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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cs. 506. 1930 . 773 " ARTICLE XV " Nothing herein contained shall prevent the adjustment or settle- blegislative ~ totl on ms ment of any claim or controversy between these States by direct legislative action of the interested States, nor shall anything herein contai ned be construed to limit the ri ght of any State to invoke the jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction for the protection of any right secured to such State by the provisions of this compact, or to enforce any prov ision thereof. " ARTICLE XVI " Nothing in this compact shall be considered or construed as Status of river, etc ., not recognized by com. recogn izing, establish ing, or fixing a ny status of the river or the pac t. accuracy of any data or records or the righ ts or equ ities of any of the signatories or as a recognition, acceptance, or acknowledg- ment of any plan or principle or of any claim or assertion made or advanced by either of the signatories or hereafter construed as in any man ner es tabli shing any p rincip le or prece dent as reg ards future equitable apportionment of the waters of the Rio Grande. The signatories agree that the plan herein adopted for administra- Plan a temporary tion of the waters of the Rio Grande is merely a temporary expe- compromise expedient . die nt to be applied during the perio d of time in thi s compact speci- fied, is a compromise temporary in nature and shall have no other for ce or interpretat ion, and that th e plan adopted a s a basis there- for is not to be construed as in any manner establishing, acknowledg- ing, or defining any status, condition, or principle at this or any other time. "AR TICL E X VII "The signatories consent and agree to the extension of time for Time extension for construction of reservoirs on sites covered by approved applications construction, etc . during the time of this compact and for a reasonable time thereafter. " ARTICLE XVIII Article XVIII . " This compact shall become operative when approved by the Approval required. legislature of each of the signatory States and by the Congress of th e United States. N otice of approval shall be given by the gov- Notice to be given. ernor of each State to the governors of the other States and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the governors of each of the signatory States of its approval by the Congress of the United States. "In witness whereof, the commissioners have signed this com- signatures . pact in quadruplicate original, one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America and shall be deemed the authoritative original, and of which a duly certified copy shall be forwarded to the governor of each of the signatory States . " Done at the city of Sa nta Fe, in the Sta te of New Mexico, on Date. the 12th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine. " Approved "WI LLI AM J. DoNovAN. " Approved, June 17, 1930 . " D1nPH E. CARPENTER. " FRANCIS C. WILSON. "T. H. McGREGOR. Article XV. Article XVL Article XVII.

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