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be a citizen of the commonwealth or state from which he is appointed. The commissioners from the commonwealth and from the state shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by the laws of the commonwealth or state from which they shall be appointed, and any commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the commonwealth or state from which he shall be appointed. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled in the manner provided by the laws of the commonwealth or state amon^ whose representation on the commission the vacancy occurs. "The conunissioners shall serve without compensation from the commission, but they shall be paid by the commission their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties. "ARTICLE V. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION. "The commission shall meet and organize within sixty days after the effective date of this compact, shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman, and shall appoint, and at its pleasure remove or discharge, such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, and shall determine their qualifications and fix their duties and compensation. I t shall adopt a seal and suitable bylaws, and shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. I t may establish and maintain one or more offices within the district for the transaction of its business, and may meet at any time or place. The presence of three commissioners from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and three commissioners from the State of West Virginia shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of the (piorum shall be iiecessary to pass upon matters before the connuission. "ARTICLE VL POWERS AND DUTIES. "The commission is hereby authorized and empowered: "(a) To be and serve in the capacity of a local organization within the meaning of the AVatershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of the eighty-third Congress of the United States, second session. (Public Law 566), approved August 4, 1954, as from time to time 68 Stat. 16 USC amended, and in that capacity the commission shall have the following note. authority and powers: "(1) To apply for and receive federal financial and other assistance in preparing and carrying out plans for works of improvement as that term is defined in said federal act, as from time to time amended, hereinafter referred to as works of improvement, and to apply for and receive federal financial and other assistance under the aforementioned or other federal acts in preparing and carrying out plans for public fish and wildlife or recreational development in connection with works of improvement, including the construction and operation of all facilities which may be necessary or incident to such works of improvement and public fish and wildlife or recreational development in connection therewith. "(2) To acquire, or with respect to interests in land to be acquired by condemnation, provide assurances satisfactory to the secretary of agriculture of the Ignited States or other agent or agency of the United States that the commission will acquire such land, easements, or rights-of-way as will be needed in connection with works of improvement, and public fish and wildlife or recreational development and facilities in connecticm with works of improvement, installed with federal assistance. "(3) To agree to operate and maintain any reservoir or other area included in a plan for works of improvement or public fish and wildlife or recreational development and facilities. "(4) To assume all or such proportionate share, as is determined by the secretary of agriculture of the Ignited States or other agent or

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