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Show RIO GRANDE COMPACT 279 having a bearing upon tlhe administration of this Compact, and, by unanimous action, to the making of recommendations to the respec- tive States upon matters connected with the administration of this Compact. In connection therewith, the Commission may employ such engineering and clerical aid as may be reasonably necessary within the limit of funds provided for that purpose by the respective States. Annual reports compiled for each calendar year shall be made by the Commission and transmitted to the Governors of the signatory States on or before March first following the year covered by the report. The Commission may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this Compact to govern their proceedings. The findings of the Commission shall not be conclusive in any court or tribunal which may be called upon to interpret or enforce this Compact. ARTICLE XIII At the expiration of every five-year period after the effective date of this Compact, the Commission may, by unanimous consent, review any provisions hereof which are not substantive in character and which do not affect the basic principles upon which the Compact is founded, and shall meet for the consideration of such questions on the request of any member of the Commission; provided, however, that the provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect until changed and amended within the intent of the Compact by unanimous action of the Commissioners and until any changes in this Compact are ratified by the legislatures of the respective states and consented to by the Congress, in the same manner as this Compact is required to be ratified to become effective. ARTICLE XIV The schedules herein contained and the quantities of water herein allocated shall never be increased nor diminished by reason of any increases or diminution in the delivery or loss of water to Mexico. ARTICLE XV The physical and other conditions characteristic of the Rio Grande and peculiar to the territory drained and served thereby, and to the development thereof, have actuated this Compact and none of the signatory states admits that any provisions herein contained estab- lishes any general principle or precedent applicable to other interstate streams. ARTICLE XVI Nothing in this Compact shall be construed as affecting the obliga- tions of the United States of America to Mexico under existing treaties or to the Indian tribes, or as impairing the rights of the Indian tribes. article xvn This Compact shall become effective when ratified by the legislatures of each of the signatory States and consented to by the Congress of the United States. Notice of ratification shall be given by the Governor |