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<br />v - General Provisions
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<br />Article 17
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<br />The use of the channels of the. international rivers for the discharge of flood or other excess waters shall be free and not
<br />subject to limitation by either country, and neither country shall have any claim against the other in respect of any damage
<br />caused by such use. Each Government agrees to furnish the other Government, as far in advance as practicable, any
<br />information it may have in regard to such extra ordinary discharges of water from reservoirs and flood flows on its own
<br />territory as may produce floods on the territory of the other. Each Government declares its intention to operate its storage
<br />dams in such manner, consistent with the normal operations of its hydraulic systems as to avoid, as far as feasible,
<br />material damage in the territory of the other.
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<br />Article 18
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<br />Public use of the water surface oflakes formed by international dams shall, when not harmful to the services rendered by
<br />such dams, be free and common to both countries, subject to the police regulations of each country in its territory, to such
<br />general regulations as may appropriately be prescribed and enforced by the Commission with the approval of the two
<br />Governments for the purpose of the application of the provisions of this Treaty, and to such regulations as may
<br />appropriately be prescribed and enforced for the same purpose by each Section of the Commission with respect to the
<br />areas and borders of such parts of those Jakes as lie within its territory. Neither Government shall use for military
<br />purposes such water surface situated within the territory of the other country except by express agreement between the
<br />two Governments.
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<br />Article 19
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<br />The two Governments shall conclude such special agreements as may be necessary to regulate the generation, development
<br />and disposition of electric power at international plants including the necessary provisions for the export of electric
<br />current.
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<br />Article 20
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<br />The two Governments shall, through their respective Sections of the Commission, carry out the construction of works
<br />allotted to them. For this purpose the respective Sections of the Commission may make use of any competent public or
<br />private agencies in accordance with the laws of the respective countries. With respect to such works as either Section of the
<br />Commission may have to execute on the territory of the other, it shall in the execution of such works, observe the laws of
<br />the place where such works are located or carried out, with the exceptions hereinafter stated. All materials, implements,
<br />equipment and repair parts intended for the construction, operation and maintenance of such works shall be exempt from
<br />import and export customs duties. The whole of the personnel employed either directly or indirectly on the construction,
<br />operation or maintenance of the works may pass freely from one country to the other for the purpose of going to and from
<br />the place oflocation of the works, without any immigration restrictions, passports or labor requirements. Each
<br />Government shall furnish, through its own Section of the Commission, convenient means of identification to the personnel
<br />employed by it on the aforesaid works and verification certificates covering all materials, implements, equipment and
<br />repair parts intended for the works. Each Government shall assume responsibility for and shall adjust exclusively in
<br />accordance with its own laws all claims arising within its territory in connection with the construction, operation or
<br />maintenance of the whole or of any part of the works herein agreed upon, or of any works which may, in the execution of
<br />this Treaty, be agreed upon in the future.
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<br />Article 21
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<br />The construction of the international dams and the formation of artificial lakes shall produce no change in the fluvial
<br />international boundary, which shall continue to be governed by existing treaties and conventions in force between the two
<br />countries. The Commission shall, with the approval of the two Governments, establish in the artificial lakes, by buoys or
<br />by other suitable markers, a practicable and convenient line to provide for the exercise of the jurisdiction and control
<br />vested by this Treaty in the Commission and its respective Sections. Such line shall also mark the boundary for the
<br />application of the customs and police regulations of each country.
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<br />Article 22
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<br />The provisions of the Convention between the United States and Mexico for the rectification of the Rio Grande Rio Bravo)
<br />in the EI Paso-Juarez Valley signed on February 1, 1933, shaD govern, so far as delimitation of the boundary, distribution
<br />of jurisdiction and sovereignty, and relations with private owners are concerned, in any places where works for the
<br />artificial channeling, canalization or rectification ofthe Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) and the Colorado River are carried out.
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<br />Article 23
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<br />The two Governments recognize the public interest attached to the works required for the execution and performance of
<br />this Treaty and agree to acquire, in accordance with their respective domestic laws, any private property that may be
<br />required for the construction of the said works, including the main structures and their appurtenances and the
<br />construction materials therefor, and for the operation and maintenance thereof, at the cost of the country within which the
<br />property is situated, except as may be other wise specifically provided in this Treaty. Each Section of the Commission
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