J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        369

Article XIV
334.

"This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the
purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be sever-
able and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact
is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of
the United States or the applicability thereof to any government,
agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the
remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any govern-
ment, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state
party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to
the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affect-
ed as to all sever able matters."

335.

Pursuant to this compact, the governor is authorized and em-
powered to designate an officer who shall be the compact adminis-
trator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states,
has power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more
effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrator is
authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all depart-
ments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state
and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the
compacts of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered
into by this state hereunder.

336.

The compact administrator is authorized and empowered to enter
into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other
states pursuant to Article VII and XI of the compact. In the event
that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate
the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or
contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agree-
ment has force or effect until approved by the head of the department
or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is oper-
ated or whose department or agency will be charged with the render-
ing of such service.

337.

The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the Chief
of the Budget Bureau, may make or arrange for any payments
necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this
state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered
into thereunder.

338.

The compact administrator is directed to consult with the im-
mediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a
proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution
in another party state, to take no final action without approval of the
Circuit Court of the county in which the proposed transferee is
located, or if he is in Baltimore City, by one of the equity courts of
the Supreme Bench,