International Joint Commission

UNITED STATES AND CANADA

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND

TEXTOFTREATY

International Joint Comission

UNITED STATES AND CANADA

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND

TEXT OF TREATY

OTTAWA, CANADA-WASHINGTON, D.C.

APRIL, 1980.

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE

INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION

I TIM Ittaraatimal Joint Chmmimb, by vittm of the prooimionr, d ,&kb I XlI of the b t y betmeen the United Wtes af Amaka and His M&j&y the

Ehg, dated the tfth day of J a n u q , XWd hereby rmdrm t he R u k af I

I-hx&we whkh it adopted on the 2nd day-of Fdmmy, 1912, as subucquantlp amended, md, in their plaee d st&, ado@ &a i d l o w i n g Ruko of P r d :

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1.41) In the e o n e b h of these rules, adogz tSlt contab e h m b &rr?$ m& importing i b e singular mk &dl imMa the plum1 a d war411 impmtk~g the plurd m d m Ad! ia&& the a i d a s , md:

(2) "apphmt" m e w the Gmenvxwst rn perma cm rrhm b M f w rp- 1 p u n is p w to b e anmissh i~ am-e aiU Btu* 12; (3) "Gmmolrwnt" mcrm the G6v- of Canrda or the

of the ~~ 91kn d An~rSea; (4) mcmn hcludm Pro+ &-I& or agency of r Prqvilaoe

w --*J, hd~iidrrrl, p-, and ~~, hi wt h1rde Ihe Govcrnmmt o i Canldr d=mmePi of tbe llnifcd

I ~ a f A m e r h ; I (5) ''w~h" inckdca dinnation;

I (6) ' ' r e f ~ c " mcrrna the deu~& by whkh a q u m t h os arntbeF d

dikam k reEefred to the Com1PLaiaa pumud t4 Artiek lX ef tilie Treaty; I (75 "the Treaty" merw the Treaty between tbe United W w of America

cand His &hiesty the King, dated the l?th day el Jmuaay, 1909;

i @$) W&d States wctioa" cmkb of thO ccunmiseicmera appointed by %ke PresirZeert of the United Stater.

I CHAIRMEN i %.<I) Tk c o m m i s i c ~ t r s ef the United Stake &Son of khe C m i h

dd t one of th& m m h r rs cha. imn, to lw h w n a6 4k Chima& n M s ta tes Section of the IntemaLiond J d d Cammaaro d t h t ? T ' a, 4 he S~BI I

aPL M chairman a t all meet- of the C d & heid h the U a k d &&ts aud lo respect to all mrcCks required ta be daK in the U n M StrCse by the Mroou d the C o m m i ~ a i o ~ .

The commissioacn of the C d i m m&im d tbe C o n r o W U w d their number as chairman, Sd be know^ as the Chairman el &e s Section of the International Jaiat C o ~ m n , and be &all wt ao

Secretary of && far Exhd Aflaira d Canada or to the Secretary of State of the United S t a h of Ameriea, aa th cue may be.

(5) S e ~ b d ray docmnmt wmmt to Rule 22 shall be br delivering a copy &red ta the pm mmed &&, ar by ksoiag the *me at the dwell ig hwse or urml placa of abede or wubl r at W e I mch pawn. The perso~l the notice e r reqwi &a tumid M a&bivik ta tbe s e t w r y stzdksg at time and plaee of such service.

w,-* - - . d Procedure rL W G o & c ~ s h d l b - ~ . ) s M d u p l s e b d a a .

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13.(1) Wjed tP par~g~w (3) d ~ mk, two &pk&e wiginah 4 fifty c q k d the qqdka+n d of aay mppiemntal ag@cdiq in rrapo~se, mbjqd.esxntsl dakwnt in r m r , &ateme& iin z& and a p p b m k a l &&emart ib m y ahrn bt ddivered ta e&kr s-. Oil d dllLh +fs, t6t wetmy &dl fartbwih 4 m e dm& origbal a d t m t y - h + ta th other secretary.

