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62 STAT.] PERU-AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION-- pr. 21, 1942 Mar. 17, Juni 1,1948 ment station shall be governed by a commission composed of one representative of each of the two Governments; that the commission shall have authority to make all appointments after approval by the Peruvian Government, and to direct and supervise the work and in general have full responsibility and authority in all matters neces- sary to the proper functioning of the station, provided that the governing commission may delegate to the Director of the station such of its functions as it may deem fit; (b) that the United States Department of Agriculture shall provide the services of an executive secretary to assist the governing commission; (c) that, exclusive of salaries of the scientists made available to the station by the United States Department of Agriculture, the obligations of the United States Government shall not exceed $60,000 the first year, nor more than $40,000 in any one fiscal year thereafter; (d) that the furnish- ing of the items described under clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) of numbered paragraph 5, of this Agreement shall be contingent upon the availability of supplies of such items in the United States; and (e) that the obligations assumed by the Government of Peru under numbered paragraph 3, and clauses (a), (b) and (c) of numbered paragraph 4, shall not be construed to commit the Peruvian Gov- ernment to an additional expenditure in excess of 1,000,000 soles. 7. This Agreement shall come in force on the day of signature and shall continue in force for a period of ten years, unless the Con- gress of either country shall fail to appropriate the funds necessary for its execution in which event it may be terminated on sixty days written notice by either Government. For the United States of America CLAUDE R. WICKARD Secretary of Agriculture For the Republic of Peru DAVID DASso Ministerof Finance WASHINGTON, D. C . April 21, 1949 Peruvian obliga. tlons, limitation. Entry into force; duration. 3479