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Rh All the positions in the Bureau shall be filled after examination of the applicants by an Examining Board. Said applicants shall present their applications upon blanks, to be furnished by the Director of the Bureau, on which the applicants shall state the particular service which they desire to perform; they shall inscribe their names on a Register kept by the Director, wherein all the details of the examination shall be recorded, and the Examining Board can only recommend for special positions applied for and to be filled those who may show their qualifications for the performance of the duties of said position. The appointments shall be made by the Governing Board and shall be signed by the Chairman.

The Governing Board, with the cooperation of the Director of the Bureau, shall annually prepare an itemized budget for the expenses of the succeeding year. This budget shall be transmitted to each Government represented in the Bureau, together with a statement showing the proportionate amount which is to be paid by said Government based upon the agreement of April 14th., 1890, which amounts each Government, by its acceptance of the regulations, shall agree to transmit to the Secretary of State of the United States, six months in advance.

The Governing Board may at any time appoint one or two of its members to examine the accounts of the Bureau and report to said Board.

The Bureau shall have authority to correspond, through the diplomatic representatives in Washington, with the Executive Departments of the several American Republics, and shall furnish such information as it possesses or can obtain to any of said Republics so requesting. Each of the Republics agrees to facilitate the gathering of information by the Bureau as far as practicable, and promptly to send thereto two copies of each of its official publications, which shall be preserved in the Library of the Bureau, and to supply such other information as, from time to time, may be requested by the Director of the Bureau.

The Bureau shall publish a monthly Bulletin which shall be printed in the English, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages, or separately in each language, and which shall contain laws and statistical information of special interest to the inhabitants of the several Republics.

The Bureau shall publish such pamphlets, maps, topographical and geographical charts and other documents as the Governing Board may direct.

As soon as the present contracts for advertising in the Bulletin shall have expired, no further advertisements shall be published.

Publications of the Bureau shall be considered public documents and shall be carried free in the mails of all the Republics.

The Bureau shall be charged especially with the performance of