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Show 218 INTERSTATE COMPACTS "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts fifty per cent thereof. "The State of New Hampshire fifty percent thereof, and each state shall make adequate provision for compliance on its part with the pro- vision of this Article, and funds shall be made available as and when required upon the requisition of the Commission. "As a part of the expense of operation and maintenance of said reser- voirs the Commission shall assume and pay to the respective towns entitled thereto the cost of reimbursement for loss of taxes, as set forth and required in the third paragraph of Article VI hereof, and shall pay all costs incident to or damages resulting from the operation and main- tenance of such flood control reservoirs, and shall save the United States free and harmless on account thereof, and shall pay all other costs or expenses which may be necessary in the operation and mainte- nance thereof, including the expenses of the members of said Com- mission hereinbefore provided to be paid out of the funds of said Commission. "article xiii "Each of the signatory states hereby releases and discharges the other and the Commission of and from all damages, which may be claimed to result from the obstruction, detention, impounding, storage, release, or diversion of the waters of said Merrimack River and its tributaries, insofar as the same may be in any way affected by the con- struction, operation, or maintenance of the reservoirs herein contem- plated. "article xiv "This compact shall become operative and effective when approved by the legislatures of each of the signatory states and by the Congress of the United States, Notice of approval shall be given by the Gover- nor of each state to the Governor of the other state and to the Presi- dent of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the Governor of each of the signatory states of its approval by the Congress of the United States." |