state may give, grant or dispose of to another signatory state, or to the holder of an authorization therefrom, any water allotted to it or developed by it under the provisions of this compact. The joint exercise by or under the author- ity of two or more of the signatory states of any right under this compact is hereby authorized. "article xiii "The signatory states, recognizing the importance of conserving the sanitary quality of the waters flowing in the channel of the Delaware river so that these waters may be used as sources of domestic and municipal water supplies, agree to' co-operate in carrying out a policy for maintaining said waters in a sanitary condition at least equal to that which obtains as of the date when this compact becomes effective. "article xiv "The beneficial effects of forest covered areas on the regularization of stream flow, with attendant greater potential use of streams for domestic, industrial, navigation and other purposes, are recognized by the signatory states. Each signatory state agrees to adhere to a policy covering the establishment and maintenance of an adequate forest cover in the Delaware drainage basin and the maintenance of the highest practicable standards of protection from fire on these lands. "article xv "Each signatory state, in the exercise of any right under this com- pact, may take and condemn any property necessary for the con- struction, maintenance and operation of any dam in or across the channel of the Delaware river. Each signatory state may also take and condemn any rights to the use of or in water, the taking or condemnation of which rights is necessary to effect any allowable diversion made under this compact from any tributary or from the |