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 2050 Salaries and ex- penses. Deposit of Costs Rican contribution in special bank account. Deposit of un- erpended funds to STICA account, etc. Availability of funds for program of agricul- ture. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. which shall be signed by the Secretary and the Chief of Field Party as such and as Director of STICA. Such projects shall be carried out by the Director of STICA in conformity with policies prescribed jointly by the Secretary and Chief of Field Party. CLAUSE VII The Institute shall determine and pay the salaries and other expenses payable directly to, or on account of, members of the Institute Field Party, as well as such other expenses as the In- stitute may incur in connection with maintaining its Field Party in Costa Rica. The said funds employed by the Institute for such pur- poses which are estimated at approximately $50,000 shall be retained by the Institute, it being expressly understood that such funds will not be deposited to the account of STICA. CLAUSE VIII The Government shall contribute to STICA the sum of $27,500 or the equivalent thereof in Costa Rican Colones calculated on the basis of the current official rate of exchange; this sum to be provided by the Consejo Nacional de Producci6n. Such contribution required to be made by the Government to STICA shall be deposited, before February 29, 1948, in a special bank account in the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica to the account of STICA and shall be in addition to the regular budget for the Secretariat of Agriculture and in addition to any amounts heretofore made available or agreed to be made avail- able to the Institute by the Government for the cooperative program of agriculture. Any funds of the Government heretofore or hereafter made avail- able to the Institute for the cooperative program of agriculture in Costa Rica which have not been expended shall be deposited by the Institute to the account of STICA. It is hereby understood and agreed that in the event any of such unexpended funds shall havo been obli- gated by the Institute, STICA shall assume the obligation of making appropriate disbursement of such funds for the purposes for which they were obligated by the Institute. All funds which the Govern- ment agreed pursuant to or in connection with the Basic Agreement to make available to the Institute for the cooperative program of agriculture shall be made available to STICA in the same manner and under the same conditions with respect to which those funds were to be paid to the Institute. CLAUSE IX All funds mentioned in this agreement, that is, of the Government, of the Institute and of STICA, shall continue to be available for the said cooperative program of agriculture during the term of this agree- ment without regard to annual periods or fiscal years of any of the parties. Interest, if any, on the funds of STICA, and any income which shall accrue to the account of STICA as a result of normal project operations, or through the liquidation of projects, or from whatever source, will continue to be available to STICA for the promotion of those projects

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