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<br /> <br />I" <br />;: <br />!I <br /> <br />.Ie .:;..<" <br /> <br />permanent type of development. It is looated in and below the area where <br />silt oone formation is aotive. Past ~xperienoe has shown that suoh develop- <br />ment is subjeot to material damage or destruotion by floods of relatively <br />small magnitude. Furthermore, much of suoh development is in an area where <br />drainage will be a serious factor and where the bore tides from the Gulf of <br />California, reaching a height of as muoh as 27 feet, are a faotor. Prior to <br />control by Boulder Dam, the major portion of all of the lower area was flood- <br />ed for several months eaoh year. <br /> <br />From deep wells put down in past years at several points, there are in- <br />dications of a body of ground water underlying a major part of the central <br />delta region in Mexioo. The possibilities of developing suoh ground water as <br />a supplemental supply for irrigation should be investigated and considered in <br />any treaty with Mexioo. <br /> <br />Mexioo has reoently installed a oheck, near the head end of the Alamo <br />Canal, and fro:n that point is constructing new oanals and enlarging existing, <br />oanals. It is known that the National Irrigation Commission of Mexico is OOn- <br />templating the irrigation of some 200,000 acres of additional land and a <br />drainage system for the old as well as new lands together with a system of <br />roads throughout these areas. ) <br /> <br />Respeotfully submitted, <br /> <br />R. J. Tipton <br />Chas. F. DeArmond <br />M. J. Dowd <br />A. R. Arledge <br />F. C. Merriell <br /> <br />* * * * * * <br /> <br />May 27, 1942 <br /> <br />Committee of Fourteen, Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />The s~boommittee designated by your Committee of Seven to examine into <br />certain legal aspeots and principles involved in oonversations with Mexioo <br />regarding the Colorado River, submits its report. <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />Question: "In the absenoe of treaty, has Mexioo a right under international <br />law to the oontinued delivery of any water in the Colorado River, or oOnverse- <br />ly, is the United States under any duty under international law to continue <br />such deli-rery to Mexioo?" <br /> <br />We answer that, in the absenoe of treaty, Mexioo has no suoh legal right <br />and the United States is under no such legal duty. No treaty n~' exists. <br /> <br />II. <br /> <br />Question: "In the exercise of the treaty-making power, what are the <br />applicable principles of international law?" <br />