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rights and operations are not inter-
fered with.
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fered with.
May Mine Valuable Minerals.
Article 20 defines the right CT the
Government to obtain any substances
other than those enumerated, except
on land occupied by the company's
wells. II in the course Of the COM
pany's operations deposits of precious
metals, stones and valuable minerals
are discovered, and If q prior right
exists in favor of a third party under
q mining concession granted prior to
the discovery, the company shall, by
filing q demand with the Government
within 80 days, be entitled to q
preference In the granting of a con-
cession for exporting such minerals.
If the company exploits any such
mining concession it shall be required
to form, or cause to be formed, q
separate company of Ethiopian ma.
tionality.
Article 81 permits the company to
remove such surface oil, timber, clay.
ballast, lime. gympsum, stone and
similar substances belonging to the
government as Is necessary for opera
tions and also to remove or use any
water belonging to the government
within Ethiopia necessary to the
operations but not prejudicing exist
ing irrigation or navigation or de-
priying lands, houses and cattle Of q
reasonable supply.
May Use Railroads.
Article "a entities the company to
use in Its operations any railway,
tramway, road, canal, river waterway
or port in Ethiopia upon the payment
Of the charges ordinarily imposed for
such an industrial undertaking.
Article % stipulates that nothing in
the convention shall exempt the COM
pany from any tax on internal con-
sumption or other internal tax now
or in the future, provided such taxes
be Of general application in Ethiopia,
not discriminatory against the petro-
leum industry or of . confiscatory
nature.
Under article "a the company Is en-
titled to import, free of customs duties
or other taxes, all materials, machin-
cry. plants and stores necessary for
finding, producing, marketing. storing
and transporting the substances de-
fined In the convention. This exemp-
ton from customs duties will exist for
81 years.
Ethiopian Labor.
Ar@s ~&s
pany's employees within Ethiopia must
be as far as possible Ethiopian SUBJ
jects, but managers, marketers, engi-
neers. chemists, ref1ners. drillers, me-
chanicS and other skilled workmen and
clerks may be brought from abroad If
qualified persons Of these descriptions
cannot be found In Ethiopia. It is
provided the company will, so far as
is practicable, and as early as pos
sible, train Ethiopians In these capaci-
ties.
Article 26 concerns compensation
to all company agents or employees in
1ured in the service. The company is
authorized, at It's own expense, to
engage guards necessary for the pro-
lection Of the enterprise and its per-
sonnel. The government will give all
possible assistance to the company
for the purpose Of facilitating and
establishing pacific relations with the
local population. To this end the
government will appoint q magistrate
residing in the locality and acceptable
to the company which shall provide
him q suitable residence and salary.
May Form Subsidiaries.
Article AZ gives the government the
right to use, for official business and
exclusively, the company's railway
bridges, wharves, telegraphs and tele-
phones within Ethiopia upon payment
Of fair compensation.
Article 20 gives the company the
liberty to form one or more subsidiary
companies under its own control for
working out the agreement II it is con-
sidered necessary. Such subsidiaries
shall have the same right and privi-
leges as the parent company.
Any subsidiary form for working out
the agreement shall be and remain an
American or Ethiopian company, reg
istered In the United States or in
Ethiopia, and having its principal
place Of business in the country Of its
nationality with the President and q
majority of the directors Americans
or Ethiopians.
The company shall have the right
70 abandon permanently to the gov
ernment all rights under the agree
ment upon q three-month notice Of its
intention.
War Danger Provided For.
II such notice is not given not later
than 80 years after the date Of the
convention the company shall be en-
titled upon such termination to re-
move. free from all taxes and. duties,
all property Of every sort, provided
that for q period Of three months Of
receipt Of such notice the government
may purchase the property equal to
replacement value at that date less
depreciation.
Article 81 provides that no failure
or omission on the part Of the COM
pany to carry out the covenants shall
give the government any claim
against the company or be deemed q
breach OF the convention In so far as
It arises from force majeure. This
expression shall be taken to mean war
between nations, civil war or rebel
lions. II through force majeure the
fulnllment by the company Of any
conditions Of the convention Is de-
layed, the period, Of such delay, TO-
gether with such . period as is neces-
sary for the restoration Of any dam