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<br />16 <br /> <br />2~ <br />. OJ <br /> <br />I' <br />i.- <br /> <br />that the "United States shall construct or acquire"--construct <br /> <br /> <br />or aCquire";-"in its own territory the works that may be neces- <br /> <br />- <br />sary to convey. a part of the waters of the Oolorado River <br />allotted to Mexico to the Mexican diversion"points on the intel- <br />..... <br />national land boundary referred to in the Treaty. Among these <br />works shall be included the canal and other works necessary <br />to convey water from the lower end of the Pilot ~nob Wasteway <br />to the International Boundary. Such works shall be cons true tec <br />or acquired and operated and mB.intained by the United States a' <br />the expense of Mexico.!.l <br /> <br />,.,,;$ <br />So there in the Treaty we find a specific provision <br />requiring the outright acquisition and the maintenance and opela- <br />tion of these particular works by the United States. It is on <br />the basis of that that we have reached the~iu~ conclusior <br />that those works must be acquired by' the United States. <br />With respect to the modification of the All-American <br />Oanal contra~t as proposed by the District, the Departmat of <br />State and the Boundary Oommission feel! that that falls in a <br />somewhat different category and r:;{X:ee1/ that those proposals <br />merit very serious consideration. There is no specific provi- <br />si~n with respect to the outright acquisition and operation <br />and maintenance of those works by the United States. The only <br />relevant provision of the Treaty is in Article 23, which pro- <br />vides in part, that ReaCh government shall retain through its <br />own Section of the Oommission"--and mark this language now--ttarlJ <br /> <br />- <br />within the limits and to the extent necessary to effectuate <br /> <br /> <br />the provisions of the Treaty, direct ownership, control and <br />