C2) Subjack to psmgraph (3) of this rule., h o copies 09 ldrawin@, pdika, plus of surrey, maps and s p m i i h t h a ra may be m a u g b x,iF l&&e e h l y the msttur of the a p p l i c d b U l be debmd Qo &her SetmtBly alld he hll d one copy fo-h to the other seaPetary.

(3) N~CdbsCanding mr-b ( I ) cud (2) d this qde, ?m& 9ichd%kd ~ a f h h & m a ~ ~ a u m y b e r e q n e s & e d b y t l t R b mission shall be provided W w i L a

21. The C d i o l may meet a eansult with &he a&icad, &a Govern- d and 0th gemma OF ULei mumel sS any tLow e n g the p h df

* &rig, the mde af mndacbing the bquiry, the admittifig or prod of ce- f & ~ m fw aay dher purpoee.

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29-11) A ~ea- kzF ~ q h + - r n t b e - a l % Commissiem suth reMan b 3 e Ux QPmrrPicrah in complyiq with the h m m 04 rn dtnaa 9.biaL LO my -idkm m emephm which - ~ b ~ & b y t h e b e r m a d h l e . ~ a M ~ o r h e P . ~ ~ b hdt t bdbm %he Corn* qm$s te W- in accorcianca wlitA tLa %enas a€ khe reference.

{Bf 'The time, place aid prpme d &e k e g ar hearings cm a r- ~ b e ~ b , y t h e ~ d b ~ ~ ~

@ BE semetaries sbil Wvdb gke Wice of the !be, s a r d : p s q m i x + ~ f & - g m ~ * & & ~ r r n d t o ~ * lam mbkd Cam- of 6J hZ&ixwb. U b h d h w i m d i d fry tk C o r n i s h the see* dm ea*sa s w h d e e bp be patb l idd ip tl#r Canada Qaactte, the Fedad Regider nad a c e eaek nselc far three -- miiwmhtm~bb p a b ~ o m i ~ c r c h a a r n ~ s m l c ~ i n

i ! m ~ ~ ' i U ! a e f ~ ~ i isu th bdicicsxi ,aremci&Gi&y u bo inkaked b tba rubjett rJb*t;ter of the mierewe. v 54) AH hariapa shall be apm to the public, u h othermite de(amind

br*- . . m. f3) ht a W n g , the O w w ~ o md p- intP1.ested are eakithd b i~ pemm ar By mmumI, otd and d ~ t a r y t u b e d qgwm&

and rn&rbl t o m y matter that b withkt the pul>lkM p q m s o

{@ T h p r d h g &airman may require tb*t d e n * be under be&

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T W T Y BETWEEN TEE UNITED SCATES AND GELFAT BRITAIN GEL TO BOITNI)ARY w m zml.3 Q m Q m

ABIBING BWWlB3N T3E UJSTI'B3 STAT= &I CANADA.

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m 3 . I i e ; h w * M ~ w ~ k a ~ b l e f t h e ~ s f w ~ h t h i e W ' ~ m R i w ~ ~ t h e i e v d a E L d L J I R ~ i e d . a b c ; f b f f a i l ; h e & m i m 9 h s 3 1 a d . b a p p ' ~ & ~ . ~ ~ i s b d e k e a f b& pbart,ks te aemmpli &is o&& whh %&e had possib&'ikzh~ to i k ~ ~ i h 8 " 0 * e ~ b e e n r n m 3 e i n t h e o o ~ l ~ t a £ ~ p ~ o n t h ~ U ~ ~ ~ s S c l e o f t h e h u n d e r ~ ~ A u ~ t y h+hem-~ olS N w Y&, and oa the clwfdiw side of the C i i ~ under lieeabee 4 u x t k i r s

by fib h m ~ m of Camds and the % v i e af (hntario. So la%g aa te tregQ & d l renesrin in Same, no divestion of. the waters

d . e b e ~ m m a @ F a l t a W * m W a r s e d ~ t i r m d % t h a B e b ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ & t . ( 9 ~ ~ ~ p& *

