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[CITE: 22USC268]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
Sec. 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.)
