WSP01132

• File Number: 8278.400
• Description: Title I - Mexican Treaty
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/15/1944
• Author: Six States Committee
• Title: The Pending Mexican Treaty - A Sound Solution of a Difficult Problem
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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ARTICLE 22

The provisions of the Convention between the
United States and Mexico for the rectification of
the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) in the El Paso-Juarez
Valley signed on February 1, 1933, shall govern, SO
far as deliIuitation of the boundary, distribution of
jurisdiction and sovereignty, and relations with
private owners are concerned, in any places where
works for the artificial channeling, canalization or
rectification of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) and the
Colorado River are carried out.

ARTICLE 23

The two Governments recognize the public in-
terest attached to the works required for the execu-
tion and performance of this Treaty and agree to
acquire, in accordance with their respective domestic
laws, any private property that may be required
for the construction of the said works, including
the main structures and their appurtenances and
the construction materials therefor, and for the
operation and maintenance thereof, at the cost of
the country within which the property is situated,
except as may be otherwise specifically provided in
this Treaty.

Each Section of the Commission shall deter-
mine the extent and location of any private property
to be acquired within its own country and shall
make the necessary requests upon its Government
for the acquisition of such property.

The Commission shall determine the cases in
which it shall become necessary to locate works for
the conveyance of water or electrical energy and
for the servicing of any such works, for the benefit

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