75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 59-APR. 2 , 1938 "(d) The term 'real property' shall mean and include lands, struc- tures, franchises, and interests in land, including waters and riparian rights, and any and all things and rights usually included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, such as easements, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses, and all other incorporeal hereditaments, and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms of years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise, and also claims for damages to real estate. "(e) The term 'drainage area' shall mean the area from which sur- face waters drain from the States of South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota into the Red River of the North. "ARTICLE II. "Each of the States of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minne- sota undertake to cooperate with the other two states for the most advantageous utilization of the waters of the Red River of the North, for the control of the flood waters of this river and for the prevention of the pollution of such waters. 'ARTICLE m. "To that end the said three states do hereby create a district to be known as the Tri-State Waters Area, which shall comprise that por- tion of the drainage basin of the Red River of the North lying within the boundaries of the said states. "ARTICLE IV. "The said three states do hereby create the Tri-State Waters Com- mission, which shall be a body corporate and shall have the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein set forth and such other powers, duties and jurisdiction as shall hereafter be conferred upon it by acts of the legislatures of each of said three states concurred in, when of a character to require such concurrence, by act of Congress. "ARTICLE V. "The Tri-State Waters Commission, hereafter in this compact called the Commission, shall consist of nine Commissioners, three from each state, appointed by each state in such manner and for such length of term as may be determined by the legislature thereof. Each Com- missioner shall be a citizen of the state from which he is appointed, and at least one Commissioner from each state shall be a resident of the drainage area of the Red River of the North. Each Commis- sioner may be removed or suspended from office in such manner as shall be provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed. Each Commissioner shall receive such compensation as may be provided by the legislature of the state he represents, which compensation shall be paid by such state. Each Commissioner shall be paid actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his duties as such Commissioner. "ARTICLE VI. "The Commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice- chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove an executive secretary and such other officers and assistants as may be required to carry the provisions of this compact into effect, and shall fix and deter- mine their duties, qualifications and compensation. 52 STAT. ]
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