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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 64-FEB. 26, 1944 sented to and approved by the Congress of the United States in the same manner as this compact is required to be ratified to become effective. ARTICLE XI This compact may be terminated at any time by unanimous con- sent of the States, and upon such termination, all rights then estab- lished hereunder or recognized hereby shall continue to be recognized as valid by the States notwithstanding the termination of the other provisions of the compact. ARTICLE XII Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit or prevent either State from instituting or maintaining any action or proceeding, legal or equitable, in any Federal court or the United States Supreme Court for the protection of any right under this compact or the enforcement of any of its provisions. ARTICLE xm Nothing in this compact shall be deemed: A. To impair or affect any rights or powers of the United States its agencies, or instrumentalities, in and to the use of the waters of the Belle Fourche River nor its capacity to acquire rights in and to the use of said waters; B. To subject any property of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities to taxation by either State or subdivision thereof, nor to create an obligation on the part of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities, by reason of the acquisition, construction or opera- tion of any property or works of whatsoever kind, to make any pay- ments to any State or political subdivision thereof, State agency, municipality, or entity whatsoever in reimbursement for the loss of taxes; C. To subject any property of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities, to the laws of any State to an extent other than the extent to which these laws would apply without regard to the compact. RTICLE XIV This compact shall become operative when approved by the Legis- lature of each of the States, and when consented to by the Congress of the United States by legislation providing, among other things, that: A. Any beneficial uses hereafter made by the United States, or those acting by or under its authority, within a State, of the waters allocated by this compact, shall be within the allocations hereinabove made for use in that State and shall be taken into account in determining the extent of use within that State. B. The United States, or those acting by or under its authority, in the exercise of rights or powers arising from whatever jurisdiction the United States has in, over and to the waters of the Belle Fourche River and all its tributaries, shall recognize, to the extent consistent with the best utilization of the waters for multiple purposes, that bene- ficial use of the waters within the Basin is of paramount importance to development of the Basin, and no exercise of such power or right thereby that would interfere with the full beneficial use of the waters shall be made except upon a determination, giving due con- sideration to the objectives of this compact and after consultation with all interested Federal agencies and the State officials charged with [58 STAT.

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