Message to Congress on the State Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas.

To the Congress:

I transmit herewith a certified copy of the State Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, executed in the City of Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935, by the representatives of the States of Oklahoma, Texas, California, and New Mexico, and recommended for ratification by representatives of the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, and Michigan. The Compact signed by representatives of these States has been deposited in the Department of State of the United States. I also transmit a report of the Secretary of State, from which you will observe that notification has been received by the Department of State of the ratification of the Compact by the legislatures of the States of New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado, and Texas.

I recommend that the Congress enact legislation, giving the consent of Congress to the State Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, executed at Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935.