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 61 STAT.] HONDURAS-HEALTH AND SANITATION-MAY 13, 1947 for carrying out the work only materials and tools produced in the country. CLAUSE IX All employees of the SCISP, with the exception of those assigned to the SCISP by the Institute, shall be appointed, engaged and discharged by the Minister of Health, upon recommendation of the Director of the SCISP. The salaries and expenses, including traveling expenses of North American personnel of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs employed in Honduras, shall be paid by the Institute and not from the funds assigned to the SCISP. CLAUSE X All projects carried out under this contract shall be the exclusive property of the Government and the people of Honduras. CLAUSE XI For the purposes set forth in the present Agreement, the Govern- ment of Honduras accepts and recognizes the Institute as an incorpo- rated agency of the Government of the United States of America and, therefore, the property and funds belonging to the Institute shall remain, among other things, exempt from all import or export taxes, tariffs, fees and other charges. CLAUSE XII The Minister, the Head of the Institute and Director of the SCISP shall be empowered to delegate their authority, prerogatives and functions to representatives duly appointed and elected by them. CLAUSE XIII This Extension Agreement shall enter into effect lupon conllpletiont of the exchange of diplolimatic l(otes colncerning thie ('oolcrntive Health and Sanitation Program between the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Government of Honduras and the Embassy of the United States of America in Honduras or on the date of conclusion [of the Extension Agreement] if such notes have been previously exchanged. The Basic Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for the purpose of extending the Cooperative Health and Sanitation Program except as it may be amended or if it is in conflict with this Extension Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties here present have caused this Extension Agreement to be concluded by their duly authorized representatives, in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, this ninth day of the month of May, 1947' FOR THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE INSTITUTE OF INTER- OF HONDURAS AMERICAN AFFAIRS CECILIO COLINDRES ZEPEDA MARCUS H. FLINTER ." Pending Your Excellency's reply, which, if it is favorable, will complete the exchange of notes provided for in Clause XIII of the 3121 Personnel. Ownership of proj- ects. Tax exemption, etc. D)legiation of au- tho ity. I,;IT,- ,is Iv ,,I V'tL N s inolll l lI: l 1:'\ 1..'| 1Il
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