58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2D SESS. - CH. 362-JULY 1, 1944 673 out to sea to the limits of the territorial waters of the two States. Provided, however, that nothing in the foregoing agreement con- tained shall be construed to affect existing titles to property corporeal or incorporeal held under grants heretofore made by either of said States. Attached to this Memorandum of Agreement and a part thereof Map is a map entitled "Map of the Boundary Line Between the States of New York and Rhode Island." In Witness Whereof, we, the several members who constitute Date of signate, the temporary commission which has been created pursuant to and etc in accordance with Chapter 757 of the Laws of 1941 of the State of New York, and we, the several members who constitute the temporary commission which has been created pursuant to and in accordance with Chapter 996 of the Laws of 1941 of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations have signed this instrument in duplicate, and as provided by and to the extent of the authority vested in us by the statutes afore-mentioned on the twenty-seventh day of January 1942. Commissioners for the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations DANIEL J. RYAN, Director, Department of Public Works EDWARD H. RATHBUN, Chairman, State Boundary Lines Adjustment Commission GEORGE L. CROOKEIt, Chairman, Commission on Interstate Cooperation Commissioners for the State of New York ARTHUR W. BRANDT , Superintendent of Public Works and Acting Chief Engineer of the State Department of Public Works LrrHGOW OSBORNE, Commissioner of Conservation HAROLD C. OSTERTAG, Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Interstate Cooperation and Whereas said agreement has been confirmed by the Legislatures of oOa-tton. said States of New York and Rhode Island, respectively: There- fore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of the prCovOf t o oessa P Congress of the United States be, and hereby is, given to said agree- ment, and to each and every part thereof; and the boundaries estab- lished by said agreement are hereby approved: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair or in any manner to affect any right of the United States or jurisdiction of its courts in and over the islands or waters which form the subject of said agreement. Approved July 1, 1944. 9368500--45 -Pr. I---
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