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Show LAKE OF THE WOODS CONVENTION 399 July 17,1925; and the convention and protocol were proclaimed by the President on the same day. Accompanying the convention and protocol was a further agreement by which, the two Goveirnments submitted to the International Joint Commission certain questions with respect to Rainy Lake; see Foreign Relations 1925, vol. I, p. 556. Consideration of the Rainy Lake prob- lem eventually led to a convention dealing with it; see pp. 400f post. Related legislation.-By the Act of May 22, 1926 (44 Stat. 617), the Congress directed the acquisition of flowage easements, lands, and interests in lands and the construction of works to conform to the treaty. The Act also directed that an investigation be made of all claims for damage arising prior to acquisition of the flowage ease- ments and lands "by fluctuation of the water levels of the Lake of the Woods due to artificial obstructions in outlets of said Lake" and that the results thereof be reported to the Congress. For; the legislative history of this Act, see H.R. 9872, 69tih Congress; House Report 908 (Committee on Foreign Affairs) and Senate Report 750 (Committee on Foreign Relations), 69th Congress; 67 Cong. Rec. 7915-7922, 7926- 7933, 9251-9254, 10554-10557 (1926) ; P.L. 269, 69th Congress. See also Act of July 10, 1930 (46 Stat. 1020) relating to protection of Federal lands in Minnesota; Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 843) directing the payment of the claims reported to the Congress pursuant to the Act of May22,1926; Act of April 13,1938 (52 Stat. 215), com- pensating the Chippewa Indians for flowage easements required to carry out the Treaty; Act of August 13,1954 (68 Stat. 728), directing a further survey of claims for damage arising out of flooding above elevation. 1064 and flooding between elevations 1062.5 and 1064 un- affected by wind; and Act of August 12,1958 (72 Stat. 561), directing payment of the claims so submitted. For litigation arising out of the Act of May 22, 1926, as amended by the Acts of April 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 431) and February 28,1931 (46 Stat. 1455), see Olson v. United States, 292 U.S. 246 (1934); United States v. Wheeler Township, 66 Fed. (2d) 977 (C. C. A., 8th, 1933); Karlson v. United States, 82 Fed. (2d) 330 (C. C. A., 8th, 1936), all of which were condemnation actions but contain useful informaition on the genesis and effect of the treaty. Related document.-See the Final Report of the International Joint Commission on the Lake of the Woods reference (1917). |
