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Show 210 INTERSTATE COMPACTS by Massachusetts (Act of May 29, 1937; Acts and Resolves 1937, p. 476) and New Hampshire (Act of June 30,1937; Laws 1937, p. 243) but failed to receive the consent of the Congress. For its history in Congress, see S.J. Res. 178 and H.J. Res. 494, 75th Congress; Senate Report 952 (Committee on Commerce) and House Report 1632 (Com- mittee on Flood Control), 75th Congress; 81 Cong. Ree. 8393, 9669 (1937). See also the printed hearings before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, on H.J. Res. 482, etc., 75th Con- gress (1937) and before the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors (no bill), 76th Congress (1939). The text of this compact as shown in H.J. Res. 430, 75th Congress, was as follows: "article t "The principal purposes of this compact are: "(#) To promote interstate comity between the signatory states; "(&) To provide adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Merrimack Eiver and its tributaries, designed primarily 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 in the basin of the Merrimack Eiver and its tributaries, and, among other things: "(1) To acquire by lease from the states signatory hereto, or either of them, all lands, easements and rights of way necessary for the con- struction of the projects herein contemplated, without cost to the United States, except as provided in said Act of Congress hereinbefore referred to; " (2) To hold and save the United States free from damage due to the construction works; "(3) To maintain and operate all the works contemplated after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War; " (4) To accept from the signatory states hereto, and from any other source, contributions of moneys as hereinafter set forth for the pur- poses herein set forth, including without limiting the same, funds for the acquisition of lands, easements, and rights of way, for the pay- ment of damages and for the operation and maintenance of said flood control reservoirs, and for the expenses incidental thereto and to the functions of the Merrimack Eiver Valley Flood Control Commission hereinafter created. "article ii "There is hereby created 'The Merrimack Eiver Valley Flood Control Commission', hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall consist of six commissioners, three of whom shall be residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and three of whom shall be residents of the State of New Hampshire. "Each state shall choose its members of said Commission in such manner and for such terms as may from time to time be provided by the law thereof. A commissioner may be removed or suspended from |