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 TREATY—GREAT BRITAIN-—LAK`E OF THE WOODS. Frm. 24, 1925. 2109 house. Established October 3, 1912. Elevation, sea level datum, 1068.797." . . " The International Joint Commission " means the Commission V°*·°°·P· **1- established under-the Treaty signed at Washington on the 11th day of J anuargk 1909, between the United States of America and His Britannic agesty, relating to boundary waters and questions aris- ing between t e United States and Canada. ‘ ` ‘ —. ARTICLE II. The level of Lake of the Woods shall be regulated to the extent R°¤“‘““°"°"°'°‘· and in the manner provided for in the present Convention, with the object of securing to the inhabitants of the United States and Canada the most advantageous use of the waters thereof. and of . the waters flowing into and from the Lake on eachhside of the boundary between the two countries for domestic and sanitary purl poses, for navigation purposes, for fishing purposes, and for power, irrigation and reclamation purposes. ° 0 ARTICLE III. The Government if Canada shall establish and maintain a Cana- B,E§‘?‘"“" °°""°‘ dian- Lake of the .'oods Control Board, composed of engineers, wihiplh $l;al)ldregulate and control the outflow of the waters of Lake 0 ·t e 0 s. vw M ‘ ‘ There shall be established and maintained an International Lake cg§E‘§; j£};,°°;§'P°"°”" of the Woods Control Board composed of two engineers, one agp- ·*••*¢·v- im- gointed by the Government of the United States and one by 'e evernment of Canada from their respective public services, and whenever the level of the lake rises above elevation 1061 sea level datum or falls below elevation 1056 sea level datum the rate of total discharge of water from the lake shall be subject to the approval of this Board. ’ - ARTICLE IV. The level of Lake of the Woods shall ordinarily be maintained ,,,§’,{,‘{‘,,,",?",,,_‘°'°' ‘° "° between elevations 1056 and 1061.25 sea level datum, and between ’ these two elevations the regulation shall be such as to ensure the highest continuous uniform discharge of water from the lake. · uring periods of excessive precipitation the total discharge of R°“"'°"°“ °'°‘°°"‘ water from the lake shall upon the level reaching elevation 1061 ma level datum, be so regulated as to ensure that the extreme high level of the lake shall at no time exceed elevation 1062.5 sea level <*¤*¤¤ . 1..... .... .. The level of the lake shall at_ no tlmb be reduced below elevation °° ° °”' 1056 sea level datum except during periods of low precipitation and then only upon the approval of the nternational Lake of the Woods Control Board and subject to such conditions and limitations as may be necessary to protect the use of the waters of the lake for domestic, sanitary, navigation and fishing purposes. ARTICLE V. If in the opinion of the International Lake of the Woods Control ,,,§°,,g",?*,’$‘§'Q’;;{‘i'*”' °° Board the experience gained in the regulation of the lake under Articles III and IV, or the provision of additional facilities for the storage of waters tributary to the lake, demonstrates that it is lprac- ticable to permit the ulpper limit of the ordinary range in the evels of the lake to be raise from elevation 1061.25 sea level datum to a higher level and at the same time to prevent during periods of exces-

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