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 2454 TREATY——GREAT BRITAIN. JANUARY 11, 1909. ments, and all reasonable and necessary joint expenses of the Commission, incurred by it, shall be paid in equal moieties by the High Contracting Parties. ‘ ¤¤¤¢¤f•¤¤¤¤¢¤¢v· The Commission shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses, and to take evidence on oath whenever deemed necessary in any proceeding, or inquiry, or matter within its jurisdiction under this treaty, and all parties interested therein shall be given convenient opportunit to be heard, and the High Contracting Parties agree to adopt such legislation as may be appropriate and necessary to give the Commission the powers above mentioned on each side of the boundary, and to provide for the issue of subpoenas and for compelling the attendance of witnesses in proceedings before the Commission. The Commission may adopt such rules 0 procedure as shall be in accord- _ ance with justice and equity, and may make such examination in person and through agents or employees as may be deemed advisable. Anmcm XIII. Bv¢¢*·* •¢*°¤*¤°¤“ In all cases where cial a ments between the Hi h Contractin uammd Parties hereto are riggrred @1 the foregoing articlis, such agreeg ments are understood and intended to include not only direct agree·* ments between the High Contracting Parties, but also any mutual arrangement between the United States and the Dominion of Canada expressed by concurrent or reciprocal legislation on the part of Congress and the Parliament of the Dominion. Airrxcna XIV. {¤i¤¤1¤•¤z¤ of ¤¤¤· The present treat shall be ratified by the President of the United °° °°` States of America, iii and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and b His gritannic Majesty. The ratifications shall be exchanged at Vldishiqgton as soon as fpossible and the treaty shall take umm effect on the date o the exchange 0 its ratilications. It shall remain in force for five years, dating rom the day of exchange of ratifications, and thereafter until terminated by twelve months’ written notice given by either High Contracting Party to the other. Siznsmm In faith whereof the respective plemgiotentiaries have signed this treaty in du licate and have hereunto a xed their seals. Done at lllashington the 11th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine. Enum Roor [sam.] James Baron [sm;.] S,$<>¤;¤§g;_{>; ¤¤i¤¤¤ And whereas the Senate of the United States by their resolution ' of March 3, 1909, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein) did advise and consent to the ratification of the said Treaty with the followin understanding, to wit: %;_¤¤;,g5 “Resolved further, as a part of this ratification, That the United “ i · States approves this treaty with the understanding that nothing in this treaty shall be construed as affecting, or changin, any existin territorial or riparian rights in the water, or rights og the owners 0% lands under water, on either side of the international boundary at the rapids of the St. Mary’s river at Sault Ste. Marie, in the use of the waters flowing over such lands, subject to the requirements of navigation in boundary waters and of navigation canals, and without prejudice to the existing right of the United States and Canada, each to use the waters of the St.él\Iary’s river, within its own territory, and further, that nothin in this treaty shall be construed to interfere with the drainage of wet swamp and overflowed lands into streams flowing into boundary waters, and that this interpretation will be