Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 61 Part 3.djvu/985

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3277 61 STAT.] VENEZUELA-HEALTH AND SANITATION-JUNE 30, 1947 of the United States of Venezuela and shall continue to be used for the purposes established by the Cooperative Program. Nevertheless, to ensure the attainment of the objective of the said Program, the Ministry and the Chief of the Mission shall determine by mutual agreement the exact use and disposal which shall be made of the money and properties not used and not allotted at the termination of this Agreement. (h) By mutual agreement between the Ministry and the Chief of the Mission, the funds of the Oficina may be used to reimburse for or pay the salaries, maintenance, traveling expenses or other expenses of such additional members of the Mission or other employees of the Institute as the Contracting Parties may deem it necessary to employ. These funds may be appropriated or granted for such purposes by the Oficina to the Institute or to any other organization, but in each case the Ministry and the Chief of the Mission shall conclude a project agreement specifying the purposes and all the conditions for granting such appropriations. Fourth: The Cooperative Program of Health and Sanitation shall continue to be carried out through individual Projects which shall have as their principal objective the construction and installation of waterworks in the rural communities of the United States of Vene- zuela and any other enterprise which affects the health and sanitation of the Venezuelan people. Each Project shall be provided for in a Project Agreement which shall be signed by mutual accord by the Minister of Health and Social Assistance and the Chief of the Mission in the United States of Venezuela. The Project Agreement shall specify the kind of work which will be carried out, the allotment of funds, the persons responsible for the execution of the project and any other matter which the Contracting Parties may deem necessary to include. Fifth: All matters relating to the plans of action for putting into effect the Cooperative Program of Health and Sanitation, to the pro- cedures which are to be followed for carrying them out, and to matters of an administrative nature which concern the Oficina Cooperativa Interamericana de Salud Publica shall be decided by mutual agree- ment between the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance, the Director of the Oficina, and the Chief of the Mission in Venezuela. Sixth: Such contracts as the Oficina may conclude for the purpose of carrying out the Project Agreements, as well as all distributions of its funds, shall be previously authorized by its Director. The staff of the Oficina shall be selected by mutual agreement between the Min- istry of Health and Social Assistance and the Director of the former, and the appropriate appointments shall be made by a Resolution of the said Executive Department. Seventh: The books, documents and accounts of the Oficina shall at all times be at the disposal of the authorized representatives of the Government of Venezuela and the Institute for their inspection and auditing, and the Director of the Oficina shall make Reports to the said Government and to the Institute with such frequency as the