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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 578-AUG. 10, 1954

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States. In the event this Compact is terminated as herein provided, all rights then vested hereunder shall continue unimpaired. (c) 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 IX

This Compact is made and entered into for the sole purpose of effecting an equitable apportionment and providing beneficial uses of the waters of the Sabine River, its tributaries and its watershed, without regard to the boundary between Louisiana and Texas, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as an admission on the part of either State or any agency, commission, department or subdivision thereof, respecting the location of said boundary; and neither this Compact nor any data compiled for the preparation or administration thereof shall be offered, admitted or considered in evidence, in any dispute, controversy or litigation bearing upon the matter of the location of said boundary. The term "Stateline" as defined in this Compact shall not be construed to define the actual boundary between the State of Texas and the State of Louisiana. ARTICLE X

Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as affecting, in any manner, any present or future rights or powers of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities in, to and over the waters of the Sabine River Basin. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, the Representatives have executed this Compact in three counterparts hereof, each of which shall be and constitute an original, one of which shall be forwarded to the Administrator, General Services Administration of the United States of America and one of which shall be forwarded to the Governor of each State. D O N E in the City of Logansport, in the State of Louisiana, this 26th day of January, 1953. Henry L. Woodworth H E N R Y L. W O O D W O R T H, Representative for the State of Texas. John W. Simmons JOHN W. SIMMONS, Representative for the State of Texas. Roy T. Sessums ROY T. S E S S U M S, Representative for the State of Louisiana. APPROVED: Louis W. Prentiss L O U I S W. P R E N T I S S, Representative of the United States. SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. This reservation shall not be construed to prevent the vesting of rights to the use of water pursuant to applicable law, and no alteration, amendment, or repeal of this Act shall be held to affect rights so vested. Approved August 10, 1954.

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