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 2-IQ8 TREATY-—GREAT BRITAIN—LAKE OF THE WOODS. Fan. 24, 1925, Jamgmuh Treaty. anklfgiiozoepif the United Sums and G»·ea¢.B»~£¢aia in rqpqct gf  Jteiylagtc the lcvelgegl the Lake _of the }Voods. Signed at        admsed by "% ‘dgg;1¢h1B!¢iiai¢`i:w5l!;(t 30, milf .a2.a.m3:..A£’.'2”h.f:.,§'.?é”’ié Waslv£ng§qn,iJady If, 1925; proclaimed, July 17, 1925. BY um Pnnsmmrr or run UNrrm> Sums or Aumuca. A PROCLAMATION. wP,§§§{ °' “"° °°“’°   ai convention between the United States of America P=¤•¤¤¤¤¤· and His B1·1tann1cfMa]es‘1€y 111 respect of Canada to regulate the level of the Lake o the _ oods was concluded and signe by then- respect1ve Plempotentmries at Washington on the twenty-fourth day _of February, one thousand nme hundred and twenty-five, the C mt P origmal of whic convention is word for word as follows: °° M M U ·i‘§a`i&“£°‘$ S°‘“}° {if A€"§"9“’· “"d .i1i“ i‘“j3“’ §"°fKi.“%;’* mi D1 ’ omo. rea ritaman rean an 0 t 't' Dominions geéond the Seas, Emperor of India, in respedt oxfl ihe D(l?>h1fpri,.:€f0 rdgiiliaath the le el of Lak f th Woods ` d t v e 0 e m or er 0 secure to e inhabitants of th United States d Can cl th st advantafeous use of the wategs thereof and oafuthe wdteiiis fiovliiliig into an from the! Lake on each side of the bonmdary between the two countries an i Accepting_ds a basis of agreement the recommendations made by tlgergnurplauxiznoafl Jomt Commissioxi itsfiiplal gipoxét of giaytélgth, on e erence concemmg a e o e oo s su mit to it b ’the Governments of the United States of America and Canada I-ave resolved to conclude a Convention for that purpose and havd accordingly named as their plenigotentiariesz m°“*’°‘°"“"“’· HT? Prsegdeint of ftlée Unitieidh gtes 3fSAmerica;i Charles Evans u es rearyo tateo e nite tates•an Ifis ldritannic Majestly, in respect of the Ddminion of Canada: The Honorable Ernest apointe K. C., a member of His Majesty’s Privy §}o?ci§)£or Canada and ltiinister of Justice in the Govern- ment o t at minion· Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I. T°""" °°“""‘°‘· In the present Convention, the term " level of Lake of the Woods " or “ level of the lake " means the level of the open lake unaffected by wl'll‘?1e°ti‘e1?d11I;l.l;1atl:·e of the Woods watershed " means the entire region in which_ the waters discharged at the outlets of Lake of the Woods ha'l‘l1dli;:1r1i11I£?'shi;aie1$i¤)l1ld(laltum " means the datum permanently estab- lished by the International Joint Commission at the town of War- road, Mmnwota, of which the description is as follows: “Top of copper plug in concrete block carried below frost line, and located near fence in front of and to the west of new school-

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