Pennsylvania Act 1923-239 — DELAWARE RIVER, REGULATION OF

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DELAWARE RIVER, REGULATION OF
                  Act of May 24, 1923, P.L. 448, No. 239              Cl. 46
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the creation of a commission to negotiate with the
        duly constitued agents of the States of New York and New
        Jersey for the regularization of the flow of the Delaware
        River, the conservation, apportionment, and utilization of
        the water resources thereof; providing the method of
        ratification of such compact by this Commonwealth; and
        prescribing the conditions of its being in full force and
        effect.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Governor of the
     Commonwealth is hereby authorized to designate three officers of
     the Commonwealth as commissioners with power to negotiate with
     the duly authorized agents of the States of New York and New
     Jersey a compact, in accordance with the Constitution of the
     United States, for the regularization of the flow of the
     Delaware River, the conservation of the water resources of the
     Delaware Basin, the apportionment thereof among the said States
     for domestic and municipal supply, and the utilization thereof
     for power and other beneficial uses.
        Section 2.  The compact negotiated by the said commissioners
     shall be submitted by the Governor to the General Assembly, and,
     the Congress of the United States having consented thereto,
     shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification by a
     duly enacted law of this Commonwealth, and by the States of New
     York and New Jersey as their laws may respectively prescribe.