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r-- b- (.j: ~...~ 1....,) COSTS Ll ~,-) In February of each year the Commission shall adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year beginning July first. Such budget shall set forth the total cost of maintenance and operating of gaging stations, of evaporation stations, the cost of engineering and clerical aid, and all other necessary expenses ex- cepting the salaries and personal expenses of the Rio Grande Com- pact Commissioners. Contributions made directly bv the United States and the cost of services rendered by the United States without cost shall be de- ducted from the total budget amount; the remainder shall then be allocated equally to Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Expenditures made directly by any State for purposes set forth in the budget shall be credited 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 borne by the United States. Costs incurred by the Commission under any cooperative agree- ment between the Commission and any U. S. Government Agency, not borne 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 COl1ll1lissioner 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 porti on thereof con- tributed 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 COl1ll1lissioner to endeavor to se- cure from the L~gislature of his state an appropriation of suffi- cient funds with which to meet the obligations of his state, as provided by the Compact. MEETJNG OF COMMISSION f1., !1 The Commission shall meet in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the ~ II Amended at Eleventh "nnual Meeting, February,23, 1950 Amended at ~leventh Annual Meeting, February 24, 1952 Amended at Thirteenth Annual ;~eting, February 24, 1952