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19 RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT Expenditures made directly by any State for purposes set forth in the budget shail be credtted to that State; contributions in cash or in services by any State under a cooperative agreement with any federal agency shall be credited to such State, but the amount of the federal contribution shall not so be credited; in event any State, through contractual relationships, causes work to be done in the interest of the Commission, such State shall be credited with the cost thereof, unless such cost is bome by the United States. Costs incurred by the Commission under any cooperative agreement between the Commission and any U.S. Government Agency, not bome by the United States, shall be apportioned equally to each State, and each Commissioner shall arrange for the prompt payment of one-third thereof by his State. The Commissioner of each State shall report at the annual meeting each year the amount of money expended during the year by the State which he represents, as well as the portion thereof contributed by all cooperating federal agencies, and the Commission shall arrange for such proper reimbursement in cash or credits between States as may be necessary to equalize the contributions made by each State in the equipment, maintenance and operation of all gaging stations authorized by the Commission and established under the terms of the Compact. It shall be the duty of each Commissioner to endeavor to secure from the Legislature of his State an appropriation of sufficient funds with which to meet the obligations of his State, as provided by the Compact. MEETING OF COMMISSION l.1./10 The Commission shall meet in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the third Thursday of February of each year for the consideration and adoption of the annual report for the calendar year preceding, and for the transaction of any other business consistent with its authority; provided that the Commission may agree to meet elsewhere. Other meetings as may be deemed necessary shall be held at any time and place set by mutual agreement, for the consideration of data collected and for the transaction of any business consistent with its authority. No action of the Commission shall be effective until approved by the Commissioner from each of the three signatory States. (Signed) M. C. HINDERLlDER M. C. Hinderlider Commissioner for Colorado (Signed) THOMAS M. McCLURE Thomas M. McClure Commissioner for New Mexico (Signed) JULIAN P. HARRISON Julian P. Harrison Commissioner for Texas Adopted December 19,1939. 11 Amended at Eleventh Annual Meeting, February 23, 1950. /10 Amended at Thirteenth Annual Meeting, February 25, 1952.