Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 61 Part 4.djvu/311

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61 STAT.] HAITI-HEALTH AND SANITATION-SEPT. 25, 27, 30, 1947 particular period or the funds deposited by the Institute for any particular period to the credit of the American Sanitary Mission, the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, as provided in this Extension Agreement, are not to be withdrawn until the corresponding funds, if any, required to be deposited hereby, for that particular period are deposited by both parties. The Representative of the Government of Haiti and the Chief of Field Party shall determine by mutual agreement the disposition of any unobligated funds remaining to the credit of the American Sanitary Mission, The Institute of Inter- American Affairs, on June 30, 1948. CLAUSE IV The Institute may withhold from the deposit called for by Clause III(a) hereof the estimated amount deemed necessary by the Repre- sentative of the Government of Haiti and the Chief of Field Party to pay for the purchase in the United States of materials, supplies and equipment and other disbursements relating to the execution of the cooperative health and sanitation program. Any funds so withheld by the Institute shall be considered as if deposited under the terms of Clause III (a) hereof but if not expended or obligated for such purposes, they shall be deposited to the account of the American Sanitary Mission in the bank referred to in Clause III(a) hereof at any time upon mutual agreement of the Representative of the Government of Haiti and the Chief of Field Party. CLAUSE V The salaries, living allowances, travel expenses and any other amounts directly payable to, or on account of, the members of the field party of the Institute, Health and Sanitation Division, in Haiti, shall be paid exclusively from funds of the Institute other than those required by the Basic Agreement and this Extension Agreement to be deposited to the account of the American Sanitary Mission, The Institute of Inter-American Affairs. CLAUSE VI For the purpose of this Extension Agreement, the Republic grants unto the Institute all of those rights and privileges which are enjoyed by the several official divisions of the Republic. These rights and privileges shall include, for example, postal, telegraph and telephone services, which shall be free whenever possible, and the right to special rates granted to the Departments of the Republic by the domestic companies of maritime, air transportation, telephone and telegraph and similar services. The Institute shall be exempt from payment of custom duties and other imposts on materials imported into Haiti for its official use in carrying out the cooperative health and sanitation program. The employees of the Institute who are citizens of the United States engaged in carrying out the aforesaid cooperative program of health and sanitation shall be exempt form all taxes, sales or Social Security taxes with respect to income on which they are obligated to pay income or Social Security taxes to the Government of 3655 Amounts withheld for purchase of mate- rials in U. S. Salaries of members of field party, etc. Rlghts of Institute, etc.