The general assembly hereby ratifies the compact designated as the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Compact signed at the city and county of Denver, state of Colorado, on the 26th day of December, A.D. 1974, by John D. Vanderhoof, as governor of the state of Colorado, under authority of and in conformity with the provisions of an act of the general assembly of the state of Colorado, approved May 4, 1973, entitled An Act Providing for the Adoption of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Compact., the same being chapter 254 of the Session Laws of Colorado 1973, and signed at Santa Fe, state of New Mexico, on the 11th day of December, A.D. 1974, by Bruce King, as governor of the state of New Mexico, under legislative authority. The consent of congress was given by Public Law 93-467, approved October 24, A.D. 1974, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America. Said compact is as follows:
CUMBRES AND TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD COMPACT
The state of New Mexico and the state of Colorado, desiring to provide for the joint acquisition, ownership and control of an interstate narrow gauge scenic railroad, known as the Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad, within Rio Arriba county in New Mexico and Archuleta and Conejos counties in Colorado, to promote the public welfare by encouraging and facilitating recreation and by preserving, as a living museum for future generations, a mode of transportation that helped in the development and promotion of the territories and states, and to remove all causes of present and future controversy between them with respect thereto, and being moved by considerations of interstate comity, have agreed upon the following articles: