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61 STAT.] PHILIPPINES-FISHERY PROGRAM-MAR . 14, 1947 of the Republic of the Philippines. The Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior is authorized to accept and utilize for the performance of the terms of this Agreement contributions of labor, materials, equipment and money from the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and its political subdivisions. ARTICLE V The Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior shall provide training during the period of this Agreement for not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five citizens of the Republic of the Philippines in methods of deep-sea fishing and other techniques necessary to the development of the fisheries. The Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior shall provide for the payment of all expenses incidental to such training, including, but not necessarily limited to, actual transportation expenses to and from and in the United States of America, allowances for tuition, educational fees and subsistence. In accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 311 (c) of the said Public Law No. 370, 79th Congress, the President of the Republic shall designate trainees selected in accordance with pro- cedures and standards established by the Director, and the Govern- ment of the Republic of the Philippines shall furnish to the United States Embassy at Manila the names and necessary supporting docu- ments of trainees so designated. ARTICLE VI The Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior may construct a fishery research laboratory in the Republic of the Philippines at such place and in accordance with such specifications as may be agreedl upon pursuant to Article II of this Agreement. ARTICLE VII Vessels owned by the Government of the United States of America (including simall boats) operated by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior as part of the pro- gram carried out pursuant to this Agreement shall be permitted to move freely in the territorial waters of the Republic of the Philip- pines, to enter and sail from the several ports with or without pilots and without the necessity of formal entrance or clearance that may ordinarily be required of commercial and other vessels and to estab- lish or utilize such means of communications between such vessels and shore facilities as may be necessary to the effective administra- tion of the programs contemplated by this Agreement. Quarantine procedures and inspections shall be required only at the first Philip- pine port of call on original entry. Vessels of the Government of the United States of America used in the fishery program (including small boats), their equipment, tackle, and appurtenances shall be immune from seizure under Admiralty or other legal process. 95347°- 49-PT . 1n-- -- 2837 Training for Philip- pine citizens. Expenses. Designation of trainees. 60 Stat.139. 50U.S.C.app. § 1791 (c). Fishery res, arch laboratory. Ante, p. 21'35 . Fre, Ilil- elilent f1 U. . v .cs'ls, etA.