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Show -65 s- Commission, the Commission shall collect and correlate factual data and maintain records having a "bearing upon the administration of this compact. In connection therewith, the Commission may employ such engineering and other assistance as may be reasonably necessary with- in the limits of funds provided for that purpose by the States. The Commission may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations con- sistent with the provisions of this compact to govern its proceedings. !Ihe salaries and expenses of the members of the Commission shall be paid by their respective States. Other expenses incident to the administration of the compact, including the employment of engineer- ing or other assistance and the establishment and maintenance of compact gaging stations, not borne by the United States shall be assumed equally by the two States and paid directly to the Commission upon vouchers submitted for that purpose. . ' ¦ The United States Geological Survey, or whatever federal agency may succeed to> the function and duties of that agency, shall col- laborate with the Commission in the correlation and publication of water facts necessary for the proper administration of this compact. ARTICLE IX !Eh.is compact shall become operative when ratified by the Legislatures of each of the signatory States and .consented to by the Congress of the United States. _: IN WITNESS WHEfcEOF, the Commissioners have signed this compact in triplicate original, one copy of which shall be deposited in the |