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operations and the transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact. "The commission shall keep a record of all its meetings and proceedings, contracts and accounts, and shall maintain a suitable office, where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at such times and under such regulations as the commission shall determine. "ARTICLE III "The commission shall constitute a body, both corporate and politic, with full power and authority: (1) to sue and be sued; (2) to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; (3) to appoint and employ such agents and employees as may be required in the proper performance of the duties hereby committed to it and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation; (4) to enter into such contracts and agreements and to do and perform any and all other acts, matters and things as may be necessary and essential to the full and complete performance of the powers and duties hereby committed to and imposed upon it and as may be incidental thereto; (5) to have such additional powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of the legislature of either of said states, concurred in by the legislature of the other state and by the Congress of the United States. "The commission shall make, or cause to be made, such studies as it may deem necessary, in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and other federal agencies, for the development of a comprehensive plan for flood control and for utilization of the water resources of the Thames River Valley. "The commission shall not pledge the credit of the signatory states or either of them. "ARTICLE IV "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts wherein is located the site of each of the following dams and reservoirs agrees to the construction by the United States of each such dam and reservoir in accordance with authorization by the Congress: "(1) At East Brimfield on the Quinebaug River controlling a drainage area of approximately sixty-seven (67) square miles and providing flood storage of approximately eight (8) inches of run-otf from said drainage area. "(2) At Buffumville on the Little River controlling a net drainage area of approximately twenty-six (26) square miles and providing flood control storage of approximately eight (8) inches of run-otf from said drainage area. " (3) At Hodges Village on the French River controlling a drainage area of approximately thirty (30) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately eight (8) inches of run-off from said drainage area. "(4) At Westville on the Quinebaug River controlling a drainage area of approximately ninety (90) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately two and five-tenths (2.5) inches of run-oft' from said drainage area.
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