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Show 480 INTERNATIONAL TREATIES States from the construction and operation of the diversion structure referred to in said paragraph." Diplomatic correspondence.-For diplomatic correspondence be- tween the Governments of the United States and Mexico relating to the formulation of this treaty, see Foreign Relations, 1940, vol. V, pp. 1029ff (1961); 1941, vol. VII, pp. 378ff, 384 (1962); 1942, vol. VI, pp. 547ff (1963); 1943, vol. VI, pp. 592ff (1965). See also 1 Hackworth, Digest of International Law (1940), pp. 584ff; 3 Whiteman, Digest of International Law (1964), pp. 966ff. Belated legislation.-By the Act of May 13,1924 (43 Stat. 118), the Congress authorized the appointment of three special commissioners "to cooperate with representatives of the United States of Mexico in a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, with a view to their proper utilization for irrigation and other beneficial uses" and to report the results of their study to Congress. This Act was amended by the Act of March 3,1927 (44 Stat. 1403) to cover "a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the lower Rio Grande and of the lower Colorado Rivers, for the purpose of securing information on which to base a treaty with the Government of Mexico relative to the use of the waters of these rivers" and "a study of the Tia Juana River, with a view of having a treaty governing the use of its water." The report made under authority of these Acts and dated April 21,1930, was published as House Document 359, 71st Congress. The Act of May 13,1924, was further amended by the Act of August 19,1935 (49 Stat. 660), which, among other things, authorized the Secretary of State, through the American Commis- sioner, International Boundary Commission, "to conduct technical and other investigations relating to * * * flood control, water resources, conservation, and utilization of water, sanitation and prevention of pollution, channel rectification, and stabilization and other related matters upon the international boundary between the United States and Mexico * * *." This Act further authorized the President "to construct, operate, and maintain on the Rio Grande River below Fort Quitman, Texas, any and all works or projects which are recom- mended to the President as a result of such investigations and by the President are deemed necessary and proper," "to construct any project or works which may be provided for in a treaty entered into with Mexico * * * and to construct any project or works designed to facilitate compliance with the provisions of treaties between the United States and Mexico," and to operate and maintain such works or provide for their operation and maintenance by others. 'See also Act of June 28, 1941 (55 Stat. 303, 338) (Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project, Texas). Davis Dam, to which reference is made in Articles 11,12, and 15 of the treaty, was authorized to be constructed, and has been constructed, by the Secretary of the Interior under a finding of feasibility dated April 26,1941, made pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws (House Document 186, 77th Congress). For references to the Colorado River portion of the treaty in Fed- eral statutes, see the Acts of September 13,1950 (64 Stat. 846) (among other things, acquisition of certain works of the Imperial Irrigation District under articles 12 and 23 of the Treaty); October 11, 1951 (65 Stat. 404) (San Diego Aqueduct, California); July 11,1952 (66 Stat. |