New-York tribune., 1905-02-17

the Dominican government, foreign as wen "a a5
domestic: the adjustment of the payment gnu
of the conditions of amortization; the consider-
alton of conflicting and unreasonaoie ciailn5; ms
and the determination Of the Vai'oitS anu
r. in order to reach such adjustment IL M sIiaii
be considered necessary to name one or mole ,,n,1
commissions the Dominican government snail
be represented on said commissions
ARTICLE ..
In order to enable the United States govern
ment to render the assistance above nehuoned
it shall take charge of the existing custom
houses and those which may hereafter De Gre
ated; shall name the employees necessary to their
management, and shall collect and take charge
of all custom house receipts- These enpioyes
shall be subject to the civil and criminal julis-
diction OF the Dominican Republic. o,,. J.,
The Dominican government may appoint IN
each of the custom houses an officer FOR the
purpose of making an inspection on behalf OF
Dominican interests
ARTICLE g.
Out of the revenues which shall be collected
in all the custom houses of the republic, the
government of the United States shall dellVer
TO the Dominican government sum, which
shall not be less than 40 per cent of the total
amount collected, for the purpose of meeting
the needs of the public service and which the
Dominican government shall receive in monthly
payments from the date of the taking posses
sion Of the custom houses by the officials of the
United States, divided into four instalments in
the following manner:
Forty-five per cent of the total sum collected ted
monthly in periods ending the Sth. 10TH 22d
and the last day of each month.
ARTICLE 4
The government of the United States will ap-
ply the 81 per cent which it retains toward the
payment of
(a) The employees of all the custom houses:
OBJ The interest. amortization and instalments
of the Dominican debt, foreign and domestic, in
accordance with what is herenbefore provided
according as it shall be fixed and liquidated.
(c) The whole surplus which may remain at
the end of each fiscal year shall be delivered to
the government of the Dominican Republic or
shall be devoted to the payment of its debts If It
shall so determine.
ARTICLE s.
The collectors in the custn=a houses shall send
monthly to the Contaduria General and the De-
partment of the Treasury statements of the cor
responding income and outgo. and annually
general statement which shall embrace the total
Of what has been collected and paid out.
ARTICLE g.
Any reform of the system of duties and taxes
snail be made in agreement with the President
OF the United States, and therefore the present
tariff and port dues may not be reduced except
with his consent, as long as the whole of the
debt which the government Of the United States
takes charge OF, shall not have been completely
paid with the exception of the export duties
upon national products which the Dominican
government remains authorized to abolish or re-
duce Immediately. but not to increase said ex-
port duties or its public debt without the con-
sent Of the President of the United States.
ARTICLE T.
The government of the United States. at the
request or the Dominican Republic, shall grant
the latter such other assistance as the former
may deem proper to restore the credit, preserve
the order increase the efficiency of the civil ad
ministration and advance the material progress
and welfare of the Dominican Republic.
ARTICLE g.
This agreement shall continue in force dur
ing the time required for the amortization of the
debt of which the government Of the United
States takes charge.
ARTICLE g.
This agreement shall take effect after it's ap-
proval by th3 United States Senate and the
Congress of the Dominican Republic
Done iE four originals two being in the Span-
ish language and two in the English and the
representatives OF the high contracting parties
signing them in the city of Santo Domingo. Feb
ruary {, 1910. THOMAS c.. DAWSON
JUAN Eco. SANCHEZ
FEDRI VELASQUEZ