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The Hio-h Contractin{>- Parties further agree to establish within the 

 territory of the United States of America and the territory of the 

 Dominion of Canada such buoys and marks for the purposes of this 

 Convention as may be recommended by the Commission hereinafter 

 authorized to be established, and to refer such recommendations as 

 the Commission may make as relate to the establishment of buoys 

 or marks at points oil the international boundary to the International 

 Boundary Commission, United States-Alaska and Canada, for action 

 pursuant' to the provisions of the Treaty between the United States 

 of America and His Majesty, in respect of Canada, respecting the 

 boundary between the United States of America and the Dominion 

 of Canada, signed February 24, 1925. 



Article II 



The High Contracting Parties agree to establish and maintain a 

 Commission to be known as the International Pacific Salmon Fishei'- 

 ies Commission, hereinafter called the Commission, consisting of six 

 members, three on the part of the United States of America and tliree 

 on the ]Dart of the Dominion of Canada. 



The Commissioners on the part of the United States of America 

 sliall be appointed by the President of the United States of America. 

 The Commissioners on the part of the Dominion of Canada shall be 

 appointed by His Majesty on the recommendation of the. Governor 

 General in Council. 



The Commissioners appointed b}'^ each of the High Contracting 

 Parties shall hold office during the pleasure of the High Contracting 

 Party by which they were appointed. 



The Commission shall continue in existence so long as this Con- 

 vention shall continue in force, and each High Contracting Partj' 

 shall have power to fill and shall fill from time to time vacancies 

 which may occur in its representation on the Commission in the same 

 manner as the original appointments are made. Each High Con- 

 tracting Party shall pay the salaries and expenses of its own Com- 

 missioners, and joint expenses incurred by the Commission shall be 

 paid by the two High Contracting Parties in equal moieties. 



Article III 



The Commission shall make a thorough investigation into the 

 natural history of the Fraser River sockeye salmon, into hatchery 

 methods, spawning ground conditions and other related matters. It 

 shall conduct the sockeye salmon fish cultural operations in the waters 

 described in paragraphs numbered 2 and .3 of Article I of this Con- 

 vention, and to that end it shall have power to improve spawning 

 grounds, construct, and maintain hatcheries, rearing ponds and other 

 such facilities as it may determine to be necessary for the propaga- 

 tion of sockeye salmon in any of the waters covered by this Conven- 

 tion, and to stock any such waters with sockeye salmon by such meth- 

 ods as it ma^^ determine to be most advisable. The Commission shall 

 also have authority to recommend to the Governments of the High 

 Contracting Parties removing or otherwise overcoming obstructions 

 to the ascent of sockeye salmon, that may now exist or may from time 

 to time occur, in any of the waters covered by this Convention, where 



