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There shall be in the Capital of each of the Republics of this Union a Pan-American Commission responsible to the Minister of Foreign Affairs consisting, if possible, of persons who have been Delegates to some International American Conference, their functions being:

a) To obtain the approval of the resolutions adopted by these Conferences.

b) To furnish accurately and without delay to the "Pan American Union" all the data needed in the preparation of its work.

c) To submit of their own initiative any projects they may deem proper to foster the interest of the Union, and to exercise such further functions as the respective Governments may entrust to them.

These Commissions may correspond with the "Pan American Union" either directly or through the diplomatic representatives in Washington.

The Governments represented shall be entitled to send, at their own cost, to the "Pan American Union" a special agent of the respective Commission, charged with the supplying of such data and information as may be asked from him and at the same time to secure such as may be needed by his Government.

The Director General of the "Pan American Union" shall submit at the regular meeting in November a detailed budget of the expenses for the following year. This Budget, after approval by the Governing Board shall be transmitted to the various Signatory Governments with a statement of the annual quota which each is to contribute, this quota being fixed in proportion to the population of the country.

The "Pan American Union" shall issue such publications as the Governing Board may determine, and shall publish a Bulletin at least once amonth.

All geographical maps published by the "Pan American Union" 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 Governments of the countries whose boundaries appear thereon, unless the former and the latter Governments shall have expressly given their approval, which shall in each case also be stated on the map. A similar statement shall be made on the other publications of the Union, save those which are of an official nature.

All these publications, with the exceptions determined by the Governing Board, shall be distributed gratuitously.

In order to assure the greatest possible accuracy in the publications of the "Pan American Union," each of the Signatory States shall transmit directly