54 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 29

appointed by the Governor shall be two years, the first of such ap-
pointments of two members to be made on June 1, 1939, and they
shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual
expenses incurred in and incident to the performance of their duties
as hereinafter set forth. This State shall contribute to the Inter-
state Commission on the Potomac River Basin its prorata share of
the expenses of said Commission, which shall be such sums as may be
appropriate for the purpose in the State budget [, but not less than
the sum of three thousand dollars ($3, 000) per year for two years
next succeeding June 1, 1939],

The Governor of the State is hereby authorized and directed to
execute a compact on behalf of the State of Maryland with the other
states and the District hereinabove referred to, who may by their
legislative bodies so authorize a compact in form substantially as
follows:

A COMPACT

WHEREAS, it is recognized that abatement of existing pollution and
the control of future pollution of interstate streams can best be
promoted through a joint agency representing the several states
located wholly or in part within the area drained by any such inter-
state stream; and

WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States has given its consent
to the states of Maryland and West Virginia, the commonwealths of
Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of Columbia to enter into
a compact providing for the creation of a conservancy district to
consist of the drainage basin of the Potomac River and the main and
tributary streams therein, for "the purpose of regulating, controlling,
preventing, or otherwise rendering unobjectionable and harmless
the pollution of the waters of said Potomac drainage area by sewage
and industrial and other wastes"; and

Whereas, The regulation, control and prevention of pollution is
directly affected by the quantities of water in said streams and the
uses to which such water may be put, thereby requiring integration
and coordination of the planning for the development and use of the
water and associated land resources through cooperation with, and
support and coordination of, the activities of Federal, State, local and
private agencies, groups, and interests concerned with the develop-
ment, utilization and conservation of the water and associated land
resources of the said conservancy district;

Now THEREFORE, the states of Maryland and West Virginia, the
commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of
Columbia, hereinafter designated signatory bodies, do hereby create
the Potomac Valley Conservancy District, hereinafter designated the
Conservancy District, comprising all of the area drained by the
Potomac River and its tributaries; and also, do hereby create, as an
agency of each signatory body, the Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin, hereinafter designated the Commission, under
the articles of organization as set forth below.

ARTICLE 1.

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin shall con-
sist of three members from each signatory body and three members