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 2098 PAN-AMERICAN SANITARY CONVENTION. Ocronrm 14, 1905. S°*°*°’¤’¤¤d °““°”` Ba e left b soldiers and sailors, and returned to their country ham` aftergrixzh, are iconsidered as objects comprised in the first paragraph of N 0. 1 of this article. _ _ R•8¤ 2. Rags, and rags for making paper, with the exception, as to cholera, of rags which are transported as merchandise m large quantities compressed in bales held together by hoops. _ _ 8¤°“Y·°°°· New clip ings codirectly from spinmng· mills, weaving mills, manufiactories or bleacheries, shoddy, and clippings of new pag, should not be forbidden. _ ` “'£¤,'f *°*h¤;§;;; ·ncr.n XIII. In the case of cholera and (plague there IS no reason aim-mu. em. to forbid the transit throu h an infected istrict of merchandise, and the objects specified ingios. 1 and 2 of the preceding article if they are so packed that they cannot have been exposed to mfectron in transit. In like manner, when merchandise or objects are so transported that, in transit, they cannot come in contact with soiled o jects, their iiransithacross an infecged territoriql darea should not be an. _ obstac e to their ent into the country o estination. neiidcm nm Pmmb ARTICLE XIV. They entry of merchandise and objects s ecified in Nos. 1 and•2 of Article XII should not be prohibited, it can be shown to the authorities of the country of destination that they were shipped at least five days before the eginning of the epidemic. mg°$_f:·=qg;;* ¤'¤ ARTICLE XV. The metho and place of disinfection, as well as the measures to be em loyed for the destruction of rats, and mosquitoes, are to be fixedp by authorityhof the country of destination, upon arrival at said destination. ese operations should be per- ’ formed in such a manner as to cause the least possible injury to the merchandise. Damages. It devolves upon each country to determine questions relative to the payment of damages resulting from disinfection, or from the destruction of rats or mosquitoes. niraxesjgvliiep hymn- If taxes are levied by a sanitary authority, either directly or r"" ° y` through the agency of any company or agent, to insure measures for the destruction of rats and mos urtoes on board ships, the amount of these taxes ou ht to be fixed (hy a tariff published in advance, and the result of tghese measures should not be a source of profit for either state or sanitary authorities. nigggg m:t';,;mQ_*;* Anrrcun XVI. Letters and correspondence, printed matter, books, ew. 'newspapgrs, business papers, etc. (postal parcels not included), are not to submitted to any restriction or disinfection. In case of yellow fever postal parcels are not to be subjected to any restrictions or disinfection. · ,,§{°,§,‘j{§f"’*"°""""" ARTICLE XVII. Merchandise, arriving by land or by sea, should not be detained plermanently at frontiers or in ports. Measures whic it is permissible to prescribe with respect to them are specified in Article II. ,_}_ff;gQg,{¤¤*g¤u {yn'; _ Nevertheless, when merchandise, arriving by sea_in bulk (vrac) or mum. rn defective packages, is contaminated by est-stricken rats dm-ing the passage, and is incapable of being disinfeiected, the destruction of the germs may be assured by putting said merchandise in a warehouse for a period to be decided by the sanitary authorities of the port of arrival. It is to be understood that the application of this last measure should not entail delay u on any vessel nor extraordinary expenses resulting from the want of) warehouses in ports. °°"““°•*°*°°"¤°'- Axrrcnn XVIII. When merchandise has been disinfected by the application of the measures prescribed in Article XII, or put temporarily in warehouses in accordance with the third paragraph of Article XVII, the owner, or his representative, has the right to demand from the sanitary authority which has ordered such disinfection, or storage, a certificate setting forth the measures taken.