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 5. STAT.] (:(ST'A RICA--RUBBER INVESTIGATIONS- A. 19 1941 1377 June 16, 1941 vation as may be required to conduct the investigations, together with such overseers or foremen of labor as may be required to carry on the work properly, provided that in the hiring of foremen or laborers, citizens of Costa Rica shall be given preference; (e) shall provide, free of charge, necessary office space and labor- atory facilities at the central experiment station for two scientists to be designated, at its option by the Secretary of State in the Min- istry of Public Works and Agriculture of Costa Rica for the pur- pose of conducting cooperative investigations on a basis of equality with experts designated by the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America; provided that the salaries and living accommodations of any such scientists shall be furnished by the Ministry of State for Agriculture of Costa Rica; (f) shall undertake such experimental studies and field investiga- tions at the central experiment station and on the lands furnished by the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Works and Agricul- ture of Costa Rica as may be practicable with a view to the establish- ment of a successful rubber-plantation industry; and (g) shall furnish to the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Pub- lic Works and Agriculture of Costa Rica, free of any charge, stocks of superior strains of the rubber tree now in its possession and of any additional superior strains collected by it as a result of surveys or cultivated at its experiment stations which, after being tested by it, are found to be superior, such stocks to be furnished at a date as early, and in such quantity, as may be possible, with the facilities available for propagation and in view of the equitable requirements of any other cooperating agency. ArmcLE III The lands facilities, and services furnished by the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Works and Agriculture of Costa Rica shall be suitable and adequate for the purposes of this agreement. Exclusive of the salaries of scientists and overseers designated by the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America, the Department shall not be obligated under this agreement to expend an amount in excess of forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000.00) dur- ing the first year, nor in excess of twenty thousand dollars ($20,- 000.00) during any one year thereafter. The first year shall begin on the day of the entry into effect of this agreement. ArIcLE IV This agreement shall come into effect on the day on which it is signed, and shall remain in force until six months from the day on which either contracting government shall have given notice in writ- ing to the other contracting government of its intention to terminate the agreement; provided however, that the agreement shall not re- main in force after June 30, 1943 except at the option of the Depart- metnt of Agriculture of the United States of America, which option shall be notified to the Government of Costa Rica by the Govern- nment of the United States of America at least one month prior to that date. ATICLE V Upon the termination of this agreement, the Department of Agri- culture of the United States of America shall be permitted to remove, sell, or otherwise dispose of the improvements mentioned in the fore- going article II, including all buildings and facilities belonging to

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