The Governor shall execute for, in behalf of, and in the name of the State of California, a compact or agreement with the State of Nevada for the purpose of:
(a) Promoting, fostering, and encouraging a spirit of comity and good will between the people of the State of California and of the State of Nevada with reference to the Boulder Canyon Project.
(b) Adjusting matters pertaining to the proposed taxation by the State of Nevada, or by political subdivisions thereof, of property which is or will be located in Nevada, and which is or will be used in connection with the impounding, storage, generation, transmission, distribution, or other handling or disposal of water or electric energy produced in connection with Boulder Canyon Project, and which is or will be the property of the State of California or any political subdivision thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)