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 57 STAT.] VENEZUELA-HEALTH AND SANITATION-FEB. 18, 1943 Fourth. -The funds necessary for the execution of the work to be accomplished in Venezuela by the "Oficina Cooperativa Interameri- cana de Salud Publica" shall be provided by the equivalent of a sum not greater than nine hundred fifty thousand American dollars ($950,000. - ) which the Institute of Inter-American Affairs will con- tribute, by means of the delivery of construction materials, machines, implements, payment of labor, salaries of employees and whatever other supply in kind; and by the contribution of the Government of Venezuela which shall be two bolivares (Bs. 2 .- ) for each dollar that the Institute of Inter-American Affairs invests in Venezuela for this purpose. Fifth. -The funds that the Institute of Inter-American Affairs will contribute will be applied exclusively to the intensification of the Anti-Malaria campaign in Venezuela, in conformity with the projects elaborated by the Division of Malariology, provided they are approved by the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance and the Representa- tive in Venezuela of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Sixth.-The referred to contribution of the Institute of Inter-Ameri- can Affairs, will be furnished to the Division of Malariology in ac- cordance with the requirements of the work undertaken and agreed to by the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance and the Repre- sentative in Venezuela of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Seventh.-A ll contracts or agreements made between the "Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Piblica" and any other juridical entity or individual or any combination of juridical entities or indi- viduals shall be effected in conformity with the general policy pre- viously agreed upon by the Minister of Health and Social Assistance and the Director of the Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Piblica. Eighth.- -- The Representative in Venezuela of the Institute of Inter- American Affairs shall present to the Division of Health :ant Sanlita- tion of the Institute of Inter-Amlerican Affairs reports o( t(ie actiitiiies of the Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Piblica, every time that the Institute of Inter-American Affairs requests it. Ninth.- The accounts and books of the Oficina Cooperativa Inter- americana de Salud Piblica shall be available at any time for inspec- tion by the competent agency of the Government of Venezuela and by the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Tenth. - The Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud PTiblica, as a dependency of the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance, will enjoy the rights and privileges that the law accords to like official dependencies, for example and not exclusively, with regard to postal and telegraphic franking privileges, discounts with transportation companies, etc., and in the measure that the aforementioned depen- dencies enjoy customs exoneration, they will be granted to the Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Piblica for the importation of merchandise destined for the use of the Oficina, it being understood that the Ministry can previously examine, as is done in the case of the other dependencies, the importation lists formulated. 1131

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