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PUBLIC LAW 86-143-,AUG. 7, 1959

[73 S T A T.

" 'ARTICLE VI

" 'Each state joining herein shall appoint one representative to a commission hereby constituted and designated as " ' " THE INTERSTATE OIL COMPACT COMMISSION."

the duty of which said commission shall be to make inquiry and ascertain from time to time such methods, practices, circumstances, and conditions as may be disclosed for bringing about conservation and the prevention of physical waste of oil and gas, and at such intervals as said commission deems beneficial it shall report its findings and recommendations to the several States for adoption or rejection. " 'The Commission shall have power to recommend the coordination of the exercise of the police powers of the several states within their several jurisdictions to promote the maximum ultimate recovery from the petroleum reserves of said states, and to recommend measures for the maximum ultimate recovery of oil and gas. Said Commission shall organize and adopt suitable rules and regulations for the conduct of its business. " 'No action shall be taken by the Commission except: (1) by the affirmative votes of the majority of the whole number of the compacting States represented at any meeting, and (2) by a concurring vote of a majority in interest of the compacting States at said meeting, such interest to be determined as follows: such vote of each State shall be in the decimal proportion fixed by the ratio of its daily average production during the preceding calendar half-yeaT to the daily average production of the compacting States during said period. " 'ARTICLE

VII

" 'No State by joining herein shall become financially obligated to any other State, nor shall the breach of the terms hereof by any State subject such State to financial responsibility to the other States joining herein. '"ARTICLE VIII " 'This compact shall expire September 1, 1937. But any State joining herein may, upon sixty (60) days notice, withdraw herefrom. " 'The representatives of the signatory States have signed this agreement in a single original which shall oe deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States, and a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory states. " 'This compact shall become effective when ratified and approved as provided in Article I. Any oil-producing State may become a party hereto b^ affixing its signature to a counterpart to be similarly deposited, certified, and ratified.' " WHEREAS, the said Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas has heretofore been duly renewed and extended with the consent of the Congress to September 1, 1955; and " WHEREAS, it is desired, to renew and extend the said Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas for a period of four (4) years from September 1, 1959, to September 1, 1963: %OW, THEREFORE, THIS WRITING WITNESSETH: " I t is hereby agreed that the Compact entitled " 'AN 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 ' executed in the City of Dallas, Texas, on the 16th of February, 1935, and now on deposit with the Department of State of the United States, a correct copy of which appears above, be, and the same hereby

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