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 2602 Duties of President. Secretariat. INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION. JUNE 21,1926. The President shall have general direction of the service. He shall be charged with causing the enforcement of the dedsions of the Board. SECRETARIAT. th~=::'y~ence b:r ART. 6 . The secretary of the Board, chief of the secretariat, shall "centralize" the correspondence with the Ministry of the Interior and the various agents of the Sanitary, Maritime, and Quarantine omce duties. Service. It shall be in charge of the statistics and archives. It shall have added to it clerks and interpreters in sufficient number to attend to the dischar~e of business. uJi.eparation of min- ART. 7 . The secretary of the Board, chief of the secretariat, shall attend the meetings of the Board and prepare themmutes. He shall have under his orders the employees and servants of the secretariat. Bureau of Account& Duties of accounting omcer. Sanitary Inspect.or general. He shall direct and supervise their work, under the authority of the President. He shall have custody of and be responsible for the archives. BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS. ART. 8. The chief of the central bureau of accounts shall be "the accounting officer." He shall not be permitted to assume office until he has furnished a bond the amount of which shall be fixed by the Sanitary, Maritime, and Quarantine Board. He shall, under the direction of the Committee on Finance, super- vise the operations of the employees whose duty it is to receive the sanitary and quarantine dues. He shall draw up the statements and accounts which are to be transmitted to the Ministry of the Interior after being adopted by the Committee on Finance and approved by the Board. THE SANITARY INSPECTOR GENERAL. RupervL'lOry duties. ART. 9 . The sanitary inspector general shall h.<:I.ve supervision of et]nte. p. 25G8. all the services under the Board. He shall exercise this supervision under the conditions provi£!.::d in article 19 of the Decree dated June 19 1893. He shall, at least once a year, inspect each of the sanitary offices, agencies, or posts. Besides, the President shaU, upon the recommendation of the Coun- cil and according to the needs of the service, determine the inspec-- tions which the Inspector General shall make. In case of impediment; of the Inspector General, the President shall designate, with the consent of the Board, the official who is to take his place. Every time the Inspector General has visited an office ~ency, sanitary post, sanitary station, or quarantine camp, he sh'JI gIve an account to the President of the Board, in a special report, of. the results of his inspection. During the intervals between his rounds of inspection, the Inspec- tor General shall, under the authority of the President, take part in the direction of the general service. He shall take the place of the President in case of absence or impediment.

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