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Show 284 INTERSTATE COMPACTS directly, indirectly, or impliedly, of any statement or conclusion ap- pearing in this article. "article hi "(a) Colorado, under the direction and administration of its State engineer, shall cause to be maintained and operated an automatic recording stream-gauging station at each of the following points, to wit: "(1) On the Rio Grande near Del Norte at the station now main- tained, known and designated herein as the Del Norte gauging station (the water records from this station to include the flow diverted into the canal of the Del Norte irrigation system) ; "(2) On the Rio Conejos near Mogote, a station known and desig- nated herein as the Mogote gauging station; "(3) On the Rio Grande at or near the Colorado-New Mexico inter- state line, a station known and designated herein as the interstate gauging station; and "(4) Such other station or stations as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this compact. "(b) New Mexico, under the direction and administration of its State Engineer, shall cause to be maintained and operated an auto- matic stream-gauging station at each of the following points, to wit: "(1) On the Rio Grande at the station known as Buckman; " (2) On the Rio Grande at San Marcial ; "(3) On the Rio Grande at the Elephant Butte Reservoir outlet; and "(4) Such other station or stations as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this compact. "(c) Texas, under the direction and administration of its duly constituted official, shall cause to be maintained and operated an automatic stream-gauging station at each of the following points, to wit: " (1) On the Rio Grande at Courchesne; " (2) On the Rio Grande at Tornillo; and " (3) On the Rip Grande at Fort Quitman. " (d) New Mexico and Texas shall establish and maintain such other gauging station or stations as may be necessary for ascertaining and recording the release, flow, distribution, waste, and other disposition of water at all points between the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the lower end of the Rio Grande project, both inclusive: Provided, how- ever, That when the United States shall maintain and operate, through any of its agencies, an automatic gauging station at any of the points herein designated it shall not be necessary for the State within which said station is located to maintain a duplicate gauging station at such point whenever the records of such Government stations are available to the authorities of the several States. "(e) The officials in charge of all of the gauging stations herein provided for shall exchange records and data obtained at such stations for monthly periods through the operation thereof, or at such other intervals as they may jointly determine, and said officials shall provide for check ratings and such other hydrographic work at the designated stations as may be necessary for the accuracy of the records obtained |
