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Show b. WHEREAS, the use of works both of an international and domestic character will be necessarily involved in the discharge of various treaty functions; and c. WHEREAS, the protocol provides that the said Governments agree and understand that: Wherever, by virtue of the provisions of the Treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed in Washington on February 3, 1944, relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, specific functions are imposed on, or exclusive jurisdiction is vested in, either of the Sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission, which involve the construction or use of works for storage or conveyance of water, flood control, stream gaging, or for any other purpose, which are situated wholly within the Territory of the country of that Section, and which are to be used only partly for the performance of treaty provisions, such jurisdiction shall be exercised, and such functions, including the construction, operation and maintenance of the said works, shall be performed and carried out by the Federal agencies of that country which now or hereafter may be authorized by domestic law to construct or to operate and maintain, such works. Such functions or jurisdictions shall be exercised in conformity with the provisions of the Treaty and in cooperation with the respective Section of the Commission, to the end that all international obligations and functions may be coordinated and fulfilled. The works to be constructed or used on or along the boundary, and those to be constructed or used exclusively for the discharge of treaty stipulations, shall be under the jurisdiction of the Commission or of the respective Section, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty. In carrying out the construction of such works the Sections of the Commission may utilize the services of public or private organizations in accordance with the laws of their respective countries. and which protocol is by the terms thereof made an integral part of the treaty, to be effective on the day of the entry into force of the treaty and to continue effective so long as the treaty remains in force; and d. WHEREAS, by virtue of the treaty and the protocol, the Secretary of State and the United States Section are vested with general jurisdiction over the performance of treaty functions, in so far as the rights and obligations of the United States are concerned, and are likewise vested, and from time to time in the future may be further vested, with jurisdiction over various works, constructed and to be constructed, on 115 |