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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. CONTRACT OF HEALTH AND SANITATION CONCERNING THE RIO DOCE VALLEY. The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- ment of the United States of Brazil, through the agency of the Insti- tute of Inter-American Affairs, have decided to sign the following Contract, for execution of health and sanitation measures in the Rio Doce Valley: CLAUSE FIRST The present Contract concerning health and sanitation measures in the Rio Doce Valley is drawn up according to the provisions of Ante, p.1325 . the similar contract signed on July, 17, 1942 by the Governments of the United States of America and Brazil, and registered by the Tri- bunal de Contas on September 8, Clause I, Item 3 of which says: "Other problems of public health shall be included in the activities of the Service, according to new and previous understandings and contracts between the two parties". CLAUSE SECOND Execution of health and sanitation meas- Health and Sanitation measures, included in Clause Third of the ure s . present contract, to be undertaken in the Rio Doce Valley, will be executed by the Servieo Especial de Safde Publica and shall be sub- trt;etensio. c n- jected to the provisions of the previous contract. The present con- tract shall remain in force until December 31, 1943, as the one pre- v-iously signed, and if the first be extended, the present contract shall nLegtality pay- b)e automatically so extended. Payments already made for the exe- cution of health and sanitation measures in the Rio Doce Valley by thle Servico Especial de Saude Pfiblica, whether from funds of the Ihistitllte of Inter-Almcrican Aflairs or from funds of the Brazilian (overnnment, shall be considered legal for the purposes of this contract, since they have been made with authorization of the Minister of Education and Health, and by exchange of letters between said author- ity and the representative of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, which establish the principal basis for the participation of the Servico Especial de Saide Pub]ica in the sanitation work of the Rio Doce Valley, having been decided by the Minister himself that steps would be taken to have issued by His Excellency, the President of the Re- public, a Decree-law regulating this case and other connected with the previous contract. CLAUSE THIRD Duties of Ser Teeiio Espeial °de Saide The Servico Especial de Safide Publica shall concern itself with PIblica. general health and sanitation measures in the Valley of the Rio Doce, more especially malaria control and studies, installation of water and sewage systems in some of the principal cities of the Valley and the establishment of a model health center in one of those localities. Malaria control a) There will be established in the principal cities and towns of the region and in the camps of laborers working on reconstruction 1334