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~ \J ~ ':,.-! \;j ';.~;) I "'i '-', I tide COIIlpaot, not. borne by the United Stat.., ehall be borne equally by the three stat... . In additian to the powere end dutiu hereinbefore epecifically canferred upon such Ccmmissian, and the membere therecf, the juris- dictian of such Commission shall extend only to .the collsction, oorrelation and prssentatian of factual data and the maintenance of records having a bsering upon the administration of this Compact, end, by unan1J!lous aotion, to the making of recoJlllllendations to ths respective states upon matters connectsd with the administration of this Compact. In connection therewith, the COJlllllission may employ suoh engineering end clerical l>id as may be reasonably necessary within the limit of funds prcvided for thet purpose by the respective states. Annual reports oompiled for each calendar yeer ehall be made by the Commission end trenemi tted to the Governors of the signatory states on or before Meroh first following the yeer covered by the report. The Commission may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this COIIlpact to go....rn their proceedings. The findings of the Commission shall not be conclusive in any court or tribunal whioh mAY 1>8 oalled upon to interpret or enfcroe this Compaot. ARTICLE XIII. At the expi,.ation of every five yeer pe,.iod after the effective date of this Compaot, the Commission may, by unanimous consent, re- view any provisions hereof whioh ere not substantive in oharaoter ond whioh do not affeot the basic p,.inciples upon whioh the Compaot is founded, and shall meet fo,. the oonsideration of such questions on the. requeet of any member of the Commission; provided, however, that the p"Ovisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect until changed end emended within the intent of the Compaot by unani- moUS action of the Commissione,.s, and until a~ ohanges in this Com- pact ere ratified by the legislatures of the respective states end oonsented to by the Congress, in the ssme manner as this Compaot is required to be ratified to 'beoome effective. ARTICLE XIV. The sohedules herein contoined and the quantities of water here- in allocated ehall never be increased nor d1m1nished by reason of any inorease or diminution 1n the d~11very or losses of wsoter to Mexioo. AR TICLE rI. The pho'sical. and other oonditions cha.-acteristic of the Rio Grand. and peculier to the territory drained and served thereby, end to the development thereof, have aotuated this Compact and none cf the signa- tcry states admits that any provisions herein oontained establishes o:n.y general prinoiple 0,. precedent applicable to othe,. interstate streams. ARTICLE XVI. I Nothing in this Compaot shall be oonstrued as affeoting the obligations of the United States of Ame,.ioa to Mexico under exist- ing treaties, 0,. to the Indian Tribes, or sa impl>iring the ,.ights of the Indian Tribes.