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Show 458 INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ican Section. The head of each Section shall be an Engineer Com- missioner. Wherever there are provisions in this Treaty for joint action or joint agreement by the two Governments, or for the fur- nishing of reports, studies or plans to the two Governments, or sim- ilar provisions, it shall be understood that the particular matter in question shall be handled by or through the Department of State of the United States and the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico. The Commission or either of its two Sections may employ such assistants and engineering and legal advisers as it may deem neces- sary. Each Government shall accord diplomatic status to the Com- missioner, designated by the other Government. The Commissioner, two principal engineers, a legal adviser, and a secretary, designated by each Government as members of its Section of the Commission, shall be entitled in the territory of the other country to the privileges and immunities appertaining to diplomatic officers. The Commission and its personnel may freely carry out their observations, studies and field work in the territory of either country. The jurisdiction of the Commission shall extend to the limitrophe parts of the Rio Grande (River Bravo) and the Colorado River, to the land boundary between the two countries, and to works located upon their common boundary, each Section of the Commission re- taining jurisdiction over that part of the works located within the limits of its own country. Neither Section shall assume jurisdiction or control over works located within the limits of the country of the other without the express consent of the Government of the latter. The works constructed, acquired or used in fulfillment of the provi- sions of this Treaty and located wholly within the territorial limits of either country, although these works may be international in char- acter, shall remain, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the Section of the Commission in whose country the works may be situated. The duties and powers vested in the Commission by this Treaty shall be in addition to those vested in the International Boundary Commission by the Convention of March 1, 1889 and other pertinent treaties and agreements in force between the two countries except as the provisions of any of them may be modified by the present Treaty. Each Government shall bear the expenses incurred in the main- tenance of its Section of the Commission. The pint expenses, which may be incurred as agreed upon by the Commission, shall be borne equally by the two Governments. ARTICLE 3 In matters in which the Commission may be called upon to make provision for the joint use of international waters, the following order of preferences shall serve as a guide: 1. Domestic and municipal uses. 2. Agriculture and stock-raising. 3. Electric power. 4. Other industrial uses. 5. Navigation. 6. Fishing and hunting. |