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Show 344 INTERSTATE COMPACTS subject to the audit and accounting procedures of any of the four States; however, all receipts and disbursement of funds handled by the Commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified independent public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become a part of the annual report of the Commission. (c) The Commission shall appoint a Secretary, who shall not be a member of the Commission, or an employee of any signatory State or of the "United States of America while so acting. He shall serve for such term and receive such salary and perform such duties as the Commission may direct. The Commission may employ such engi- neering, legal, clerical and other personnel as, m its judgment, may be necessary tor the performance of its functions under this Compact. In the hiring of employees, the Commission shall not be bound by the civil service laws of any State. (d) The Commission, so far as consistent with this Compact, shall have the power to: (1) Adopt rules and regulations; (2) Locate, establish, construct, abandon, operate and maintain water gaging stations; (3) Make estimates to forecast water run-off on the Colorado River and any of its tributaries; (4) Engage in cooperative studies of water supplies of the Colo- rado River and its tributaries; (5) Collect, analyze, correlate, preserve and report on data as to the stream flows, storage, diversions and use of the waters of the Colorado River, and any of its tributaries; (6) Make findings as to the quantity of water of the Upper Colo- rado River System used each year in the Upper Colorado River Basin and in each State thereof; (7) Make findings as to the quantity of water deliveries at Lee Ferry during each water year; (8) Make findings as to the necessity for and the extent of the curtailment of use, required, if any, pursuant to Article IV hereof; (9) Make findings as to the quantity of reservoir losses and as to the share thereof chargeable under Article V hereof to each of the States; (10) Make findings of fact in the event of the occurrence of extraor- dinary drought or serious accident to the irrigation system in the Upper Basin, whereby deliveries by the Upper Basin of water which it may be required to deliver in order to aid in fulfilling obligations of the United States of America to the United Mexican States arising; under the Treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, dated February 3,1944 (Treaty Series 994) become difficult, and report such findings to the Governors of the Upper Basin States, the President of the United States of America, the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, and such other Federal officials and agencies as it may deem appro- priate to the end that the water allotted to Mexico under Division III of such treaty may be reduced in accordance with the terms of such Treaty; (11) Acquire and hold such personal and real property as may be necessary for the performance of its duties hereunder and to dispose of the same when no longer required |