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and wheresoever the same shall be held; but no

extra salary or additional compensation shall be

paid to such officers by reason of such attendance.

(July 23, 1894, No. 37, 28 Stat. 587.)

CHANGE OF NAME

Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with National Weather Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental

Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2

of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Environmental Science Services Administration abolished

in 1970 and its personnel, property, records, etc., transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35

F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. By order of Acting Associate

Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, Coast and

Geodetic Survey redesignated National Ocean Survey.

See notes set out under section 311 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

§ 267b. International Joint Commission; invitation to establish; personnel; duties

The President of the United States is requested to invite the Government of Great Britain to join in the formation of an international

commission, to be composed of three members

from the United States and three who shall represent the interests of the Dominion of Canada,

whose duty it shall be to investigate and report

upon the conditions and uses of the waters adjacent to the boundary lines between the United

States and Canada, including all of the waters of

the lakes and rivers whose natural outlet is by

the River Saint Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean;

also upon the maintenance and regulation of

suitable levels; and also upon the effect upon the

shores of these waters and the structures thereon, and upon the interests of navigation, by reason of the diversion of these waters from or

change in their natural flow; and, further, to report upon the necessary measures to regulate

such diversion, and to make such recommendations for improvements and regulations as shall

best subserve the interests of navigation in said

waters. The said commissioners shall report

upon the advisability of locating a dam at the

outlet of Lake Erie, with a view to determining

whether such dam will benefit navigation, and if

such structure is deemed advisable, shall make

recommendations to their respective Governments looking to an agreement or treaty which

shall provide for the construction of the same,

and they shall make an estimate of the probable

cost thereof. The President, in selecting the

three members of said Commission who shall

represent the United States, is authorized to appoint one officer of the Corps of Engineers of the

United States Army, one civil engineer well

versed in the hydraulics of the Great Lakes, and

one lawyer of experience in questions of international and riparian law, and said Commission

shall be authorized to employ such persons as it

may deem needful in the performance of the duties hereby imposed.

(June 13, 1902, ch. 1079, §4, 32 Stat. 373.)

CODIFICATION

Provisions of this section relating to the payment of

salaries and expenses of the International Joint Commission were omitted. For provisions relating to the

payment of salaries of the United States members of

the International Joint Commission, see section 268 of

this title.

ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION

The International Joint Commission was organized in

1911 pursuant to article VII of the treaty of January 11,

1909, with Great Britain, 36 Stat. 2448.

WATER RESOURCES PLANNING

Jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada,

unaffected by Water Resources Planning Act, see section 1962–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

PASSAMAQUODDY TIDAL POWER PROJECT

Joint Res. Jan. 31, 1956, ch. 27, 70 Stat. 9, provided for

the Secretary of State to request the International

Joint Commission created by the treaty between the

United States and Great Britain relating to boundary

waters between the United States and Canada to arrange for a final survey to be made to determine the

cost of construction and economic feasibility of the

proposed Passamaquoddy tidal power project at Passamaquoddy Bay, authorized United States agencies to

assist the Commission, authorized appropriations, and

required the Secretary of State to report the results of

the survey to Congress.

§ 268. International Joint Commission; salaries;

powers

The salaries of the members on the part of the

United States, of the International Joint Commission, established under the treaty of January

11, 1909, between the United States and Great

Britain, relating to boundary waters between

the United States and Canada, shall be fixed by

the President. Said commission or any member

thereof shall have power to administer oaths

and to take evidence on oath whenever deemed

necessary in any proceeding or inquiry or matter within its jurisdiction under said treaty, and

said commission shall be authorized to compel

the attendance of witnesses in any proceedings

before it or the production of books and papers

when necessary by application to the district

court of the United States for the district within

which such session is held, which court is hereby

empowered and directed to make all orders and

issue all processes necessary and appropriate for

that purpose.

(Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, 36 Stat. 1364.)

FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Subpoena, see rule 45, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary

and Judicial Procedure.

§ 268a. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6,

1966, 80 Stat. 650

Section, act May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, 54 Stat. 191,

related to compensation and travel expenses of the

International Joint Commission.

Similar provisions were contained in the following

prior appropriation acts:

June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I, 53 Stat. 895.

Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title I, 52 Stat. 256.

June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title I, 50 Stat. 270.

May 15, 1936, ch. 405, 49 Stat. 1319.

Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, 49 Stat. 75.

§ 268b. Advances from appropriation ‘‘Boundary

line, Alaska and Canada, and the United

States and Canada’’

Advances of money under the appropriation

‘‘Boundary line, Alaska and Canada, and the