Excerpt from Das Staatsarchiv, Vol. 78: Sammlung Der Offiziellen Aktenstucke Zur Geschichte Der Gegenwart; Erstes Bis Drittes Heft The High Contracting Parties agree that, except in cases provided for by special agreement between them, they will not permit the con struction or maintenance on their respective sides of the boundary of any remedial or protective works or any dams or other obstructions in waters flowing from boundary waters or in waters at a lower level than the boundary in rivers flowing across the boundary, the effect of which is to raise the natural level of waters on the other side of the boundary unless the construction or maintenance thereof is approved by the afore said International Joint Commission. It is further agreed that the waters herein defined as boundary waters and waters flowing across the boun dary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other. 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.