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<br />hI") <br />....; <br />'J <br />..-! <br /> <br />:,-_:) <br /> <br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT <br /> <br />The State of Colorado, the State of New Mexico, and <br />the State of Texas, desiring to .remove all causes of present <br />and future controversy among these States and between <br />citizens of one of these States and citizens of another State <br />with respect to the use of the waters of the Rio Grande <br />above Fort Quitman, Texas, and being moved by consider- <br />tions of interstate comity, and for the purpose of effecting <br />an equitable apportionment of such waters, have resolved <br />to conclude a Compact for the attainment of these pur- <br />poses, and to that end, through their respective Governors, <br />have named as their respective Commissioners: <br />For the State of Colorado - M. C. Hinderlider <br />For the State of New Mexico - Thomas M. McClure <br />For the State of Texas - Frank B. Clayton <br />who, after negotiations participated in by S. O. Harper, <br />appointed by the President as the representative of the <br />United States of America, have agreed upon the following <br />articles, to-wit: <br /> <br />l.._ <br /> <br />ARTICLE I <br /> <br />(a) The State of Colorado, the State of New Mexico, <br />the State of Texas and the United States of America, are <br />hereinafter designated "Colorado," "New Mexico," "Tex- <br />as," and the "United States," respectively. <br /> <br />(b) "The Commission" means the agency created by <br />this Compact for the administration thereof. <br /> <br />(c) The term "Rio Grande Basin" means all of the <br />territory drained by the Rio Grande and its tributaries in <br />Colorado, in New Mexico, and in Texas above Fort Quit- <br />man, including the Closed Basin in Colorado. <br /> <br />(d) The "Closed Basin" means that part of the Rio <br />Grande Basin in Colorado where the streams drain into the <br />San Luis Lakes and adjacent territory, and do not normally <br />contribute to the flow of the Rio Grande. <br /> <br />(e) The term "tributary" means any stream which <br />naturally contributes to the flow of the Rio Grande. <br /> <br />(f) "Transmountain Diversion" is water imported <br />into the drainage basin of the Rio Grande from any stream <br />system outside of the Rio Grande Basin, exclusive of the <br />Closed Basin. <br /> <br />(g) "Annual Debits" are the amounts by which ac- <br />tual deliveries in any calendar year fall below scheduled <br />deliveries. <br /> <br />(h) "Annual Credits" are the amounts by which ac- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />3 <br />