' F % t e ~ & & ~ ~ y , ~ s s d ~ * t h e &rtpepwwa - xKifhia t h

Bate of Sew Pmk d %he wq&m eb +sit? h r abovk Far& af Wiagara, hr F P W - & ~ - ~ * da$y divemiom E& the rate oi

t,immd.au&irE f d &* The U&d lkgdmn, aji &e Ekm&zim OF C&, or %he Province ~4

&&on wit&@ the P&wirurse af Ontmio d U l l e ~ o T B a $ d ~~ d Nag* far pwer pmqW€s, & ?xtmdbg &~.alggw#z id&y - && .. . &:Pli$ mh'd tibhq-sk i - ihmd a a d a i c E & d e p e s m ; - , .!-

% ~ e E t h i s & & ~ M ~ b ~ & v e r s i m d P f ~ ~ ~ c ~ . c r s r f c u a h e ~ d c ~ a l s f ~ ~ p ~ a f

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to writing in the form of a protocol, and drdl bc communicated to the Com- missioners, who shall takc such further proceedings as may be necessary to carry out such agreement.

ARTICLE IX

3 ions or The High Contractin4 Partics further agree thst any other que-t' matters of difference u i m q betnecn thm ,involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the d u r or be the inhabitants of the other, along the eommon frontier betwem tlie Caked States and the h m i n i o n of Canada, shall be referred from time to time b Ure International Joint Com- mission for examination and r e p r t , wbemmer ei* the Government of the United States or the Government of the D&im of Canada Ehdi request that such qwtiora or matters of difference be so 'rcltrred.

The hlematlonrl Jumt Coarrniusim is m h i z t d in each cme so referred to examine into and report upon Lhe fIctf and ckurn~mcles al t k particular qwsticis m d matters referred, tw&her with mh eapelueions and rsommenda- tons as may be rppropriak, subjtd, k l . t r , to any restrictims or exceptions Pohich may h impsed with respect -to by thc terra3 of the reference.

Such @m of the Commkkm shJl not be w r d e d ae d d n s of the q u d o n a or rnatkrs so a u h d t e d e i ihe~ on ihe rsek or the law, and shall in rm way have the charneber af an &~bikal e w d

The Cammission shall make a jamf ma-€ t o W G c ~ m n b in all cases in which a11 or r majority af tbe Conmkionas w, a d in eaae of disagree- meat th.e minority may mdre a joint report to both G o v e m n t a , or separate reporto to their respective Govemmenka

In CUE the Commiesisn is e u d y .&vidd upm m y qtrastiw or m d k r$mcd t4 it for report, separate repods rhaU be made by the Coromirrs'buers a each side b their own Gaverumeat

Any qw&iau ar m W r s of dHerence arising Mweeu the High Carrtrsctiq Parties invoking t& rights, obli@ans, OP i n k e & of the United &atas or tit the Dminian of Canada e i k in relation t o each eihx or to their wapec'tive inhabitmtq m y be referred for clecislen ha the I n k u s t i o d &nt C-on by the colrseot of the two Parties it being d e r s t d e d that on the part of the Wed SLteo m y meh adim wifl b by MLd with tibe advim a d c m of kh-e Sarate, a d cm the par€ of IFis Majeskfa Gavefillneat nifh the cmseot of the Covernor General in Council- h & eaes so referred, t h said Camission is autharized to examsne into and report upon the fa& a d cimmstances of the particulu qne&im any matters referred, together with meb conehsims and reo6ame&tioas as may be appropriate, subject, however, ts any r&r)stiolls ar emeptiares which may be imposed with respect thereto by h e temm of the reference.

A majority of Cbe mid Caamksioa shall have power to render a decision or finding upon m y of the qudians or matkrs so referred.

