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'I 01 r- . '~) ..-I ''''.) ARTICLE IX. :...,) Colorado agrees with New Mexico that L~ event the United States or the State of New Mexico decides to construct the neoessary works for divert- ing the waters of the San Juan River, or a.rry of its tributaries, into the Rio Grande, Colorado hereby consents to the construction of said works and the diversion of waters from the San Juan River, or the tributaries thereof, into the Rio Grande in New Mexioo, provided the present and prospective uses of water in Colorado by other diversions from the San Juan River, or its tributaries, are proteoted. ARTICLE X. In the event water from another drainage basin shall be imported into the Rio Grande Basin by the United States or Colorado or New Mexico, or any of them jointly, the State having the right to the use of such water shall be given proper credit therefor in the application of the schedules. ARTICLE XI. New Mexico and Texas agree that upon the effeotive date of this Compact all controversies.between said States relative to the quantity or quality of the water of the Rio Grande are composed and settled; however, nothing here- in shall be interpreted to prevent recourse by a si~atory state to the Supreme Court of the United States for redress should the oharacter or quality of the vm.tar, at the point of delivery, be ohanged thereafter by one si~natory State to the injury of another. Nothing herein shall be con- strued as an admission by any signatory state that the use of water for irri- gation causes inorease of salinity for which the user is responsible in law. AR TICLE XII. To adninister the provisions of this Compaot there shall be oonsti- tuted a Commission composed of one representative from each State, to be known as the Rio Grande Compact Commission. The State mgineer of Colo- rado shall be ex-offioio the Rio Grande Compaot Commissioner for Colorado. The State. Engineer of New Mexico ahall be ex-offioio the Rio Grande Com- paot Commissioner for New Mexico. The Rio Grande Compact Commissioner for Texas shall be appointed by the Governor of Texas. The Presi:lent of the United States shall be requested to designate a representative of the . United States to sit with such Commission, and suoh represente.tive of the United states, if so designated by the President, shall aot as Chairman of the Commission without vote. The salaries and personal expenses of the Rio Gr~~de Compact COMmission- ers for the three States shall be paid by their respective States, and all other expenses incident to the administration of this Compaot, not borne by the United States, shall be borne equally by the three States. . ~ " . In addition to the powers end duties hereinbefore speoifioally oonferred upon suoh Commission, and the members thereof, the jurisdiotion of such Com- mission shall extend only to the collection,corrrelation end p~esentation of faotue.l data and the maintenanoe of records having a bearing upon the adminis-