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Show THAMES RIVER COMPACT 337 A signatory state may, in agreement with the commission and the Chief of Engineers, acquire title or option to acquire title to any or all lands, rights or other property required for any flood control dam and reservoir within its boundaries and transfer such titles or options to the United States. Whenever the fair cost to said signatory state for such, titles or options, as determined by the commission, is greater than the amount received therefor from the United States, the State of Connecticut shall pay its share of such excess cost to said signatory state, such share to be determined by the commission. Whenever the commission shall not agree, within a reasonable time or within sixty days after a formal request from the governor of any signatory state, concerning reimbursement for loss of taxes at any flood control dam and reservoir heretofore or hereafter constructed by the United States in the Thames River Valley in Massachusetts, or concerning the extent, if any, to which reimbursement shall be made for additional loss of taxes caused by construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of any such dam for purposes other than flood control, the governor of each signatory state shall designate a person from his state as a member of a board of arbitration, hereinafter called the board, and the members so designated shall choose one additional member who shall be chairman of such board. Whenever the members appointed by the governors to such board shall not agree within sixty days on such additional member of the board, the governors of such signatory states shall jointly designate the additional member. The board shall by majority vote decide the question referred to it and shall do so in accordance with the provisions of this compact concerning such reimbursement. The decision of the board on each question referred to it concerning reimbursement for loss of taxes shall be binding on the commission and on each signatory state, not- withstanding any other provision of this compact. ARTICLE VI Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed as a limita- tion upon the authority of the United States. ARTICLE VII The signatory states agree to appropriate for compensation of agents and employees of the commission and for office, administra- tion, travel and other expenses on recommendation of the commission subject to limitations as follows: The Commonwealth of Massachu- setts obligates itself to not more than seven thousand ($7,000) dollars in any one year and the State of Connecticut obligates itself to not more than five thousand ($5,000) dollars in any one year. ARTICLE VIII Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the con- stitution of any signatory state or of the United States, all other parts thereof shall continue to be in full force and effect. |