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ID 7-l ('I') ""; (_:.' C..) of salinity for which the user is responsible in law. ARTICLE XII To administer the provisions of this Compact there shall be con- stituted a Commission composed of one representative from each State, to be known as the Rio Grande Compact Commission. The State Engineer of Colorado shall be ex-officio the Rio Grande Compact Commissioner for Colorado. The State Engineer of New Mexico shall be ex-officio the Rio Grande Compact Commissioner for New i~xico. The Rio Grande Compact Commissioner for Texas shall be appointed by the Governor of Texas. The President of the United States shall be requested to de- signate a representative of the United States to sit with such Com- mission, and such representative of the United States, if so designa- ted by the President, shall act as Chairman of the Commission without vote. The salaries and personal expenses of the Rio Grande Compact Com- missioners for the three States shall be paid by their respective States, and all other expenses incident to the administration of this Compact, not borne by the United States, shall be borne equally by the three States. In addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore specifically conferred upon such Commission, and the members thereof, the juris- diction of such Commission shall extend only to the collection, cor- relation and presentation of factual data and the maintenance of re- cords having a bearing upon the administration of this Compact, and by unanimous action, to the making of recommendations to the res- pective States upon matters connected with the administration of this Compact. In connection therewith, the Commission may employ such en- gineering and clerical aid as may be reasonably necessary within the limit of funds provided for that purpose by the respective States. Annual reports compiled for each calendar year shall be made by the Commission and transmitted to the Governors of the signatory States on or before March first following the year covered by the report. The Commission may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this Compact to govern their pro- ceedings. The findings of the Commission shall not be conclusive in any court or tribunal which may be called upon to interpret or enforce this Compact. ARTICLE XIII At the expiration of every five year period after the effective date of this Compact, the Commission may, by unanimous consent, re- view any provisions hereof which are not substantive in character and which do not affect the basic principles upon which the Compact is founded, and shall meet for the consideration of such questions j '" ,:'" :"<