Compact for establishing uniform rules and regulations having the force of law whereby peace officers or officials of a state, party to the same, may pursue, apprehend, temporarily detain, and convey from any state, party to this compact, the body of a person or the bodies of persons suspected of having conspired to commit, or attempted to commit, or of having committed any of certain offenses or crimes ...

by Burdette Gibson Lewis, American Public Welfare Association