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<br /> <br />0'") <br />!'- <br />. .~) <br />",..~ <br /> <br />\._.i <br /> <br />ir'ation of this Compact, and, by un!lIlimous aotion. to the meking of recOJllllen- <br />dations to the respective states upon matters connected with the administra- <br />tion of this Compact. In conneotion therewith, the Commission may employ <br />such engineering and clerical aid as may be reasonably necessary within the <br />limit of fUnds provid~d for that purpose by the repsective States. Annual <br />reports oompiled for each oalendar year shall be made by the Commission end <br />transmitted to the Governors of the signatory States on or before March first <br />following the year covered by the report. The COllllllission may, by unanimous <br />action, adopt rules and regulations consil!tent with the provisions of this <br />Compaot to govern their prooeedings. <br /> <br />lhe findings of the Cammission shall not be conclusive in any oourt or <br />tribunal which may be called upon to interpret or enforce this Compact. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XIII. <br /> <br />At the expiration of every five year period after the effective date of <br />this Compact, the cc:mmission may, by unanimous oonsent, review any provisions <br />hereof whioh are not substantive in character and which do not affect the basio <br />principles upon which the Compact is founded, and shall meet for the consider- <br />ation of .suoh questions on the request of any member of the Commiesionl pro- <br />vided. however, that the provisions hereof shall rema:ln in full force and effect <br />until ohanged and amended wi thin the intent of the Compact by unanimous action <br />of the COIIIlIlissioners, and until any changes in this Compact are ratified by the <br />legislatures of the respeotive states and consented to by the Congress, in the <br />same manner as this Compaot is required to be ratified to become effective. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XIV. <br /> <br />The schedules herein contained and the quantities of water herein allo- <br />cated shall never be increased nor diminished by reason of any increase or <br />diminution in the delivery or losses of water to Mexico. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XV. <br /> <br />The p~sioe.1 and other conditions oharacteristic of the Rio Grande and <br />peculiar to the territory drained and served thereby, and to the development <br />thereof, have actuated this Compact and none of the signatory states admits <br />that any provisions herein contained establishes any general principle or pre- <br />cedent applicable to other interstate streams. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVI. <br /> <br />Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as affeoting the obligations <br />of the United States of Amerioa to Mexioo under existing treaties, or to the <br />Indian Tribes, or as impairing the rights of the Indian Tribes. <br /> <br />ARTICLE XVII. <br /> <br />This Compaot shall become effeotive when ratified by the legislatures <br />of eaoh of the signatory states end oonsented to by the Congress of the <br />