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<br /> <br /> <br />.,..".....': y <- ~..".,j <br /> <br />.-..~:r . "". ,'_,'.. <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />("J <br />C.Q <br />1:'- <br /> <br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT <br /> <br />ARTICLE XV <br /> <br />The physical and other conditions characteristic of the Rio Grande and peculiar to <br />the territory drained and served thereby, and to the development thereof, have actuated this <br />Compact and none of the signatory states admits that any provisions herein contained <br />establishes any general principle or precedent applicable to other interstate streams. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVI <br /> <br />Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as affecting the obligations of the <br />United States of America to Mexico under existing treaties, or to the Indian Tribes, or as <br />impairing the rights of the Indian Tribes. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVII <br /> <br />This Compact shall become effective when ratified by the legislatures of each of <br />the signatory states and eonsented to by the Congress of the United States. Notice of ratifi, <br />cation shall be given by the Governor of each state to the Governors of the other states and <br />to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to <br />give notice'to the Governors of each of the signatory states of the consent of the Congress <br />of the United States, <br /> <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Commissioners have signed this Compact in qua- <br />druplicate original, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of <br />State of the United States of America and shall be deemed the authoritative original, and of <br />which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory <br />States, <br /> <br />, ..~~ <br /> <br />C.1 <br />...,;) <br /> <br />, <br />~ <br />,. <br />, <br /> <br />Done at the City of Santa Fe, In the State of New Mexico, on the 18th day of <br />March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-eight. <br /> <br />(Sgd,) M. C, HINDERLlDER <br /> <br />(Sgd,) THOMAS M, McCLURE <br /> <br />(Sgd,) FRANK B. CLAYTON <br /> <br />t; <br />(i',' <br />~~ <br />~~~ <br /> <br />~;, <br />!~ <br />," <br />'" <br />~; <br />~~:. <br />~~..' <br />"?. <br />t., <br />~~ <br />I S~: <br />~q;, <br />;~~ <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />;!:~ <br /> <br />~f <br />~~, <br />~t <br />~~~.: <br />r-...,.:.. <br />~~t~. <br /> <br />APPROVED: <br /> <br />(Sgd,) S, 0, HARPER <br /> <br />RATIFIED BY: <br /> <br />Colorado, February 21, 1939 <br />New Mexico, March 1, 1939 <br />Texas, March 1, 1939 <br /> <br />Passed Congress as Public Act No, 96, 76th Congress, <br /> <br />Approved by the President May 31, 1939 <br /> <br />I "'~'::I <br />" .~ <br /> <br />~i{~ <br />;.-'c~ <br />:~.":'-: .a <br />~'::}~ <br /> <br />.;....<~:<:.~ <br /> <br />.:.:........ <br /> <br />~.,."'%_,>'\. <br /> <br />~I <br />