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feet. But, of course, we knew some time ago that this figure was wrong and now we are developing figures of a rather long period of yield where it can show much less than they were heretofore. It certainly is very clear that if the compact were being negotiated today, it would never be negotiated under the terms that it was in 1922. The picture of demand, as well as supply is very different. It is :probable that if this drouth continues, that the question would come ~p before the supreme court in the present caSe as to whether or not the : compact was entered into on a misunderstanding of the facts or in other 'words, whether or not it was not based on an error and in that case, whether it is a good compact. We have no fear for the next thirty years even if the drouth continues with this very large storage if the dam is operated as intended by the Boulder Canyon Project Act. * * * *.* * * * THE MEXICAN WATER TREATY IN OPERATION Col. L. H. Hewitt Commissioner, U. S. and Mexico International Boundary and Water Commission, El Paso, Texas The International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, was authorized in its present form by the 1944 Treaty between the United States and Mexico, relating to "Utilization of the Waters of the Colorado and Tiajuana Rivers and the Rio Grande." The present G:>mmission absorbed the functions of the International Boundary Commission which was provided for in the 1889 Treaty and the International Water Commission authorized by Congress in 1924. The Commission is an international body ha\fing two Commissioners, one each for the United States and Mexico pl;us necessary staff personnel to assist each officer. Headquarters al1e maintained in El Paso, Texas and just adjacent, across the border, in: Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, thus permitting constant liaison with each other. In addition to the 1944 Treaty, there are eight earlier treaties with certain duties affecting the respon~ibi1ities of the Commission. The jurisdiction of the Commission is limit~d to the solution of engineering problems arising along the 1935 miles cif river and land boundary between the United States and Mexico. Among the principal responsibilities of the Commission is "The control and accounting for the division of waters of the Colorado River" and in dealing with this problem the services of various Federal agencies are utilized. A part of the applicable $ections of the Treaty are as follows: - 26 -