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000211 -30- ,# Pursuant to the last-quoted resolution, and at the requeot of tha governor of Arizona, president of too lBague of tbe Southwest, bills were drawn and submitted to the legislatures of the seven States in- volved, and were thereafter enacted by all of said States. ".. Each of said bills provided for the appointment of commissioners for eaoh of said States by the respective governors for the purpose of formulating the compact or agreement provided for by the concurrent 1egislati on. The legislation by each of the States also provided for a represen- tative of tha United States to nct on behalf of the Federal Government in the formulation of the interstate compact or agree-nant. Pursuant to the above legislation, the governors of each of the St~tes have appointed their respective commissioners. tlay 10, 1921, the governors of the seven States, or their duly ac- credited representatives, met at the city of Denver and there formulated resolutions calling upon the President of the United States and upon Congress to provide for the appcintment of a representative for the United St&tes in harmony with the above-mentioned legislation by tha States, a'nd directed that the resolution so formulated be laid before the President and Congress by the governors of the States, The resolution adopted by the governors at Denver was presented by the governors, or their duly ac- credited representatives, to the Seoretary of the Interior at Hashington, May 17, and to the President of the United States, May 19, 1921, POWEHS 01' STATES TO :;NTER INTO COtIPf.CTS Compects or agreements between tha States are recognized by Article I, section 10, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the United States, whioh providesl ( "No State shall, wi thcut consent of Congress, .. ~ .. enter into any agreement or oompact with another Stote. * . lie" , Interstate controversies and differences respecting boundrries, fish- eries, etc., have been frequently settled by interstate compact. Among the many boundary disputes sO settled Ii.ny be mentioned tha followingl Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1780 (11 Pet" I, 20); Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1784 (3 Dall. 425); Kentucky and Tennesseo, 1820 (11 Pet., 207); Virginia and Tennesses, 1802 and 1856 (148 U.S., 503, 511, 516); Virginia and Maryland, 1785 (153 U.s., 155, 162).