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<br />RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT
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<br />ARTICLE XV
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<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.
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<br />ARTICLE XVI
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<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.
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<br />ARTICLE XVII
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<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,
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<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,
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<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.
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<br />(Sgd,) M. C, HINDERLlDER
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<br />(Sgd,) THOMAS M, McCLURE
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<br />(Sgd,) FRANK B. CLAYTON
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<br />(Sgd,) S, 0, HARPER
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<br />RATIFIED BY:
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<br />Colorado, February 21, 1939
<br />New Mexico, March 1, 1939
<br />Texas, March 1, 1939
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<br />Passed Congress as Public Act No, 96, 76th Congress,
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<br />Approved by the President May 31, 1939
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