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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 59-APR. 2, 1938 "It shall adopt a seal and suitable by-laws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. "A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers, or the performance of any duties, but no action of the Commission shall be binding unless at least two of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof. "The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual report to the Governor of each state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions con- ducted by it pursuant to this compact, and shall make recommenda- tions for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the said states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this compact, and such changes in the area of the district as may seem desirable. "The Commission shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office, or other administrative expenses prior to the making of appropriation adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Commission pledge the credit of any of the said states except by and with the authority of the legislatures thereof. Each state reserves the right to provide here- after by law for the examination and audit of the accounts of the Commission by its comptroller or other official. "The Commissioner shall meet and organize within thirty days after the effective date of this compact. PARTICLE VII. "It shall be the duty of the Commission to study the various water problems relating to water supply with the Tri-State Waters Area. "ARTICLE VIII. "Plans for works on boundary waters in said drainage area pre- pared by the state, municipal or industrial agencies shall receive the approval of the Commission before construction is begun. "It shall be the duty of the Commission to maintain and control lake levels and stream flow on boundary waters within the area, but such action shall be taken only with the approval of the authorized county or state agencies, in which such lake or stream is located, but said Commission shall have no power or jurisdiction over water levels or stream flow in the Otter Tail River which is known as that portion of the Red River originating in Becker and Otter Tail counties extending and flowing through in a southerly and southwesterly direc- tion through the counties of Becker, Otter Tail and Wilkin and emptying into the Red River of the North at the junction of the Boise de Sioux at Breckenridge, Minnesota and its chain of lakes and its tributaries. "The Commission shall have power to cooperate with any duly authorized federal, state or municipal agency in studies and surveys, construction, maintenance and operation of water projects within the scope of its jurisdiction. "The Commission shall be authorized to exercise the power of emi- nent domain, to acquire such real and personal property as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this compact, and to exercise all other powers not inconsistent with the constitutions of the States of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, or with the Constitution of the United States, which may be reasonably necessary or appropriate for or incidental to the effectuation of its authorized purposes, and generally to exercise in connection with the property and [52 STAT.

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