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 3 CFR,Cum.Supp., 957. Article 29 of Mexi- can Federal Labor Law. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. agency shall not be subject to military service for the United States. "2. In accordance with the principles enunciated in Executive Order No. 8802, issued at the White House on June 25, 1941, Mexican nationals who enter the United States as a result of any understanding between the two Governments shall not suffer discriminatory acts of any kind. "3. Mexican nationals entering the United States for employ- ment in the United States under this agreement shall enjoy the guarantees of transportation, living expenses and repatriation established in Article 29 of the Mexican Federal Labor Law which reads as follows: 'Article 29.-Al l contracts entered into by Mexican workers, for lending their services outside of their country, shall be made in writing, legalized by the municipal authorities of the locality where entered into and visaed by the Consul of the country where their services are being used. Furthermore, such contract shall contain, as a requisite of validity of same, the following stipulations, without which the contract is invalid: 'I. Transportation and subsistence expenses for the worker, and his family if such is the case, and all other expenses which originate from point of origin to border points and compliance of immigration requirements, or for any other similar concept, shall be paid exclusively by the employer or the contractual parties. 'II. The worker shall be paid in full the salary agreed upon, from which no deductions shall be made in any amount for any of the concepts mentioned in the above sub-paragraph. 'III. The employer or contractor shall issue a bond or constitute a deposit in cash in the Bank of Workers, or in the absence of same, in the Bank of Mexico, to the entire satisfaction of the respective labor authorities, for a sum equal to repatriation costs of the worker and his family, and those originated by transportation to point of origin. 'Once the employer establishes proof of having covered such expenses or the refusal of the worker to return to his country, and that he does not owe the worker any sum covering salary or indemnization to which he might have a right, the labor authorities shall authorize the return of the deposit or the cancellation of the bond issued.' "It is specifically understood that the provisions of Section 3 of Article 29 above-mentioned shall not apply as between the Governments of the United States and of Mexico notwithstanding the inclusion of this section in this agreement in view of the obligations assumed by the United States Government under Section III, paragraph A, Item 1, of this same agreement.

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