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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. 7. Engage an Executive Officer, administrative and clerical staff, and fix and authorize the payment of salaries and wages thereof out of the funds made available. Article 3. Expenditures. All commitments, obligations and expenditures authorized by the Commission shall be made pursuant to budgets to be approved by the Secretary of State of the United States of America pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe. Members. "Chief of Mission." Chairman. Rules. Reports. Principal office, etc. Article 4. The Commission shall consist of twelve members, six of whom shall be citizens of the United States of America, six of whom sball be citizens of France. Of the citizens of the United States a minimum of three shall be officers of the United States Foreign Service Estab- lishment in France. The principal officer in charge of the Diplomatic Mission of the United States of America to France (hereinafter des- ignated as the "Chief of Mission"), shall be Honorary Chairman of the Commission and may cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie vote by the Commission. He shall have the power of appointment and removal of the United States citizens on the Commission. The citizens of the French Republic on the Commission shall be designated by the Government of the French Republic. A Chairman with voting power shall be selected by the Commission from among its members. The members shall serve from the time of their appointment until one year from the following December 31 and shall be eligible for reappointment. Vacancies by reason of resignation, transfer of resi- dence outside France, expiration of term of service or otherwise shall be filled in accordance with this procedure. The members shall serve without compensation, but the Commission may authorize the pay- ment of the necessary expenses of the members in attending the meetings of the Commission. Article 5. The Commission shall adopt such rules and appoint such committees as it shall deem necessary for the conduct of its affairs. Article 6. Reports acceptable in form and content to the Department of State of the United States shall be made annually on the activities of the Commission to the Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic. Article 7. The principal office of the Commission shall be in Paris, but meetings of the Commission and any of its committees may be held in such other places as the Commission may from time to time determine, and the 3630

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