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request of any member of the commission; provided, however, that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force <br />and effect until changed and amended within the intent of the compact by unanimous action of the commissioners, and <br />until any changes in this compact are ratified by the legislatures of the respective states and consented to by the <br />congress, in the same manner as this compact is required to be ratified to become effective. <br />Article XIV <br />The schedules herein contained and the quantities of water herein allocated shall never be increased nor diminished <br />by reason of any increase or diminution in the delivery or loss of water to Mexico. <br />Article XV <br />The physical and other conditions characteristic of the Rio Grande and peculiar to the territory drained and served <br />thereby, and to the development thereof, have actuated this compact and none of the signatory states admits that any <br />provisions herein contained establishes any general principle or precedent applicable to other interstate streams. <br />Article XVI <br />Nothing in this compact shall be construed as affecting the obligations of the United States of America to Mexico <br />under existing treaties, or to the Indian tribes, or as impairing the rights of the Indian tribes. <br />Article XVII <br />This compact shall become effective when ratified by the legislatures of each of the signatory states and consented <br />to by the congress of the United States. Notice of ratification shall be given by the governor of each state to the <br />governors of the other states and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is <br />requested to give notice to the governors of each of the signatory states of the consent of the congress of the United <br />States. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the commissioners have signed this compact in quadruplicate original, one of which <br />shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America and shall be deemed the <br />authoritative original, and of which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the governor of each of the signatory <br />states. <br />Done at the city of Santa Fe, in the state of New Mexico, on the 18th day of March, in the year of our Lord, One <br />Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-eight. <br />(Sgd.) M. C. Hinderlider <br />(Sgd.) Thomas M. McClure <br />(Sgd.) Frank B. Clayton <br />APPROVED: <br />(Sgd.) S. O. Harper. <br />Source: L. 39: p. 489, § 1. not in CSA. CRS 53: § 148-5-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 149-5-1. <br />ANNOTATION <br />Am. Jur.2d. See 78 Am. Jur.2d, Waters, §§ 71, 72. <br />C.J.S. See 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 8, 31; 93 C.J.S., Waters, § 10. <br />Law reviews. For article, "Recent Developments in Colorado Groundwater Law", see 58 Den. L.J. 801 (1981). For article, <br />