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 61 STAT.] COLOMBIA-HEALTH AND SANITATION Jan. 24, Feb. 12 1944 Feb. 14, 19, 1946 that contracts governing the operation of services or facilities estab- lished by the Servicio, or contracts providing for the expenditure of more than Col.$3,000.00 should be signed and executed jointly with the iMinister. (16) All rights and privileges which are enjoyed by government de- partments and official agencies of government in Colombia and by the personnel and employees of the same shall accrue to the Servicio and to all its personnel and employees in its and their official business. Such rights and privileges shall include, for example and not exclu- sively, free postal, telegraph and telephone service whenever possible, passes on railroads administered by the Government of Colombia and the right to rebates or preferential tariffs allowed to departments of the Government of Colombia by domestic companies of maritime and river navigation, rail, auto and air transportation, telegraph, telephone, etc. and also freedom and immunity from excise, stamp, property, income and any and all other taxes as well as from consular charges and customs duties upon imports for the use of the Servicio, whether imported in the name of the Servicio or in the name of a third person and contracted for by the Servicio. The activities and contracts of the Servicio shall enjoy the same exemptions and preroga- tives as the activities and contracts of the Colombian Government. The Institute of Inter-American Affairs shall enjoy the immunities to which it is entitled as an agency of the Government of the United States of America and in addition the Institute and its employees shall enjoy the same rights, privileges, exemptions and immunities as the Servicio and its employees, with respect to its and their opera- tions which are related to, and property which is to be used for, the program herein agreed upon. (17) All remuneration and expenses, including travelling expenses, of the Field Party shall be paid exclusively from the funds of the Insti- tute and not by the Servicio and shall not be credited against the funds herein described. (18) All employees of the Institute who are citizens of the United States of America and are engaged in carrying out the objectives of the cooperative healthi and sanitation program shall be exempt from all income 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 and from property taxes on personal property intended for their own use. Said employees who are members of the Field Party shall also be exempt from the payment of customs and import duties on their personal effects and equipment and supplies for their own use; and from investments and deposit re- quirements and other foreign exchange controls, on funds brought into Colombia for normal living expenses. (19) At the termination of this agreement all real and personal prop- erty of the Servicio shall be and remain the property of the Govern- ment of Colombia, in accordance with the laws of Colombia. (20) All rights, powers, privileges or duties conferred by this agree- ment upon the Minister and upon the Chief of Field Party may be 2889 Rights and privileges of Servicio personnel, etc. Immunities, etc., of Institute and employ- ees. Expernes of field party. Ex(lnpltiln, of UT. S. jwrsornel from incomne taxes. etc. Ownership of Ser- vicio property. Delegation of pow- ers, etc.

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