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Rh The Secretary of State of the United States shall always be the Chairman of the Committee.

The Supervisory Committee shall hold a regular session the first Monday of every month, and three members shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum.

Art. 7. The direction and administration of the Bureau shall be entrusted to a Director appointed by the Governing Board.

Art. 8. The director shall have charge of the fulfillment of the purposes of the Bureau, in accordance with these fundamental rules, the regulations and the resolutions of the Governing Board.

He shall have charge of the correspondence with the Governments of the Union through their Diplomatic Representatives in Washington or directly, in the absence of such representatives. He must attend, in an advisory capacity, the meetings of the Governing Board, of the Committees and of the International Conferences of the countries of the Union, except in cases of resolution to the contrary.

Art. 9. The personnel of the Bureau, the number of employees, their appointment, duties, and everything pertaining thereto, shall be determined by the regulations.

Art. 10. The Governments of the Union shall have the right to send at their own cost to the Bureau a special agent to secure such data and information as may be requested, and at the same time such as his Government may require as to the commerce and industries of any of the countries of America.

Art. 11. The Director of the Bureau shall present at the regular session in the month of May, a detailed budget of the expenses for the following year. This budget, after approval by the Governing Board, shall be transmitted to the various Governments represented in the Union, with a statement of the quota due from each, which quota shall be fixed in proportion to the population of each country.

Art. 12. The Bureau shall issue such publications as the Governing Board may determine, and shall publish a Bulletin at least once a month.

All geographical maps published by the Bureau, shall bear a statement thereon that they do not constitute documents approved by the Government of the country to which they apply, nor by the Government of the countries whose boundaries appear thereon, unless the former and the latter Governments shall have expressly given their approval, which shall, in such case, also be stated on the maps.

All these publications, with the exception of those determined by the Governing Board, shall be distributed gratuitously.

Art. 13. In order to assure the greatest possible accuracy in the publications of the Bureau each country belonging to the Union shall transmit, directly to said Bureau, two copies of the official documents or publications relating to matters connected with the purposes of the Union.