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Show 122 between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other or to the inhabitants of the other, along their common frontier, and to make provi- sion for the adjustment and settlement of all such ques- tions as may hereafter arise * * *. The interests of navigation are encompassed by the Com- mission's jurisdiction which includes authority to approve the use, obstruction, or diversion of boundary waters, and the construction or maintenance of remedial or protective works or dams or other obstructions in waters flowing from boundary waters or in waters at a lower level than the boundary in rivers flowing across the boundary, the effect of which is to raise the natural level of waters on the other side of the boundary.285 The Commission must observe the following order of prece- dence in the exercise of the foregoing authority:266 (1) Uses for domestic and sanitary purposes; (2) Uses for navigation, including the service of canals for the purposes of navigation; (3) Uses for power and irrigation purposes. Either Government may refer to the Commission, for inves- tigation and report, matters of difference arising between them involving the rights, obligations, and interests of either in rela- tion to the other or to the inhabitants of the other along the common frontier.267 Similarly, with consent of both Govern- ments, like matters may be referred to the Commission for decision.268 International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.-The principal duties and responsibilities of this agency relate to flood control and irrigation, and will be discussed later.269 280 Arts. Ill, IV, 36 Stat. 2449-2450. 868 Art. VIII, 36 Stat. 2451. MT Art. IX, 36 Stat. 2452. "" Art. X, 36 Stat. 2453. 269 See infra, pp. 148-149, 480-481. The Commission is composed of a Commissioner and a Consulting Engineer appointed for each Government by its President, together with their staffs. Convention of March 1, 1889, Art. II, 26 Stat. 1512,1513. |