If the said Cammislsion k equslly divided or otherwise unable to render a dccieian or finding as to any questions or matters so referred, i t shall be the &y ot the Cummissioners to make a joint report t o both Governments, or mqmak ~eporta to their respective Governments, showing the different con- h i c w s errired at with regard to the matters or questions so referred, which q w t i o ~ s IS matters shall thereupon be referred for decision by the High Contrwting Parties to an umpire chosen in accordance with the procedure pocrIbed in Che fourth, fifth and s l ~ h paragraphs of Article XLV of the H a w Co~~ention for the pacific settlement of international disputes, dated

of its ratifications. I t shall rcmuin in force for five years, dating from the day of exchange of ratificatioms, and thereafter until terminated by twelve months' written notice given by citlicr High Contrxcting Party to the other.

In faith n-hcrcof the respective plcnipotcntiarics have signed this treaty in duplicate and liave l~ereunto affixecl their scals.

Done a t \Tashington t l ~ c 11th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine.

(Signed) ELIHU ROOT [SEAL]

(Signed) J a > i ~ s BRYCE [SEAL]

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 following understanding, to wit:

"Resolved further, a s a part of this ratification, Tha t the United States approves this treaty with the understanding that nothing in this treaty shall be construed as affecting, or changing, any existing territorial or riparian rights in the water, or rights of the owners of lands under water, on either side of the international boundary a t the rapids of the St. Xary 's river a t 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 Canads, each to use the waters of the St. Mary's river, within its own territory, and further, that nothing in this treaty shall be construed to interfere with the drainage of wet swamp and overflowed lands into streains flowing into boundary waters, and that this interpretation will be mentioned in the ratification of this treaty as conveying the true meaning of the treaty, and will, in effect, form part of the treaty;"

AND WHEREAS the said understanding has been accepted by the Government of Great Britain, and the ratifications of the two Governments of the said treaty were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the 5th day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten;

Now, THEREFORE, be i t known that I , William Howard Taft , President of the C'nited States of America, have caused the said treaty and the said under- atanding, as forming a part thereof, to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

I n testimony whereof, I have hereunto set m y hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done a t the City of Washington this thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten,

[SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth.

Wm H Taf t

By the President:

P C Knox Secretary of State.

LAWS OF T H E DOMINION OF CANADA

LEGISLATION ENACTED BY T H E PARLIAMENT OF T H E DOMINION FOR T H E PURPOSE OF CARRYING INTO EFFECT T H E PROVISIONS OF T H E TREATY OF JANUARY 11, 1909, CREATING T H E INTER- NATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.

[l-2 George V.]

CHAP. 28-AN ACT Relating to the establishment and expenses of the Inter- national Joint Commission under the waterways treaty of January the eleventh, nineteen hundred and nine.

[Assented to 19 May, 1911.1 [Amended 1914 Ch 5. 4-5 Geo V.] [Amended 1952 Ch 43. 1 Elizabeth 11.1 [Amended 1963 Ch 41. 12 Elizabeth 11.1

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The treaty relating to the boundary waters and to questions arising along the boundary between Canada and the United States made between His Majesty snd the said United States, signed at Washington the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and the protocol of the fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, in the schedule to this act, are hereby confirmed and sanctioned.

2. The laws of Canada and of the several Provinces thereof are hereby amended and altered so as to permit, authorize, and sanction the performance cd the obligations undertaken by His Majesty in and under the said treaty; and so as to sanction, confer, and impose the various rights, duties and disabilities intended by the said treaty to be conferred or imposed or to exist within Canada.

3. Any interference with or diversion from their natural channel of any waters in Canada, which in their natural channels would flow across the boundary between Canada and the United States or into boundary waters (as defined in the said treaty) resulting in any injury on the United States side of the boundary, shall give the same rights and entitle the injured parties to the same legal remedies as if such injury took place in tha.t part of Canada where such diversion or interference occurs; but this section shall not apply to cases existing on the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, or to eases expressly covered by special agreement between His Majesty and the Government of the United States.

4. The exchequer court of Canada shall have jurisdiction a t the suit of any injured party or person claiming under this act in all cases in which it is sought t4 enforce or determine as against any person any right or obligation arising or claimed under or by virtue of this act.

5. The International Joint Commission, when appointed and constituted pursuant to the said treaty shall have power, when holding joint sessions in

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