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 59 STAT.] MEXICO-WATER UTILIZATION- - Fe. 34 1944 1219 Treaty between the United States of America and Mlexico respecting Feblb3r1944i.d' utilization of waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the (T. s.994 Rio Grande. Signed at Washington February3, 1944. And protocol signed at Washington November 14, 1944. Ratification advised by the Senate of the United States of America April 18, 1945, subject to certain understandings;ratified by the President of the United States of America November 1, 1945, subject to said understandings; ratified by Mexico October 16, 1945; ratifications exchanged at Washington November 8, 1946; proclaimed by the President of the United States of America November 27, 1945, subject to said understandings; efective November 8, 1945. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries in Washington on February 3, 1944, and a protocol supplementary to the said treaty was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries in Washington on November 14, 1944, the originals of which treaty and protocol, in the English and Spanish languages, are word for word as follows: The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- ment of the United Mexican States: animated by the sincere spirit of cordiality and friendly cooperation which happily governs the relations between them; taking into account the fact that Articles VI and VII of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Limits between the United States of America and the United Mexican States signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, and Article IV of the boundary treaty between the two countries signed at the City of Mexico December 30, 1853 regulate the use of the waters of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) and the Colorado River for purposes of navigation only; considering Los Gobiernos de los Estados Unidos de Anerica y de los Estados Unidos Mcxicanos: ani- nlados por el franco esplritu de cordialidad y de amistosa coopera- ci6n que felizmente norma sus relaciones; tomando en cuenta que los Articulos VI y VII del Tratado de Paz, Amistad y Limites entre los Estados Unidos de America y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, firmado en Guadalupe Hidalgo, el 2 de febrero'de 1848, y el Articulo IV del tratado de limites entre los dos paises, firmado en la ciudad de Mexico el 30 de diciembre de 1853, reglamentan dnicamente pars fines de navegaci6n el uso de las aguas de los rios Bravo (Grande) y Colorado; considerando que a los intereses de ambos paises conviene 9 Stat. y22. IS Stat. (pt. 2, Public Trea- ties) 4r2. 10 Stat. Ittr1; 18 Stat. (p. 2, Public Tnratit) 503.

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