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Show FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: E. R. STETTINIUS, JR. (SEAL) Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES: F. CASTILLO NAJERA (SEAL) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Mexican States in Washington. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AS TO FUNCTIONS AND JURISDICTION OF AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO THE COLORADO AND TIJUANA RIVERS AND THE RIO GRANDE BELOW FORT QUITMAN, TEXAS, UNDER WATER TREATY SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 3, 1944. February 14, 1945 This memorandum of understanding made this 14th day of February, 1945, between the Department of State and the United States Section, International Roundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (hereinafter referred to as the "United States Section"), represented by the Secretary of State, and the Department of the Interior, represented by the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 1944 between the United States and Mexico relating to the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, (hereinafter referred to as the "treaty"); the Protocol between the two Governments supplementary to the treaty (hereinafter referred to as the "protocol") dated November 14, 1944; and existing domestic law of the United States. WITNESSETH, THAT, a. WHEREAS, the treaty establishes certain reciprocal rights and obligations of the two nations and requires for its execution both joint and independent determinations and actions on the part of the two Governments as represented, in the case of the United States, by the Department of State and in the case of Mexico by the Ministry of Foreign Relations, or acting through their respective Sections of the International Roundary and Water Commission; and 114 |
