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Show COSTILLA CREEK COMPACT 93 ARTICLE VIII The two States shall administer this compact through the official in each State who is now or may hereafter be charged with the duty of administering the public water supplies, and such officials shall con- stitute the Costilla Creek Compact Commission. In addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore specifically conferred upon such Com- mission, 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 within the limits of funds provided for that purpose by the States. The Commission may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this compact to govern its proceedings. The salaries and expenses of the members of the Commission shall be paid by their respective States. Other expenses incident to the admin- istration of the compact, including the employment of engineering 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 functions and duties of that agency, shall collabo- rate with the Commission in the correlation and publication of water facts necessary for the proper administration of this compact. ARTICLE IX This amended compact shall become operative when ratified by the Legislatures of the signatory States and consented to by the Congress of the United States; provided, that, except as changed herein, the provisions, terms, conditions and obligations of the Costilla Creek Compact executed on September 30, 1944, continue in full force and effect. In Witness Whereof, the Commissioners have signed this com- pact in triplicate original, one copy of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America, and one copy of which shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory States. Done in the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the 7th day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixty- three. J. E. Whitten, Commissioner for Colorado. S. E. Eeynolds, Commissioner for New Mexico. NOTES State ratifications.-Colorado, Act of March 25, 1963 (Sess. Laws 1963, p. 982; Colo. Kev. Stat. 1963, sec. 149-7-1). New Mexico, Act of March 21, 1963 (Laws 1963, p. 525; N. Mex. Stat. Ann. 1953 (Supp. 1965), sec. 75-34-3). |