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(::;> ::- \.~ ,,""'I c) ('.,:) The salaries and personal expenses of the Rio Grande Compaot Commissioners for the three States shall be paid by their respeotive States, and all other expenses incident to the administration 01' this Compaot, not borne by the United States, shall be borne equally by the three States. In addition to the powers' and duties hereinbefore specifically oonferred upon such COllllllission, and the members thereof, the jnri~ diotion 01' such CGIIIIIlission shall extend only to the collection, cm-- relation and presentation of factual data and the mintenallce of re- cords having a bearing upon the administration of this Compact, and, by umnimous action, to the making of recOlllIllSndations to the re~ pective States upon natters connected with the administration of this Compact. In oonneotion therewith, the Commission my employ such engineering and clericsl aid as may be reasonably necessary with- in the limit of funds provided for that purpose by the respective States. Annual reports compUed for each calendar year shall be made by the Commission and transmitted to the Governors of the signa- tory 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 govell1 their proceedings. The findings Of the Commission shall not be conclusive in any oourt or tribunal which may be oalled upon to interpret or enforce this Compact, :J.. ARTICIE XIII At the expiration of every five year period after the effect-' ive date of this Compact, the Commission nay, by unanimous consent, review any provisions hereof which are not substantive in character and which do not affect the basic prinoiples upon which the Compact is founded, and shall meet for the oonsideration of such questions on the request of any member of the ,Commission; provided, however, that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force md effect un- tU changed and amended within the il1tent of the Compact by unani- mous action of the CommiSSioners, and untU a1lJ changes in this Compact are ratified by the legislatures of the respective states and consented to by the Congress, in the same mnner as this Compact is required to be ratified to become effective. ARTICLE XlV The schedules herein contained and the quantities of water here- in allocated shall never be increased nor diminished by reason of any increase or diminution in the delivery or loss of wa ter to Mexico. ,I 13