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Show 278 INTERSTATE COMPACTS ARTICLE IX Colorado agrees with New Mexico that in event the United States or the State of New Mexico decides to construct the necessary works for diverting the waters of the San Juan River, or any of its tribu- taries, into the Rio Grande, Colorado hereby consents to the con- struction of said works and the diversion of waters from the San Juan River, or the tributaries thereof, into the Rio Grande in New Mexico, provided the present and prospective uses of water in Colo- rado by other diversions from the San Juan River, or its tributaries, are protected. article x In the event water from another drainage basin shall be imported into the Rio Grande Basin by the United States or Colorado or New Mexico, or any of them jointly, the State having the right to the use of such water shall be given proper credit therefor in the application of the schedules. ARTICLE XI New Mexico and Texas agree that upon the effective date of this Compact all controversies between said States relative to the quantity or quality of the water of the Rio Grande are composed and settled; however, nothing herein shall be interpreted to prevent recourse by a signatory state to the Supreme Court of the United States for re- dress should the character or quality of the water, at the point of delivery, be changed hereafter by one signatory state to the injury of another. Nothing herein shall be construed as an admission by any signatory state that the use of water for irrigation causes increase of salinity for which the user is responsible in law. ARTICLE XII To administer the provisions of this Compact there shall be con- stituted a Commission composed of one representative from each state, to be known as the Rio Grande Compact Commission. The State En- gineer of Colorado shall be ex-officio the Rio Grande Compact Com- missioner for Colorado. The State Engineer of New Mexico shall be ex officio the Rio Grande Compact Commissioner for New Mexico. The Rio Grande Compact Commissioner for Texas shall be appointed by the Governor of Texas. The President of the United States shall be requested to designate a representative of the United States to sit with such Commission, and such representative of the United States, if so designated by the President, shall act as Chairman of the Com- mission without vote. The salaries and personal expenses of the Rio Grande Compact Commissioners for the three States shall be paid by their respective States, and all other expenses incident to the administration of this Compact, not borne by the United States, shall be borne equally by the three States. In addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore specifically con- ferred upon such Commission, and the members thereof, the jurisdic- tion of such Commission shall extend only to the collection, correla- tion, and presentation of factual data and the maintenance of records |