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<br />2 <br /> <br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT <br /> <br />~ <br />N <br />o <br />('I') <br /> <br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT <br /> <br />'--' <br />o <br /> <br />The State of Colorado, the State of New Mexico, and <br />the State of Texas, desiring to remove all causes of pres- <br />ent and future controversy among these States and between <br />citizens of one of these States and citizens of another <br />State with respect to the use of the waters of the Rio <br />Grande above Fort Quitman, Texas, and being moved by con- <br />siderations of interstate comity, and for the purpose of <br />effecting an equitable apportionment of such waters, have <br />resolved to conclude a Compact for the attainment of these <br />purposes, and to that end, through their respective <br />Governors, have named as their respective Commissioners: <br /> <br />, <br />, , <br />I <br /> <br />For the State of Colorado <br />For the State of New Mexico <br />For the State of Texas <br /> <br />M. C. Hinderlider <br />Thomas M. McClure <br />Frank B. Clayton <br /> <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 -wi t: <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 " "Texas " <br />, " <br />and the "United States," respectively. <br /> <br />(b) "The Commission" means the agency created by this <br />Compact for the administration thereof. <br /> <br />( c) <br />territory <br />Colorado, <br />including <br /> <br />The term "Rio Grande Basin" means all of the <br />drained by the Rio Grande and its tributaries in <br />in New Mexico, and in Texas above Fort Quitman, <br />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) "Transmourltain Diversion" is water imported into <br />the drainage basin of the Rio Grande from any stream system <br />outside of the Rio Grande Basin, exclusive of the Closed <br />Basin. <br /> <br />(g) "Annual Debits" are the amounts by which actual <br />deliveries in any calendar year fall below scheduled <br />deliveries. <br />