Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-16

| charge of the existing custom houses and
! those which may hereafter be created.
shall name the employees necessary to their
management, and shall collect and take
| charge of all custom house receipts
| These employees shall be subject to the
| civil and criminal jurisdiction OF the Do
| minican republic.
The Dominican government NAV appoint
! in each of the custom houses an officer for
| the purpose of making an inspection on be-
| half of Dominican interests
Article third: Out of the revenues which
| shall be collected in all the custom houses
| OF the republic, the government of the
| United States shall deliver to the Dominic
| can government sum, which shall not be
| less than 45 per cent of the total amount
collected, for the purpose Of meeting thu
needs of the public service, and which the
Dominican government shall receive III
monthly payments from the date of the
taking possession of the custom houses by
the officials of the United States divided
into four installments in the following
manner:
Forty-fve per cent of the total sum col
lected monthly in periods ending on the
sth, 18th, 22d and the last day of each
month.
Article fourth: The government of the
United States will apply the 30 per cent
which it retains toward the payment of
A. The employees of all the custom houses.
B. The interest, amortization and Install
ments of the Dominican debt, foreign and
domestic. in accordance with what is here
inbefore provided, according Ii shall be
fixed and liquidated.
c. The whole surplus which may remain
at the end of each fiscal year shall be de-
livered to the government of the Dominican
republic, or shall be devoted to the pay
ment of it's debts, If 1t shalt so determine.
Article ). The collectors in the custom
houses shall send monthly to the contadu-
ria general and the Department OF the
Treasury statements of the corresponding
income and outgo. and annually general
statement, which shall embrace the total
been collected
Article sixth: Any reform of the system
of duties and taxes shall be made In agree
ment 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 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 author
lied to abolish or reduce Immediately, but
not to increase said export duties or its
public debt without the consent of the Pres
ident of the United States.
Article seventh: The government of the
United States at the request of the Domini-
can republican 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 adj
ministration and advance the material prog
ress and welfare of the Dominican republic.
Article s. This agreement shall continue
in force during the time required for the
amortization of the debt of which the gov
crnment of the United States takes charge.
Article 8. This agreement shall take eff
feet after its approval by the United States
Senate and the congress of the Dominican
republic.
Done in four originals, two being in the
Spanish language, and two in the English
and the repres entatives of the high
tracing parties signing them in the City Of
Santo Domingo, February I, 1905.
THOMAS c. DAWSON,
JUAN Eco. SANCHEZ
FEDRI VELASQUEZ.