TREATY—GREAT BRITAIN. JANUARY 11, 1909. 2455 mentioned in the ratification of this treaty as conveying the true meaning of the treaty, and will, in eifect, form art of the treat ; " And whereas the said understanding has been accepted gy the Rsuiicstion. 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 it known that I, William Howard Taft, Presi- P¤>¢1¤¤¤¤·¤¤¤- dent of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty and the said understanding, 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. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, [sun.] and of the Inde ndence of the United States of America. the one hundrecfignd thirty-fourth. ` Wu H Terr By the President: P C Knox Secretary of State. PROTOCOL OF EXCHANGE On roceedin to the exchan of the ratifications of the treat Pr·>¢¤¤¤¤ ¤f ersignedpat Washiggton on J anuar? 11, 1909, between the United State; €il$¤f¤?°° °f mm" and Great Britain, relating to boundary waters and questions arising A""· *’·““· along the boundary between the United States and the Dominion o Canada, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, hereby declare 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 at the rapids of the St. Mary’s River at 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 existin right of the United States and Canada, each to use the waters ofg 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 streams flowing into boundary waters, and also that this declaration shall be deemed to have equal force and effect as the treaty itself and to form an integral part thereto. The exchange of ratitications then took place in the usual form. IN WITNESS WVHEREOF, they have signed the present Protocol of Exchange and have ailixed their seals thereto. DONE at \Vashington this 5th day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten. PHILANDER C Knox [smu.] Jamns Baron [sm:.]
