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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 155, 156-MAY 31, 1939 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 XVII. This Compact shall become effective when ratified by the legisla- tures 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 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 the consent of the Congress of the United States. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Commissioners have signed this Compact 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 Santa Fe, in the State of New Mexico, on the 18th day of March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-eight. M. C. HINDERLIDER. THOMAS M. MCCLURE. FRANK B. CLA TroN. Approved: S. O. HARPER. Approved, May 31, 1939. [CHAPTER 156] AN ACT May 31, 1939 [l. R. 5076] To authorize further relief to water users on United States reclamation projects [Public, No. 97] and on Indian reclamation projects. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hose of Representatives of the Indian reclamation United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary projects. of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to determine as to Determination of ability of water nsers each United States and Indian reclamation project whether any of o pay cnstrction the water users' organizations or water users, as the case may be, Pohp.P9s. . owing construction charges to the United States on each such project 792 [53 STAT.

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