REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERA!^. Ill 



ARTICI.E 36. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress, in order to broaden the 

 outlook and to bring into closer contact the members of the 

 legal profession, urges that the bar association exchange 

 among themselves — 



(a) Law books and publications affecting the legal profession and 

 the practice of law; 



(6) New codes of law and rules of procedure as they are hereafter 

 published. 



Article 37. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends that — 



(a) A compilation be made, according to a definite plan, of the min- 

 ing laws of the American Republics, not only in their original 

 ■ languages but also in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Eng- 

 lish translations, as the case may be, with a view to the 

 reciprocal improvement of the laws of each of the American 

 Republics; 

 (6) The several American Governments appoint a committee to 

 consider the uniformity of mining statistics and to make 

 recommendations to their respective Governments in order 

 to systematize, simplify, and standardize such statistics. 



Article 38. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress suggests that — 



It is desirable to establish institutions for the study of drugs and 

 other economic plants at their place of origin. 



Article 39. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress, recognizing that the edu- 

 cation of the public in the elementary facts of malaria is of 

 the utmost importance, requests that — 

 The American Republics inaugurate a well-considered plan of ma- 

 laria eradication, based upon the recognition of the principle 

 that the disease is preventable to a much larger degree than 

 has* thus far been achieved. 



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