Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 62 Part 2.djvu/761

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2042 59 Stat. 1458 . Free importation of certain property, etc., into Haiti. Declaration in case of sale of personal effects. Effectivity of Sup- plementary Agree- ment. 59 Stat. 1458 . INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. Amendment to the Letter Agreement between the Bureau of Plant Industry and the Government of Haiti dated January 24, 1941. Article I The Government of Haiti shall permit the importation into Haiti, free of duty or any fee whatsoever, of all material or property of the Government of the United States of America which may be required for these cooperative experiments; and this exemption from duties and fees shall extend to the personal properties of citizens of the United States of America assigned to the cooperative experiments, provided that the resident representative of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture shall certify that such personal properties are not imported for resale. In the case of the sale in Haiti of these personal effects, a declara- tion should be made to the Fiscal Department of the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti which will issue statements upon the pay- ment of the customs duties in conformity with the customs law. Article II This Supplementary Agreement shall remain in force as though it were an integral part of the aforesaid Letter Agreement dated Janu- ary 24, 1941. The Haitian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the American Charge d'Affaires ad interim SECRETAIRERIE d'ETAT DES RELATIONS EXTERIEURES EC/A-4: 564 R0PUBLIQUE d'HArTI PORT-AU-PRINCE, le 11 Febrier1948. MONSIEUR LE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, J'ai le plaisir d'accuser reception de la note dat6e du 3 Fevrier en cours sous couvert de laquelle vous me communiquez un amendement Al'Accord intervenu le 24 Janvier 1941 entre la R6publique d'Haiti et le "Bureau of Plant Industry", relativement A des Recherches Co- operatives de Caoutchouc en notre pays. Je note que la modification A1'Article ler. de cet amendement pro- posee par cette Chancellerie a 6et adoptee par l'Ambassade des Etats- Unis d'Amerique. En reponse, il m'est agreable de vous communiquer ci-jointe la tra- duction frangaise du document en question. 11 reste bien entendu que la presente note de cette Chancellerie con- firme l'acceptation de cet amendement par le Gouvernement Haitien.