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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [55 STAT. Medical attention. Replacement in case of disability. Article 29-The Government of Venezuela will furnish to mem- bers of the Mission free medical l attention in Venezuelan military and naval hospitals; and shall also establish annually a fund not to exceed 20 percent of the aggregate of the annual salaries of the mem- bers of the Mission for their medi- cal attention and that of their families in other than Venezuelan military and naval hospitals when such facilities are used. The Gov- ernment of Venezuela will not be responsible for charges for services of this character incurred outside of Venezuela. Expenditures from the fund shall be made only at the request of the Chief of Mission. The Government of Venezuela shall not be responsible for any in- demnity in case of permanent dis- ability to a member of the Mission. Article SO-Any member unable to perform his duties with the Mission by reason of long contin- ued physical disability shall be replaced. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the un- dersigned, Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America, and Doctor Di6genes Escalante, Ambassador of the United States of Venezuela at Washington, duly authorized thereto, have signed this Agree- ment in duplicate in the English and Spanish languages, at Wash- ington, this twenty-fourth day of March, 1941. SUMNER WELLES DI6GENEB ESCALANTE EN TESTIMONIO DE LO CUAL los suscritos, el Seiior Sumner Welles, Secretario de Estado Interino de los Estados Unidos de America, y el Sefior Doctor Di6genes Esca- lante, Embajador de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela en Washing- ton, debidamente autorizados para ello, ban firmado este Convenio, por duplicado en los idiomas ingl6s y espafiol, en WAshington, el dia veinte y cuatro de marzo de 1941. [SEAL] [SEAL] Articulo 29-E1 Gobierno de Venezuela proporcionara a los miembros de la Misi6n atenci6n medica gratuita en los hospitales militares y navales venezolanos; y tambien establecera anualmente un fondo que no excedera del 20 por ciento de la suma total de los sueldos anuales de los miembros de la Misi6n para su atenci6n m- dica y la de sus familias cuando se utilicen hospitales que no sean los hospitales militares y navales de Venezuela. El Gobierno de Venezuela no sera responsable por gastos incurridos fuera de Vene- zuela en servicios de esta natura- leza. Las erogaciones sobre este fondo se haran solamente a solici- tud del Jefe de la Misi6n. El Gobierno de Venezuela no sera responsable por indemnizaci6n al- guna en caso de incapacidad per- manente de un miembro de la Misi6n. Articulo S0-Todo miembro in- habilitado para desempefiar sus servicios con la Misi6n por raz6n de incapacidad fisica prolongada, sera reemplazado. 1244