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<br />.'~o State shall, without tonsent of Congress, .
<br />into an,Y agreelllellt or l'OIlIJ-lat't with :Inother State.
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<br />Interstat.e t'outl'ovel'8ies and differeuces respecting bounda-
<br />ries, ti!-;herie~, ek., ha'"e been frequelltly :-;ettled hy intel'Htale
<br />compad~ "
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<br />Among tile wany uOlllH]ary dispute:; ~o settled may be men-
<br />tioned the followiIlg: Virginia. ami PClIlls,rh.:l1Iia, 1780 (11 Pet.,
<br />20) ; Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1784 (3 DaIl., 4~5.1 ; Kentucky
<br />and Tenne~:-;ee.. lS::W (11 Pet.., :!07) ; Virginia. and Tennessee, 1802
<br />and 185i"j (148 U. g., 508, 511, 51n); Virginia allll Maryland, 178~
<br />(153 U, S" 155, 16~),
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<br />Of the compacts between States I'e~l'cding the taking of
<br />fisb in l'irer8 forming tlIe boundary between the two disputant
<br />States may be ment.ioned: "~ashington anu Oregoll, Columbia
<br />River; Mat~']and and Virb>inia, Potomac Ri\'er. (153 f), S, 155.)
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<br />It is currently reporteu that receutl." the States or Xew York
<br />and New Jerse.y settled tlIeir harbor differente!'. by intf"l'state
<br />compact.
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<br />\Vhile all cOIllVaets which woultl in all,\" ""IlY iU\"~)h"e the
<br />Federal Goreruwent or its jUl'istliction, propcrty, etc., lI1ust be
<br />made wit1h COIl8ent 01' appro\'i11 of COIlgn'ss in ol'del' to he bind-
<br />ing. it has fJeeJl suggested Ity the ~lIpl'ellle Court that c'olllpa('t~
<br />malle between two Statcs respel_'lillg lIIatters itl whith the 8tate~
<br />alone are intere~tetl wight lIe takt'1I i1~ hilHlin~ without consent
<br />or appro\":ll lIy Congress. l~teill"ll:-; '". .\Iillm.:-;()t" ll!I (j. H.~ ~23,
<br />245; Virginia \'. TelllH::'~:';l'e, l-!S lJ. ~.. 50:); \YII<ll'toll Y. \\"ise.
<br />153 U. S., 155.)
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<br />For u full discu:o:;~ioll re:-;petting the I'ight~ of the States to
<br />enter into treatie~ or (,olllpads. with ton~el1t of Congress. see
<br />Rhod'e Island ". :MassntlJl1sett~ (I::? Pet., (;57, 7:!ij-7:U). "
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<br />In the l'f1se jU8t cited the 8Upl'elllt' Court oh~el'\"ell tllnt whell
<br />Congress lIas given ih; ('onscnt to two Htates to cnter into a
<br />compatt or agreement, "then the States were in this l'e~pect re.
<br />-stored to their original inhel'ent ~on:'reigllty; 8\1(,11 tOn:-:ellt, heing
<br />the Hole limitation illlpo8ed by the Cnn:-:titutioll~ when giyen,
<br />left tile States as the\" were hefllre. 1I~ held I,," this t:OUl't in
<br />Poole Y. Fleeger (11 P~t.. 2"flH) ; whei'ehy their t"~lIlp:1ds hec:1l1le
<br />of binding force, and finally ~ett]ed the hn1lllflal'Y between them;
<br />operating with the silllle etfect :'IS a. treat,'" uetwl'ell ~O\'el'eigu
<br />}lowers. That is, that the bnlllld:nies so e~t:1hlisherl and fixed uy
<br />compaet between nation~. IJe('n'lle cOlll"lm.:i"e 1Ipon all the snb-
<br />jertR and'" eiti7.rlls thereof. anll hind their I'ig-hts. and arc to be
<br />treated to all intent:,; :ll1d p1ll')lo~e!':, ,-lS the tl'ue l'elll houlHla-
<br />l'ie~. ... . . Tile ('on~tl'netioll of ~1J(~h ;I l:OInpad i~ :1 jlHlit:ial
<br />question," for the United' States 8u)ll"ellle ('Olll't. (I:! Pet., 7~;;.)
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