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Show SABINE RIVER COMPACT 299 together with a certificate of audit by a certified public accountant, in its annual report. Each State shall have the right to make an exam- ination and audit of the accounts of the Administration at any time. (1) The Administration shall, whenever requested, provide access to its records by the Governor of either State or by the chief official of either State charged therein with the administration of water rights. The Administration shall annually on or before January 15th of each year make and transmit to the Governors of the signatory States, and to the President of the United States, a report of the Administration's activities and deliberations for the preceding year. ARTICLE VIII (a) This Compact shall become effective when ratified by the Legis- lature and approved by the Governors of both States and when approved by the Congress of the United States. (b) The provisions of this Compact shall remain in full force and effect until modified, altered or amended in the same manner as here- inabove required for ratification thereof. The right so to modify, alter or amend this Compact is expressly reserved. This Compact may be terminated at any time by mutual consent of the signatory States. In the event this Compact is terminated as herein provided, all rights then vested hereunder shall continue unimpaired. (c) Should a court of competent jurisdiction hold any part of this Compact to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory State or of the United States of America, all other severable provisions of this Compact shall continue in full force and effect. ARTICLE IX This Compact is made and entered into for the sole purpose of effecting an equitable apportionment and providing beneficial uses of the waters of the Sabine River, its tributaries and its watershed, with- out regard to the boundary between Louisiana and Texas, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as an admission on the part of either State or any agency, commission, department or subdivision thereof, respecting the location of said boundary; and neither this Compact nor any data compiled for the preparation or administration thereof shall be offered, admitted or considered in evidence, in any dispute, controversy or litigation bearing upon the matter of the location of said boundary. The term "Stateline" as defined in this Compact shall not be con- strued to define the actual boundary between the State of Texas and the State of Louisiana. article x Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as affecting, in any manner, any present or future rights or powers of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities in, to and over the waters of the Sabine River Basin. In" witness whereof, the Representatives have executed this Com- pact in three counterparts hereof, each of which shall be and consti- tute an original, one of which shall be forwarded to the Administrator, |