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1624 RECTIFICATION OF THE RIO GRANDE-MEXICO. FEB. 1, 1933. Vol. 24, p. 1012. 8. cut has been made, it shall mark the boundaries on the ground, there being 8. strict superficial compensation in total of the areas taken from each country. Once the corresponding maps have been prepared, the Commission shall eliminate these areas from the provisions of Article II of the Con- vention of November 12, 1884, in similar manner to that adopted in the Convention of March 20, 1905 for the elimination of bancos. VI. Establishment of in- For the sole purpose of equaliz- ternational boundary. • • line. mg areas, the aXIS of the rectIfied channel shall be the international boundary line. The parcels of land that, as a result of these cuts or of merely taking the new axis of the-channel as the boundary line, shall remain on the American side of the axis of the rectified channel shall be the territory and prop- erty of the United States of America, and the territory and property of the United Mexican States those on the opposite side, each Government mutually sur- rendering in favor of the other the acquired rights over such parcels. In the completed rectified river channel-both in its normal and constructed sections-and in any completed :portion thereof, the permanent mternational bound- ary shall be the middle of the deepest channel of the river within such rectified nver channel. VII. Ownership of lands. Lands within the rectified chan- nel, as well as those which, upon segregation, pass from the terri- tory 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 passmg as provided in Article V hereof, from one country to the cauce. Dentro de un plazo de treinta dias a contar de 10. con- sumaci6n de cada corte, deslin- dara su area en el terreno, de- biendo existir estricta compensa- ci6n superficial en el total de area! segregadas de cada pais. Pre- parados los pIanos respectivos, 10. Comisi6n e. declarara eliminadas estas fracciones de los efectos del articulo 20. de 10. Convenci6n de 12 de noviembre de 1884, en forma analoga a 10. adoptada por 10. Convenci6n de 20 de Marzo de 1905 para 10. eliminaci6n de bancos. VI. Unicamente con el objeto de compensar las areas traspasadas, el eje del cauce rectificado, sera considerado como 10. linea divi- soria internacional. Las porciones de tierra que como resultado de los cortes 0 simplemente de 10. adopci6n del eje del canal como linea divisoria, queden dellado americano, seran territorio y propiedad de los Estados Unidos de America, y territorio y pJ."opiedad de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos las del lado opuesto, renunciando recf- procamente cada Gobierno a favor del otro los derechos ad<J.uiridos sobre dichas porciones de tIerra. En el cauce ya rectificado del rio-tanto en los tramos nor- males como en los construidos- y en cualquier parte de dicho cauce que haya sido terminado, ]0. linea divisona internacional per- manente sera el centro del cauce mas profundo del rio dentro de dicho cauce rectificado del rio. VII. Los terrenos que ocupe el cauce rectificado, asi como los que 0.1 ser segregados pasen del territorio de un pais 0.1 del otro, deberan ser adquiridos en pleno dominio por el Gobierno en cuyo territorio se encuentren en la actualidad dichos terrenos; de acuerdo con 10 previsto en el articulo V de esta Convenci6n,