Chapter 47. To ratify the compact and agreement between the States of Oregon and Washington regarding concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries in connection with regulating, protecting, and preserving fish
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CHAP. 47.— An Act To ratify the compact and agreement between the States of Oregon and Washington regarding concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries in connection with regulating, protecting, and preserving fish. April 8, 1918.[[H. R. 2617](/us/bill/65/hr/2617).][[Public, No. 123](/us/65/pl/123).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the CongressColumbia River, etc.Agreement of Oregon and Washington protecting fish in boundary waters of, ratified. of the United States of America hereby consents to and ratifies the compact and agreement entered into between the States of Oregon and Washington relative to reg dating, protecting, and preserving fish in the boundary waters of the Columbia River and other waters, which compact and agreement is contained in section twenty of chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the general laws of Oregon for nineteen hundred and fifteen, and section one hundred and sixteen, chapter thirty-one, of the session laws of Washington for nineteen hundred and fifteen, and is as follows:
" “All laws and regulations now existing, or which may beState laws. necessary for regulating, protecting, or preserving fish in the waters of the Columbia River, over which the States of Oregon and Washington have concurrent jurisdiction, or any other waters within either of said States, which would affect said concurrent jurisdiction, shall be made, changed, altered, and amended in whole or in part, only with the mutual consent and approbation of both States.” " Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the right ofFederal jurisdiction not affected. the United States to regulate commerce, or the jurisdiction of the United States over navigable waters.
Approved, April 8, 1918.