Hearings of the International Joint Commission in Re Remedies for the Pollution of Boundary Waters Between the United States and Canada

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Excerpt from Hearings of the International Joint Commission in Re Remedies for the Pollution of Boundary Waters Between the United States and Canada: Held at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Buffalo, N. Y., Detroit, Mich., Windsor, Ontario, Port Huron, Mich., And Sarnia, Ontario, September 25 to October 2, Inclusive, Detroit, Mich., November 10 and 11, and Washington, D. C., December 14 and 16, 1914 Any questions or matters of difference arising between the High Contracting Parties involving the rights. Obligations, or interests of the United States or of the Dominion of Canada either in relation to each other or to their respective inhabitants, may be referred for decision to the International Joint Commis sion by the consent of the two parties, it being understood that on the part of the United States any such action will be by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and on the part of His Majesty's Government with the consent of the Governor General in Council. In each case so referred the said commi sion is authorized to examine into and report upon the facts and circumstances of the particular questions and matters referred, together with such con elusions and recommendations as may be appropriate, subject, however, to any restrictions or exceptions which may be imposed with respect thereto by the terms of the reference. You will therefore see that the commission has jurisdiction, when the questions are referred to it by both parties, over any questions or matters Of difference which may arise between the high contracting parties. It was not restricted to matters of difference arising be tween them in relation to questions along the common frontier between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, as it relates to any questions or matters of difference between the two countries or the inhabitants of either country. The question with which we are dealing at the present time is the question of the pollution of boundary waters, and this question is submitted to us under Article IX of the treaty. It is not submitted to us for a decision, but it is submitted to us for a report. I think I can not better set out the object of the present meeting than reading the letter which was sent to the municipal authorities of the different municipal corporations along the boundary waters between the Niagara River and the Detroit River. This letter is signed by the secretary of the Canadian section and by the secretary of the American section of the commission, and it reads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.