Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 2.djvu/694

 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. ARTICLE XVIII. Businesses and Professions. Unless the consent of the Government of the Territory shall have been obtained- (1) no business shall be established in a Leased Area; but the institutions referred to in Article XIV (1) (c), offering goods, under a prohibition against re-sale, exclusively to the persons mentioned in the said Article XIV (1) (c), shall not be regarded as businesses for the purposes of this Article; (2) no person shall habitually render any professional services in a Leased Area, except to, or for, the Government of the United States or the persons mentioned in Article XIV (1) (c). ARTICLE XIX. Forces outside Leased Areas. (1) United States forces stationed or operating outside the Leased Areas under separate agreement with the Government of the United Kingdom or the Government of the Territory shall be entitled to the same rights and enjoy the same status as United States forces stationed within the Leased Areas. (2) The United States shall be under no obligation to maintain forces outside the Leased Areas by virtue of any such agreement. ARTICLE XX. Health Measures outside Leased Areas. The United States shall have the right, in collaboration with the Government of the Territory and, where necessary, with the Local Authority concerned, to exercise, without other consideration than just compensation to private owners, if any, such powers as such Government and Local Authority and the Government of the United Kingdom may possess of entering upon any property in the vicinity of the Leased Areas for the purpose of inspection, and of taking any necessary measures to improve sanitation and protect health. ARTICLE XXI. Abandonment. The United States may at any time abandon any Leased Area or any part thereof, without thereby incurring any obligation, but shall give to the Government of the United Kingdom as long notice as possible and in any case not less than one year, of its intention so to do. At the expiration of such notice the area abandoned shall

