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61 Stat. 316.

65 Stat. 199.

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executed counterparts of said apreement, and said counterparts so executed were deposited in the Department of State of the United States; and which compact w'as thereafter extended and renewed for a period of four years from the 1st day of September 1947 by an agreement executed and ratified by the representatives of the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Indiana, which was deposited in the Department of State of the United States, and such extended and renewed compact was, by the President of the United States, presented to Congress, and Congress gave its consent to such extended and renewed compact by S. J. Res. 122 (Public Law 184, Eightieth Congress); and thereafter the representatives of the States of Kentucky, Illinois, Mississippi, and Michigan executed counterparts of said agreement, which executed counterparts were deposited in the Department of State of the United States; and which compact was thereafter extended and renewed for a period of four years from the 1st day of September 1951, by an agreement executed and ratified by the representatives of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia, which was deposited in the Department of State of the United States and such extended and renewed compact was, by the President of the United States, presented to Congress and Congress gave its consent to such extended and renewed compact by S. J. Res. 42 (Eighty-secoud Congress, first session); and thereafter the representatives of the states of Illinois, Kansas, North Dakota, and Nebraska executed counterparts of said agreement which executed counterparts were deposited in the Department of State of the United States. The agreement to extend and renew said compact for a period of four years from September 1, 1955, to September 1, 1959, duly executed by the representatives of the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia, has been deposited in the Department of State of the United States, and reads as follows: AN A G R E E M E N T TO E X T E N D THE I N T E R S T A T E COMPACT TO C O N S E R V E O I L A N D G A S

Whereas, on the 16th day of February, 1935, in the City of Dallas, Texas, there was executed "An Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas" which was thereafter formally ratified and approved by the States of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois, Colorado, and Kansas, the original of which is now on deposit wnth the Department Text of compact, ^f g^^^g ^f ^^iB United States, a true copy of which follows: " A N INTERSTATE COMPACT TO CONSERVE O I L AND GAS "ARTICLE I

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"This agreement may become effective within any compacting state at any time as prescribed by that state, and shall become effective within those states ratifying it whenever any three of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, and New Mexico have ratified and Congress has given its consent. Any oil-producing state may become a party hereto as hereinafter provided.

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