1390                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 766

1849 THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, BY THE ADOPTION OF A
CODE, HAS ONLY INCORPORATED ARTICLES 7, 8, 10 AND
11 OF THE COMPACT, AND HAS REGARDED ALL OTHER
ARTICLES AS OBSOLETE AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE
AND EFFECT, AND

WHEREAS, THE STATE OF MARYLAND HAS RECOGNIZED
THE VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES LYING IN THE
POTOMAC RIVER, AND HAS SOUGHT TO EFFECTUATE A
UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PRESERVATION AND CONSERVA-
TION OF THESE NATURAL RESOURCES TO THE MUTUAL
BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF BOTH MARYLAND AND
VIRGINIA, AND

WHEREAS, THE CITIZENS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
PERSONNEL OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAVE CAL-
LOUSLY AND INTENTIONALLY DISREGARDED, DISOBEYED
AND INTERFERED WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS
REGULATING THE ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION AND
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE POTO-
MAC RIVER, AND

WHEREAS, THE STATE OF MARYLAND HAS REQUESTED
THE STATE OF VIRGINIA TO COOPERATE IN THE PRESER-
VATION AND CONSERVATION OF THESE NATURAL RE-
SOURCES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER WHICH THE STATE OF
VIRGINIA HAS EFFECTIVELY REFUSED TO DO, ALL OF
WHICH IS TO THE MUTUAL DETRIMENT OF THE CITIZENS
OF BOTH STATES, AND

WHEREAS, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS CLEARLY
DEMONSTRATED ITS UNWILLINGNESS AND OPEN RE-
FUSAL TO COOPERATE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF EXIST-
ING LAWS AND TO ADOPT NEW LAWS FOR THE EFFECTIVE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVA-
TION OF THESE VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES, AND

WHEREAS, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS CLEARLY
DEMONSTRATED ITS INTENTION TO DISREGARD AND
FLOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AS
OWNER OF THE BED OF THE POTOMAC RIVER AND TO
INTERFERE WITH THE LAWFUL RIGHTS OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND AND ITS CITIZENS, AND

WHEREAS, THE STATE OF MARYLAND HAS ABLY, WITH-
OUT INCIDENT, REGULATED THE VARIOUS RIVERS AND
WATERS BINDING ON SISTER STATES, INCLUDING THE
STATE OF VIRGINIA, LYING OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION
OF THE COMPACT OF 1785, TO THE MUTUAL AND CON-
TINUED BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF MARYLAND AND
THE CITIZENS OF ADJOINING STATES, AND

WHEREAS, THE HOSTILITY SHOWN BY THE OFFICIALS
AND CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA TO THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND CITIZENS OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND ON THE POTOMAC RIVER, BY REASON OF
SHOOTINGS AND SABOTAGE OF VESSELS HAS CREATED
A SITUATION WHICH THE STATE OF MARYLAND CAN NO
LONGER TOLERATE, AND