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Show 52 INTERSTATE COMPACTS ^Provided, that the waters allocated for irrigation of lands in New Mexico as provided in paragraph (a) of this Article shall become by such allocation appurtenant to said land and shall not be alienated therefrom, except in accordance with the laws of the State of New Mexico." (5) That a proviso be added to Article VIII reading thus: "Provided, that nothing in this compact shall authorize assessment of benefits or costs against property in New Mexico situated West of the range line between ranges 27 and 28 East of the New Mexico principal meridian and North of the Township line between townships 17 and 18 North according to the United States Government Surveys, or affect the rights of citizens, property owners, communities or mu- nicipalities in the area North and West of said lines respectively, to divert, impound or use the waters of said stream and its tributaries within said last mentioned area appropriated or to be appropriated according to the laws of New Mexico in force immediately prior to the date of the final ratification of this compact." (6) That a proviso be added to Article X, paragraph (c), reading thus: "Provided, that the proportion of ratio of the total cost of the reservoirs and control works allotted to any district in the State of New Mexico shall be distributed only to such lands in any such dis- trict as may be susceptible of irrigation from wTaters impounded in such reservoirs and the assessment of benefits and costs against such lands shall not exceed in the aggregate twenty-five dollars per acre exclusive of the cost of application to beneficial use." (7) That Article X, paragraph (d), be changed to read thus: "That all the resources of said districts respectively in each of said states, charged with assessments or benefits shall be and are hereby dedicated to the discharge and payment of that part of the cost of control of said river assumed by such district and no other state or district shall be holden therefor and each Signatory State hereby agrees that said district in each of said states shall be so administered as to enforce the collection of the assessments of benefits to discharge that part of said cost allotted, assessed to and assumed by the district in such state in so far as the same can be realized from the property so charged with such assessments." (8) That it be understood that "No action by said Commission on questions affecting rights between the State of New Mexico and the other states named in this Compact shall be binding upon the State of New Mexico, unless approved by the Governor and State Engineer of the State of New Mexico." |
