The Great Lakes Basin: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session ... |
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... Regional Port District-- Corbett , R. H. , secretary , Great Lakes Overseas Shipping Association_ Coulter , Thomas H. , chief executive officer , Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry .. Cowles , Willard B. , deputy legal adviser ...
... Regional Port District-- Corbett , R. H. , secretary , Great Lakes Overseas Shipping Association_ Coulter , Thomas H. , chief executive officer , Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry .. Cowles , Willard B. , deputy legal adviser ...
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... regional . It need hardly be remarked that the Constitution has delegated authority to the Federal Gov- ernment to deal ... region of Canada performing functions relating to international waters in this large area . In addition to the ...
... regional . It need hardly be remarked that the Constitution has delegated authority to the Federal Gov- ernment to deal ... region of Canada performing functions relating to international waters in this large area . In addition to the ...
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... region of the United States and of Canada . The " powers " to be granted by the compact to the Commission are specific and far - reaching . Article VI of the compact sets out a series of " powers " which take up nearly 212 pages of the ...
... region of the United States and of Canada . The " powers " to be granted by the compact to the Commission are specific and far - reaching . Article VI of the compact sets out a series of " powers " which take up nearly 212 pages of the ...
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... regional . It need hardly be remarked to this committee that the Constitution . has delegated authority to the Federal Government to deal interna- tionally with matters of national concern . It is a basic policy of the Department of ...
... regional . It need hardly be remarked to this committee that the Constitution . has delegated authority to the Federal Government to deal interna- tionally with matters of national concern . It is a basic policy of the Department of ...
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... region of the country in a position where it might override the Fed- eral Government in the field of international relations , but , in the Department's view , Mr. Chairman , this is nevertheless the effect of S. 2688 as it now stands ...
... region of the country in a position where it might override the Fed- eral Government in the field of international relations , but , in the Department's view , Mr. Chairman , this is nevertheless the effect of S. 2688 as it now stands ...
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Page 4 - ... (b) Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount or amounts to be appropriated by each of the party states.
Page 124 - ... will not permit the construction or maintenance on their respective sides of the boundary of any remedial or protective works or any dams or other obstructions in waters flowing from boundary waters or in waters at a lower level than the boundary in rivers flowing across the boundary, the effect of which is to raise the natural level of waters on the other side of the boundary, unless the construction or maintenance thereof is approved by the aforesaid International Joint Commission.
Page 4 - All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Commission.
Page 123 - It is agreed that, in addition to the uses, obstructions, and diversions heretofore permitted or hereafter provided for by special agreement between the Parties hereto, no further or other uses or obstructions or diversions, whether temporary or permanent, of boundary waters on either side of the line...
Page 118 - India, being equally desirous to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters and to settle all questions which are now pending between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other or to the inhabitants of the other, along their common frontier, and to make provision for the adjustment and settlement of all such questions as may hereafter arise...
Page 5 - boundary waters" means boundary waters, as defined in the Boundary Waters Treaty, that are within the Great Lakes System; (b) "Boundary Waters Treaty" means the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain Relating to Boundary Waters, and Questions Arising Between the United States and Canada...
Page 124 - April and 31st of October, inclusive, annually, the United States is entitled to a prior appropriation of 500 cubic feet per second of the waters of the Milk River, or so much of such amount as constitutes three-fourths of its natural flow...
Page 122 - Who, after having communicated to one another their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles...
Page 124 - ... the level of Lake Erie and the flow of the stream shall not be appreciably affected. It is the desire of both Parties to accomplish this object with the least possible injury to investments which have already been made in the construction of power plants on the United States...
Page 123 - ... except by authority of the United States Or the Dominion of Canada within their respective jurisdictions and with the approval, as hereinafter provided, of a joint commission, to be known as the International Joint Commission.