MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 585

AND, IN COMMON WITH THE CITIZENS OF MARYLAND, THE
SIGHT OF FISHING IN SAID RIVER, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
HAVE AGREED THAT THE NECESSARY CONSERVATION AND
IMPROVEMENT OF THE TIDEWATER PORTION OF THE POTOMAC
FISHERY RESOURCES CAN BE BEST ACHIEVED BY A COMMISSION
COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH MARYLAND AND
VIRGINIA, CHARGED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
MAINTENANCE OF A PROGRAM TO CONSERVE AND IMPROVE THESE
RESOURCES, AND

WHEREAS, AT A MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, TO WIT: CARLYLE
BARTON, M. WILLIAM ADELSON, STEPHEN R. COLLINS,
EDWARD S. DELAPLAINE AND WILLIAM J. MCWILLIAMS,
ESQUIRES, ON THE PART OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AND
MILLS E. GODWIN, JR., HOWARD H. ADAMS, ROBERT Y.
BUTTON, JOHN WARREN COOKE AND EDWARD E. LANE,
ESQUIRES, ON THE PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
AT MOUNT VERNON, IN VIRGINIA, ON THE TWENTIETH DAY OF
DECEMBER, IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY-EIGHT, THE FOLLOWING POTOMAC RIVER COMPACT OF
1958 BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AND THE
STATE OF MARYLAND WAS MUTUALLY AGREED TO BY THE SAID
COMMISSIONERS:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNORS OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, MEETING
IN JOINT SESSION, THAT THEY DO UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND
TO THE SAID RESPECTIVE GOVERNORS THAT THERE BE A NEW
COMPACT, TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE "POTOMAC RIVER
COMPACT OF 1958", AND THAT THE SAID NEW COMPACT BE
REFERRED AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE TO THE LEGISLATURES
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION, AND TO THE END THAT
AFTER RATIFICATION AND ADOPTION BY SAID LEGISLATURES
THE SAME BE SUBMITTED TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR APPROVAL.

ARTICLE I.
COMMISSION—MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION

SECTION 1. COMMISSION CREATED. THE POTOMAC
RIVER FISHERIES COMMISSION, HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED AS
"COMMISSION", IS HEREBY CREATED.

SECTION 2. MEMBERS. THE COMMISSION SHALL
CONSIST OF SIX MEMBERS, THREE FROM MARYLAND AND THREE
FROM VIRGINIA. THE MARYLAND MEMBERS SHALL BE THE