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Show RIO GRANDE RECTIFICATION CONVENTION 449 manent international boundary shall be the middle of the deepest channel of the river within such rectified river channel. article vn Lands within the rectified channel, as well as those which, upon segregation, pass from the territory of one country to that of the other, shall be acquired in full ownership by the Government in whose territory said lands are at the present time; and the lands passing as provided in Article V hereof, from one country to the other, shall pass to; each Government respectively in absolute sovereignty and ownership, and without encumbrance of any kind, and without pri- vate national titles. article vin The construction of works shall not confer on the contracting parties any property rights in or any jurisdiction over the terri- tory of the other. The completed work shall constitute part of the territory and shall be the property of the country within which it lies. Each Government shall respectively secure title, control, and jurisdiction of its half of the flood channel, from the axis of that channel to the outer edge of the acquired right of way on its own side, as this channel is described and mapped in the International Boundary Commission Minute number 129, and the maps, plans, and specifications attached thereto, which Minute, maps, plans, and specifications are attached hereto and made a part of this Conven- tion. Each Government shall permanently retain full title, control, and jurisdiction of that part of the flood channel constructed as described, from the deepest channel of the running water in the rectified channel to the outer edge of such acquired right of way. ARTICLE IX Construction shall be suspended upon request of either Government, if it be proved that the works are being constructed outside of the conditions herein stipulated or fixed in the approved plan. article x In the event there be presented private or national claims for the construction or maintenance of the rectified channel, or for causes connected with the works of rectification, each Government shall as- sume and adjust such claims as arise within its own territory. ARTICLE XI The International Boundary Commission is charged hereafter with the maintenance and preservation of the rectified channel. To this end the Commission shall submit, for the approval of both Gov- |
