Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 3.djvu/1314

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62 STAT.] PANAMA-COLON CORRIDOR-MAY 26, 1947 Boundary Convention of 1914, in such manner as to revise that portion of the City of Col6n-Canal Zone boundary line which extends from Sixteenth Street in a northwesterly direction to the center line of Bolivar Avenue, in conformity with the boundary revision proposed by The Panama Canal and marked on a copy of Panama Canal Drawing No. X-6113-53 dated July 6, 1945, which copy is marked Panama Canal Exhibit A. (k) That the two Governments will, in the proposed convention referred to in paragraphs (i) and (j) hereof, provide in substance, first, that the tracts of land transferred from the City of Col6n to the Canal Zone, in consequence of the boundary changes provided for in said paragraphs (i) and (j), shall become parts of the Canal Zone in the same manner as though they had been included within the grants contained in the Convention of November 18, 1903, between the two Governments, and that the Government of PanamA undertakes that no private titles exist in and to such tracts of land; and, second, in respect to the tracts of land transferred from the Canal Zone to the City of Col6n in consequence of the boundary changes agreed upon, the Government of the United States of America undertakes that no private titles exist in and to such tracts of land. (1) That the portion of the Boyd-Roosevelt Highway known as the Madden Dam Bypass Road is understood and agreed to form a part of the Trans-Isthmian Highway under the terms of the Trans- Isthmian Highway Convention of March 2, 1936, and that such agreement will be included in the proposed convention referred to in paragraph (m) hereof. (m) Referring to the several areas in the Rio Madronal-Roque section of the Trans-Isthmian (Boyd-Roosevelt) Highway wherein the highway passes through Canal Zone territory, including the section of the highway between the Quebrada Madronal and the Quebrada Moja Polla, the section of the highway crossing the Agua Bendita and Chilibre Rivers, and the Roque overpass whereby stch highway crosses the Madden Dam Corridor; and referring to the area wherein such highway passes through Canal Zone territory in crossing the Gatun River: - That the two Governments will, as soon as possible, formally enter into a suitable convention whereby the United States of America will transfer to the Republic of Panama jurisdiction over suitable corridors, subject to terms similar to those contained in Article VIII of the General Treaty of 1936, as herein agreed to be amended, in order that the aforementioned sections of the Trans- Isthmian Highway shall be within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Panama. In the case of the Roque overpass the corridor will be no wider than is necessary to include the viaduct and approaches, and will not include any part of Madden Road proper. In all cases wherein the aforesaid corridors traverse waterways, the corridors will not include any part of such waterways. (n) That the right of the United States of America, under Article VII of the Trans-Isthmian Highway Convention of 1936, to enjoy equally the use of the portions of the Trans-Isthmian Highway within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Panama, subject to the laws 3935 38 Stat. 1900. 33 Stat. 2234. Madden Dam By- pass Road. 53 Stat. 1869. Rio Madronal- Roque section. 53 Stat. 1818. 53 Stat. 1872.