An Act granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to a compact ratified by the States of Louisiana and Texas and relating to the waters of the Sabine River
PL 87-418 (H.R.7855), enacted 03/16/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-418-MAR. 16, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
March 16, 1962 
[H. R. 7855] 
Public Law 87-418 
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AN ACT 
Granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to a compact ratified by 
the States of Louisiana and Texas and relating to the waters of the Sabine 
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S a b i n e 
River, 
La. - Tex. 
Interstate 
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pact, amendment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati/ves of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, the consent 
of the Congress is hereby given to an amendment to the interstate 
compact relating to the waters of the Sabine River and to its tribu-
taries which was ratified by the Legislature of the State of Texas 
and ratified by the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, which 
amendment reads as follows: 
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Reservation. 
ARTICLE VII 
"(C) The Texas members shall be appointed by the Governor for 
a term of six years; provided, however, that one of the original 
Texas members shall be appointed for a term to establish a half-term 
interval between the expiration dates of the terms of such members, 
and thereafter one such member shall be appointed each three years 
for the regular term. 
One of the Louisiana members shall be ex-officio 
the Director of the Louisiana Dejjartment of Public Works; the other 
Louisiana member shall be a resident of the Sabine Watershed and 
shall be appointed by the Governor of Louisiana for a term of four 
years; provided that the first member so appointed shall serve until 
June 30, 1958. Each State member shall hold office subject to the 
laws of his State or until his successor has been duly appointed and 
qualified." 
SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
This reservation shall not be construed to prevent the 
vesting of rights to the use of water pursuant to applicable law and 
no alteration, amendment, or repeal of this Act shall be held to aflfect 
rights so vested. 
Approved March 16, 1962. 
March 16, 1962 
[S. 2774] 
Public Law 87-419 
AN ACT 
To amend section 8 of the Organic Act of Guam and section 15 of the Revised 
Organic Act of • the Virgin Islands, to provide for appointment of acting 
secretaries for such territories under certain conditions. 
Guam and Virgin 
Islands. 
Acting secretar-
ies, appointment. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 8 of the 
Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 387; 48 U.S.C. 1422b) is amended 
by adding the following at the end thereof: "The Governor or Acting 
Governor may from time to time designate an officer or employee of 
the executive branch of the government of Guam to act as secretary 
of Guam in case of a vacancy in the office of secretary of Guam or 
the disability or temporary absence of the secretary of Guam or 
while the secretary is acting as Governor, and the person so desig-
nated shall have all the powers of the secretary so long as such condi-
tion continues, except for the power set forth in the first sentence of 
section 7 of this Act. 
No additional compensation shall be paid to 
any person acting as Governor or as secretary under this Act."