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 60 STAT.] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-COOPERATIVE EDUCATION--OCT. 13, 1945 transportation companies, and also freedom and immunity from all types of taxes, (stamp tax, income tax, etc.) as well as from consular charges and customs duties upon imports for the use of the Servicio in the cooperative educational program. The Foundation shall enjoy the same rights and exemptions with respect to its acts and property relating to the cooperative program. "12. All materials, equipment, and supplies purchased with pro- gram funds shall become and remain the property of the Republic and shall be devoted to the program. "13. Any right, power, or duty conferred by this agreement upon either the Secretary, the Special Representative of the Foundation, or the Director of the Servicio, may be delegated by the recipient thereof to representatives in writing, provided that such representa- tives are satisfactory to the other parties. Regardless of the naming of said representatives, the Secretary and the Special Representative of the Foundation shall have the right to refer any matter directly each to the other for discussion and decision. "14. The personnel of the Foundation, who are citizens of the United States of America, engaged in carrying out the said coopera- tive educational program, shall be exempt in the Dominican Republic from all taxes and social security taxes with respect to income on which they are obligated to pay income or social security taxes to the Government of the United States of America. Such employees shall also be exempt from payment of customs or other duties on their personal effects and on equipment and supplies imported or exported for their own use. "15. This agreement may be amended from time to time if deemed advisable by the parties hereto, such amendments to be in writing and signed by the representatives of the Republic and the Foundation. "16. The Executive Power of the Republic will take the necessary steps to obtain legislation, decrees, orders or resolutions necessary to carry out the terms of this agreement. "17. This agreement shall be in force upon the completion of an exchange of notes between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the American Ambassador, until June 30, 1948, and may be extended by mutual agreement for additional periods. This agree- ment may be terminated on October 31, 1946, or October 31, 1947, by notice in writing to that effect being given by either party to the other not less than one year prior to either of said dates. "IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto sign this agreement, two originals in Spanish and two originals in English, in Ciudad Trujillo on the 3rd day of October 1945. (Signed): For the Domini- can Republic, Telesforo R. Calder6n, Secretary of State for Education and Fine Arts; (Signed): For the Inter-American Educational Founda- tion, Mr. Kenneth Holland, President". The present note relative to the agreement transcribed above and Your Excellency's reply in a like sense will make the said agreement effective in accordance with article 17. Materials, etc. Delegation of right, power, or duty. Tax exemptions, etc., for U. 8. citizens employed by Foun- dation. Amendments. Legislation, decrees, etc. Entry Into force; extension. Termination. 1739

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