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<br />!, ",:,.:~~;>,:;~;:.,:-;~,;,,_,;_, ':-?.' ,-"~~;..,,, '-.'r~: ",',~" _,~-~, ...". '.,"'....-'... '~,~.' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />I'", <br />"ilfl <br />l.I.) <br />) <br />C') <br /> <br />II <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 signalory states admits Ihat 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 stales and consented to by the Congress of Ihe United Slates. 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 Ihe Uniled States, and the President of Ihe 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 Ihe 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 01 <br />which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory <br />States. <br /> <br />Done at the City 01 Santa Fe, In the State 01 New Mexico. on Ihe 18th day of <br />March, in the year 01 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 />APPROVED: <br /> <br />(Sgd.) S. O. 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 /> <br /> <br />~~: <br />i~';.,..."" . <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.t'''f''*-'-' ',,'0'- -i<~;l.. ,~i <br />~~'~:;:~~1}~':t"';Y~:~~ <br />".....>"o;":';\:.:J...~':~~...:.f?f.1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~i ~~~~ <br /> <br />~~ <br />~~~~}~~~ <br /> <br />..-.'I.t'~'-~""-~)o.',~ <br /> <br /> <br />ii~ <br /> <br />