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 3276 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. of the Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Publica in the following manner: In January 1947 .................................. $12, 500. 00 In July 1947 ...................................... 12, 500. 00 Total .................................. ... $25, 000. 00 The remainder of the $166,000, that is, $141,000 shall be contributed in accordance with the terms of paragraph (c) of this clause. (b) The Institute may retain from the deposits indicated in para- graph (a) of the present clause the estimated sum which the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance and the Chief of the Mission may deem necessary for the purchase of material and equipment in the United States of America and for any other expenditure connected with the execution of this program. Any funds so retained by the Institute shall be considered as deposited under the terms contained in paragraph (a). If the said sums are not spent or allotted for such purposes, they shall be deposited to the order of the Oficina at any time, by mutual agreement between the Ministry and the Chief of the Mission. (c) In addition to the sum which shall be deposited to the account of the Oficina in accordance with paragraph (a), the Institute shall make, separately, the allocation of the necessary funds to pay the salaries, maintenance, transportation and traveling expenses, and other administrative expenses of the employees of the Mission or other employees of the Institute in the United States of Venezuela during the period of this extension. From this estimated sum of $141,000.00 the sum necessary for the above-mentioned purposes shall be taken. The said funds shall be used by the Chief of the Mission in the United States of Venezuela separately from the funds which are deposited by the Institute to the account of the Oficina. (d) The Government of the United States of Venezuela shall deposit to the account of the Oficina the equivalent in bolivars of $250,000 (American dollars) at the exchange rate of Bs. 3.33 for each dollar, in the following manner: During the month of January, 1947 ........ $68, 468. 46 (Bs. 228,000) During the month of July, 1947........... $181, 531. 54 (Bs. 604,500) Total ............................. $250, 000. 00 (Bs. 832,500) (e) The manner of making the deposits which are specified in para- graphs (a) and (d) may be modified, according to the requirements of the program, by a written agreement concluded between the Min- istry and the Chief of the Mission. (f) In addition to the contributions indicated in paragraphs (a) and (d), the Oficina may receive contributions of any other origin and spend them in the same manner as the funds mentioned above and for the purposes and objectives of the Program of Health and Sanitation. (g) Any sum or property acquired by the Oficina, which has not been spent, utilized or allotted at the expiration of the period indi- cated in this extension, shall remain the property of the Government

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