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<br />H",) <br />CO <br /> <br />C'ij <br /> <br />":"'-~ <br /> <br />t'.~) <br />(-) <br /> <br /> <br />on the request of any member of the Commission; provided, however, <br />that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect un- <br />til changed and amended within the intent of the Compact by unanimous <br />action of the Commissioners, and until any changes in this Compact <br />are ratified by the legislatures of the respective states and con- <br />sented to by the Congress, in the same manner as this Compact is re- <br />quired to be ratified to become effective. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XIV <br /> <br />The schedules herein contained and the quantities of water here- <br />in allocated shall never be increased nor diminished by reason of any <br />increase or diminution in the delivery or loss of water to Mexico. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XV <br /> <br />The physical and other conditions characteristic of the Rio <br />Grande and peculiar to the territory drained and served thereby, <br />and to the development thereof, have actuated this Compact and <br />none of the signatory states admits that any provisions herein con- <br />tained establishes any general principle or precedent applicable to <br />other interstate streams. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVI <br /> <br />Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as affecting the <br />obligations of the United States of America to Mexico under existing <br />treaties, or to the Indian Tribes, or as impairing the rights of the <br />Indian Tribes. <br /> <br />,':" <br /> <br />.;..,' <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVII <br /> <br />This Compact shall become effective when ratified by the legis- <br />latures of each of the signatory states and consented to by the Con- <br />gress of the United States. Notice of ratification shall be given' <br />by the Governor of each State to the Governors of the other States <br />and to the President of the United States, and the President of the <br />United States is requested to give notice to the Governors of each <br />of the signatory states of the consent of the Congress of the United <br />States. <br /> <br />IN WITNESS WHEREDF, the Commissioners have signed this Compact <br />in quadruplicate original, one of which shall be deposited in the <br />archives of the Department of State of the United States of America <br />and shall be deemed the authoritative original, and of which a duly <br />certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the <br />signatory 3tates. <br /> <br />.' :- <br />