No. 762.
Mr. Bayard
to Mr. Connery.
Department
of State,
Washington, January 26,
1888.
No. 250.]
Sir: With further reference to my No. 240, of the
16th instant, I herewith transmit for your own information a copy of a
letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, dated the 24th instant,
concurring in the Department’s suggestion, with regard to the determination
of the boundary between the United States and Mexico where it follows the
channel of the Rio Grande, for the appointment of an international river
commission to apply the rule prescribed by the boundary convention of
November 12, 1884.
The honorable William H. Grain, M. C, has been furnished with a copy of Mr.
Fairchild’s letter.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 250.]
Mr. Fairchild to
Mr. Bayard.
Treasury Department,
January 24, 1888.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of the 16th instant inclosing, for an
expression of my views thereon, copy of correspondence between yourself
and honorable William H. Crain, of Texas, touching the need of
practically determining the boundary between the United States and
Mexico where it follows the channel of the Rio Grande.
In view of the difficulties constantly experienced in enforcing the
revenue laws on the Mexican frontier, owing in a great measure to the
present uncertainty as to the boundary line between the two countries, I
concur in your suggestion for the appointment of an international river
commission to apply the rule prescribed by tLe boundary convention of
November 12, 1884.
Respectfully, yours,
