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PUBLIC LAW 88-198-DEC. 12, 1963

[77 STAT.

ARTICLE VIIT

The two States shall administer this compact through the official in each State who is now or may hereafter be charged with the duty of administering the public water supplies, and such officials shall constitute the Costilla Creek Compact Commission. I n addition to the powers and duties hereinbefore specifically conferred upon such Commission, the Commission shall collect and correlate factual data and maintain records having a bearing upon the administration of this compact. I n connection therewith, the Commission may employ such engineering and other assistance as may be reasonably necessary within the limits of funds provided for that purpose by the States. The Commission may, by unanimous action, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this compact to govern its proceedings. The salaries and expenses of the members of the Commission shall oe paid by their respective States. Other expenses incident to the administration of the compact, including the employment of engineering or other assistance and the establishment and maintenance of compact gaging stations, not borne by the United States shall be assumed equally by the two States and paid directly to the Commission upon A'ouchers submitted for that purpose. The United States Geological Survey, or whatever federal agency may succeed to the functions and duties of that agency, shall collaborate with the Commission in the correlation and publication of water facts necessary for the proper administration of this compact. ARTICLE IX

This amended compact shall become operative when ratifi,ed by the Legislatures of the signatory States and consented to by the Congress of the United States; provided, that, except as changed herein, the provisions, terms, conditions and obligations of the Costilla Creek Compact executed on September 30, 1944, continue in fuU force and I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, the Commissioners have signed this compact in triplicate original, one copy of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Department of State of the United States of America, and one copy of which shall be forwarded to the Governor of each of the signatory States. Done in the City of Sante Fe, New Mexico, on the 7th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixtythree. J. E. WHITTEN,

Commissioner for Colorado. S. E. REYNOLDS,

Commissioner for New Mexico, SEC. 2. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby reserved. Approved December 12, 1963.

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