Excerpt from Proceedings of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico: Diversion of Rio Grande by American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company
Honorable sir: By Special direction of my Government I have the honor to inform you that. As shown in the memorial appended to this note, the residents of the Horcon Ranch are complaining of the damage done to their corn and cotton fields by the of the Rio Grande caused by the canal works carried on by the Rio Grande Irrigation Co.
My Government further instructs me to call on your good offices to the end that action be taken by the proper authorities to cause the said company to close the intake Of the canal, to prevent greater difficulties, until the Mixed Commission can meet for the investigation and settlement Of the question of diversion Of the river through the opening of the said canal. Without prejudice to the rights of the parties aggrieved.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Step back in time to 1906, Brownsville, Texas. This non-fiction account details an international case brought before the International Boundary Commission. The Rio Grande Irrigation Company had planned and begun work to divert water from the Rio Grande, a river that serves as the border between Mexico and the United States. The International Boundary Commission investigated, resulting in a legal case that traversed international waters and sparked international complications. In the end, this would be only one of many international cases that the Commission would need to navigate, setting precedents for future cases. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332182589_0
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