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For the state of Colorado For the State of New Mexico For the State of Texas M. C. Hinderlider Thomas M. McClure Frank B. Clayton ----:::cc:-.;;r:T'-:',t.:,':;;,::'>>"~_,',,' c',,>.,- '.,-; Cq 0') c.'\l .-l '"' C) 2 RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT RIO GRANDE COMPACT c~ The State of Colorado, the State of New Mexico, and the State of Texas, desiring to remove all causes of pres- ent and future controversy among these States and between citizens of one of these States and citizens of another State with respect to the use of the waters of the Rio Grande above Fort Quitman, Texas, and being moved by con- siderations of interstate comity, and for the purpose of effecting an equitable apportionment of such waters, have resolved to conclude a Compact for the attainment of these purposes, and to that end, through their respective Governors, have named as their respective Commissioners: who, after negotiations participated in by S. O. Harper, appointed by the President as the representative of the United States of America, have agreed upon the following articles, to-wit: ARTICLE I (a) The State of Colorado, the State of New Mexico, the State of Texa~and the United States of America, are hereinafter designated "Colorado," "New Mexico," "Texas," and the "United States," respectively. (b) "The Commission" means the agency created by this Compact for the administration thereof. ( c) territory Colorado, including The term "Rio Grande Basin" means all of the drained by the Rio Grande and its tributaries in in New Mexico, and in Texas above Fort Quitman, the Closed Basin in Colorado. (d) The "Closed Basin" means that part of the Rio Grande Basin in Colorado where the streams drain into the San Luis Lakes and adjacent territory, and do not normally contribute to the flow of the Rio Grande. (e) The term "tributary" means any stream which naturally contributes to the flow of the Rio Grande. (f) "Transmountain Diversion" is water imported into the drainage basin of the Rio Grande from any stream system outside of the'Rio Grande Basin, exclusive of the Closed Basin. (g) "Annual Debits" are the amounts by which actual deliveries in any calendar year fall below scheduled deliveries.