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PUBLIC LAW 231—OCT. 30, 1951

[65 STAT.

ARTICLE X VI

Nothing in this Compact shall be deemed: (a) To impair or affect the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the United States of America in or over the area of waters affected by such compact, any rights or powers of the United States of America, its agencies, or instrumentalities, in and to the use of the waters of the Yellowstone River Basin nor its capacity to acquire rights in and to the use of said waters; (b) To subject any property of the United States of America, its agencies, or instrumentalities to taxation by any State or subdivision thereof, nor to create an obligation on the part of the United States of America, its agencies, or instrumentalities, by reason of the acquisition, construction, or operation of any property or works of whatsoever kind, to make any payments 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 of America, 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. ARTICLE X VII 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

XVIII

No sentence, phrase, or clause in this Compact or in any provision thereof, shall be construed or interpreted to divest any signatory State or any of the agencies or officers of such States of the jurisdiction of the water of each State as apportioned in this Compact. I n Witness Whereof the Commissioners have signed this Compact in quadruplicate original, one of which shall be filed in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America and shall be deemed the authoritative original, and of which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each signatory State. Done at the City of Billings in the State of Montana, this 8th day of December, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty. Commissioners for the State of Montana: Fred E. Buck / s / Fred E. Buck A. W. Bradshaw / s / A. W. Bradshaw Bunston H. W. Bunston M H. W. Herzog John Herzog M John M. Jarussi John John M. Jarussi N Ashton Jones Ashton Jones M Chris. Josephson Chris. Josephson N A. Wallace Kingsbury A. Wallace Kingsbury /s/ P. F, Leonard / s / P. F. Leonard Walter M. McLaughlin / s / Walter M. McLaughlin Dave M. Manning M Dave M. Manning Joseph Muggli N Joseph Muggli Chester E. Onstad / s / Chester E. Onstad E d F. Parriott / s / Ed F. Parriott R. R. Renne / s / R. R. Renne Keith W. Trout / s / Keith W. Trout

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