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Show Sabine River Compact, 1953 The State of Texas and the State of Louisiana, parties signatory to this Compact (hereinafter referred to as "Texas" and "Louisiana", respectively, or individually as a "State", or collectively as the "States"), having resolved to conclude a compact with respect to the waters of the Sabine River, and having appointed representatives as follows: For Texas: Henry L. Woodworth, Interstate Compact Com- missioner for Texas; and John W. Simmons, President of the Sabine River Authority of Texas; For Louisiana: Roy T. Sessums, Director of ithe Department of Public Works of the State of Louisiana; and consent to negotiate and enter into the said Compact having been granted by Act of Congress of the United States approved November 1, 1951 (Public Law No. 252; 82nd Congress, First Session), and pursuant thereto the President having designated Louis W. Prentiss as the representative of the United States, the said representatives for Texas and Louisiana, after negotiations participated in by the repre- sentative of the United States, have for such Compact agreed upon Articles as hereinafter set forth. The major purposes of this Com- pact are to provide for an equitable apportionment between the States of Louisiana and Texas of the waters of the Sabine River and its tributaries, thereby removing the causes of present and future contro- versy between the States over the conservation and utilization of said waters; to encourage the development, conservation and utilization of the water resources of the Sabine River and its tributaries; and to establish a basis for cooperative planning and action by the States for the construction, operation and maintenance of projects for water conservation and utilization purposes on that reach of the Sabine River touching both States, and for apportionment of the benefits therefrom. It is recognized that pollution abatement and salt water intrusion are problems which are of concern to the States of Louisiana and Texas, but inasmuch as this Compact is limited to the equitable appor- tionment of the waters of the Sabine River and its tributaries between the States of Louisiana and Texas, this Compact does not undertake the solution of those problems. ARTICLE I As used in this Compact: (a) The word "Stateline" means the point of the Sabine River where its waters in downstream flow first touch the States of both Louisiana and Texas. (b) The term "waters of the Sabine River" means the waters either originating in the natural drainage basin of the Sabine River, or 292 |
