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Show 328 INTERSTATE COMPACTS ting aside such funds prior to the incurring of any obligation to be met in whole or in part in this manner. Except where the Commis- sion makes use of funds already available to it, the Commission shall not incur any obligations prior to the making of appropriations ade- quate to meet the same. G. The accounts of the Commission shall be open at any reasonable time to the inspection of such representatives of the respective party states as may be duly constituted for that purpose. All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant, and the report of the audit shall be included in and become a part of the annual report of the Commission. The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director. The Commission shall also appoint a Treasurer who may be a member of the Commission. The Executive Director shall be custodian of the records of the Commission with authority to attest to and certify such records and copies thereof under the seal of the Commission. The Com- mission shall require bonds of its Executive Director and Treasurer in the amount of at least twenty-five per cent of the annual budget of the Commission. ARTICLE VI Each of the Commission's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be ap- propriated by each of the party states. In determining these amounts, the Commission shall prorate one-half of its budget among the several states in proportion to their land area within the District, and shall prorate the other half among the several states in proportion to their population within the District at the last preceding Federal census. ARTICLE VII A. It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size, character and flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to the terms of this Compact, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and no single standard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the degree of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes should take into account the classification of the receiving waters according to present and proposed highest use, such as for drinking water supply, industrial and agricultural uses, bathing and other recreational purposes, maintenance and propagation of fish life, navigation and disposal of wastes. B. The Commission may establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological standards of water quality satisfactory for vari- ous classifications of use. It is agreed that each of the signatory states through appropriate agencies will prepare a classification of its interstate waters in the District in entirety or by portions accord- ing to present and proposed highest use, and for this purpose tech- nical experts employed by appropriate state water pollution control agencies are authorized to confer on questions relating to classification of interstate waters affecting two or more states. Each signatory state agrees to submit its classification of its interstate waters to the Commission for approval. It is agreed that after such approval, all signatory states through their appropriate state water pollution con- |