The General Assembly hereby approves the compact, designated as the La Plata River Compact, signed at the City of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico, on the 27th day of November, A. D. 1922, by Delph E. Carpenter as the Commissioner for 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 April 2, 1921, entitled An Act providing for the appointment of a commissioner on behalf of the State of Colorado to negotiate a compact or agreement between the States of Colorado and New Mexico respecting the use and distribution of the waters of the La Plata River and the rights of said States thereto, and making an appropriation therefor., the same being Chapter 244 of the Session Laws of Colorado, 1921, and signed by Stephen B. Davis, Jr., as the Commissioner for the State of New Mexico, under legislative authority, which said compact is as follows:
La Plata River Compact
The State of Colorado and the State of New Mexico, desiring to provide for the equitable distribution of the waters of the La Plata River and to remove all causes of present and future controversy between them with respect thereto, and being moved by considerations of interstate comity, pursuant to Acts of their respective Legislatures, have resolved to conclude a compact for these purposes and have named as their commissioners:
Delph E. Carpenter, for the State of Colorado; and Stephen B. Davis, Jr., for the State of New Mexico; who have agreed upon the following Articles: