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<br />the iustl'lI111l'l\talit,\ of joillj c:{llllmi.....~inm:.~ the lIlost l'olwcnient <br />example is that of tile atteltlpls at :,;pttlrlllent of the houndary <br />between the Cnitetl s'tates nnd Texas. Ilerl' two if/iut t.::Oll 11 II b- <br />8iol1s~ fluly ("onstituted by the Xatiollul aull State 'no\'C\'III1Il.>nts. <br />sought to settle the boundary lille. The history nf these attempts <br />is fOllll(l in the rep(lI't~ of the Cnitell ~tates ~npl'eJlll' COllrt ill <br />tile ('ase of Vnitell Btate~ L Tenls (14;{ U, 8., G:!l; 1G2 U. S., 1). <br /> <br />'l'hI'Ollg:hollt the l!lall,\" pages of the l"e}lol'tf.; co\'ered by the <br />dCl"h:iiolls ill tLlis ('a~e, the l'cl"'esclltati\e of the GOH~l'nllwnt of <br />the United State~ OIl the one haIHl nllll tllnt of the State of Texas <br />on the ot.her. UJ'e desiglI<lted :Is COlllllliHHioueJ's. and the COl1l1ll0n <br />agency fo}' settlelllclIt of the l'{lntl'o\'l'l'~'y i!<' designated <1:-; t.he <br />joint eOlllluission 01' joint huundar.'" (,Ollllldssioll, <br /> <br />Lest tllere he some question respecting the use of the term <br />"joint tOIllI1li,s~ioll." tile fullowing references to the opilJiolls in <br />the above case may be profitahle: <br /> <br />B,\" :t treaty conelude(l Angust ~;;, 18:;8. hetween the United <br />Stales and the Republic of Texas (8 Stat" ;;11), eath of tbe <br />contracting partie~ <1gl'eetl to appoint ';<1 cOllnnissionel'" for the <br />purpose of jointly ngl'ecing upon the line between the two He- <br />l'uIJlic8 ; <br /> <br />By the ad of .June:l~ 1858. chapter n:.! (11 Stat.. 310), cllatt.ed <br />in ilal'lOtmy with the ad of t.he Legisla1"1ll'e. of tilc St<1te of '1~exas, <br />Febl'lHlry 11, lS54~ it was pl'(lvided that the P,'csident should <br />appoint a repl'cselltative to ad in ll:ulIlony with nne from tile <br />~:Hate of Tl'x<1s for the purposl' of flellnitely !ol2ating the bound:U''y <br />between the Indian TeI'ritol'\" and the St.;:lte of Texa"iol. fflw fol- <br />lowing l'efel'enl'es to the rejll'esentati\'ps so appointell awl the <br />name of tile body so constituted appear in the deci~ions in tht' <br />abo\'e C<1~e at the following png:e~: ;'A conllni~sion('l' wa:;;; appointed <br />on behnlf of the United ~tatps'.' (lG~ U. 8... J, n5); "jhe (,flllllllis- <br />sioncr~ of the two Gm'(,l"BlllentR"-i. e.. the GO\"ernment of Texas <br />amI the Gm"cl'nlllent of the Gnited 81...1tc8 (11;2 U, R., 1, 6G) j "a <br />joint COllllllissinn on the part of the Uni1"ed Rtates ,lJlIl 'fexa:-:. <br />l:olllmClll'efl the work," etc. (14~: T.!. S.. f)~1. l.i3ti); "th(: cOlllmis- <br />sioner on the part of the UBite(l shih.'!-:" (ilL); '"tbe ('olllmis" <br />:.lionel's of the United States '-111/1 ']'exas'~ (ill.); <br /> <br />By the ad of .JanlHlJ'Y :J1. 1.'385, c:hapter 47 (:;H Stat., ~f)r., <br />2n7) ~ 'it wns I'I'O\"ith~d that. tlw linitell ~tates ~hOi.lld ap}l(jint a <br />l'elH'cscntath"e wllO should work in conjunction witb a l'eflI'csen- <br />tatin~ to he app()iJltl~d by t.he Hf<lt(~ of Texns. for the Plll'llose of <br />nscel'taining the lJolllHlal'Y. 'rhe following ,'eferenees appear as <br />descript.ive of the persoll aud the agelll:Y: <br /> <br />;"rhe two GOH~l"JlnH.'ntH CCnitel1 Htaies awl State of Texas) <br />nppoillted cOlllllli8:-;iollel'~" (1fi~) U. f-;.. 1. TO): the joint body <br />so constituted is defined as .'the ,Jnint BOlllHlal'Y COllllllission" <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />[ 2li <br /> <br />.::. <br />