Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 59 Part 2.djvu/550

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TREATIES Jurisdiction of Com- mission. Duties.and powers deemed additional. 26 Stat. 1512. Expenses. their observations, studies and field work in the territory of either country. The jurisdiction of the Commis- sion shall extend to the limitrophe parts of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) and the Colorado River, to the land boundary between the two countries, and to works lo- cated upon their common bound- ary, each Section of the Commis- sion retaining jurisdiction over that part of the works located within the limits of its own coun- try. 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 Govern- ment of the latter. The works constructed, acquired or used in fulfillment of the provisions of this Treaty and located wholly within the territorial limits of either country, although these works may be international in character, 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 joint expenses, which may be incurred as agreed upon by the Commission, shall be estudios y trabajos de campo en el territorio de cualquiera de los dos paises. La jurisdicci6n de la Comisi6n se ejercera sobre los tramos limi- trofes del rio Bravo (Grande) y del rio Colorado, sobre la linea divisoria terrestre entre los dos paises y sobre las obras construi- das en aquellos y en esta. Cada una de las Secciones tendra juris- dicci6n sobre la parte de las obras situadas dentros de los limites de su naci6n y ninguna de ellas ejer- cera jurisdicci6n o control sobre obras construidas o situadas den- tro de los limites del pals de la otra Secci6n sin el expreso consen- timiento del Gobierno de esta iltima. Las obras construidas, adquiridas o usadas en cumpli- miento de las disposiciones de este Tratado y que se encuentren ubicadas totalmente dentro de los limites territoriales de cualquiera de los dos paises, aunque de carAc- ter internacional, quedaran, con las excepciones expresamente se- fialadas en este Tratado, bajo la exclusiva jurisdicci6n y control de la Secci6n de la Comisi6n en cuyo pals se encuentren dichas obras. Las facultades y obligaciones que impone a la Comisi6n este Tratado seran adicionales a las conferidas a la Comisi6n Inter- nacional de Limites por la Con- venci6n del primero de marzo de 1889 y los demas tratados y con- venios pertinentes en vigor entre los dos paises, con excepci6n de aquellas estipulaciones de cual- quiera de ellos que este Tratado modifica. Los gastos que demande el sostenimiento de cada Secci6n de la Comisi6n seran sufragados por cuenta del Gobierno del cual de- penda. Los gastos comunes que acuerde la Comisi6n seran cubier- 1224 [59 STAT.