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The President of the Government of Costa Kica : 



Mario A. Esquivel, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 

 tiary of Costa Rica. 



Jorge Hazera, Counselor of the Embassy of Costa Rica 

 who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found to 

 be in good and due form, have agreed as follows : 



Article I 



1. The High Contracting Parties agree to establish and operate 

 a joint Commission, to be known as the Inter- American Tropical Tuna 

 Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall 

 carry out the objectives of this Convention. The Commission shall 

 be composed of national sections, each consisting of from one to four 

 members, appointed by the Governments of the respective High Con- 

 tracting Parties. 



2. The Commission shall submit annually to the Government of each 

 High Contracting Party a report on its investigations and findings, 

 with appropriate recommendations, and shall also inform such Gov- 

 ernments, whenever it is deemed advisable, on any matter relating to 

 the objectives of this Convention. 



3. Each High Contracting Party shall determine and pay the ex- 

 penses incurred by its section. Joint expenses incurred by the Com- 

 mission shall be paid by the High Contracting Parties through 

 contributions in the form and proportion recommended by the Com- 

 mission and approved by the High Contracting Parties. The propor- 

 tion of joint expenses to be paid by each High Contracting Party shall 

 be related to the proportion of the total catch from the fisheries covered 

 by this Convention utilized by that High Contracting Party. 



4. Both the general annual program of activities and the budget 

 of joint expenses shall be recommended by the Commission and sub- 

 mitted for approval to the Hi^h Contracting Parties. 



5. The Commission shall decide on the most convenient place or 

 places for its headquarters. 



6. The Commission shall meet at least once each year, and at such 

 other times as may be requested by a national section. The date and 

 place of the first meeting shall be determined by agreement between 

 the High Contracting Parties. 



7. At its first meeting the Commission shall select a chairman and a 

 secretary from different national sections. The chairman and the 

 secretary shall hold office for a period of one year. During succeeding 

 years, selection of the chairman and the secretary from the national 

 sections shall be in such a manner that the chairman and the secretary 

 will be of different nationalities, and as will provide each High Con- 

 tracting Party, in turn, with an opportunity to be represented m those 

 offices. 



8. Each national section shall have one vote. Decisions, resolutions, 

 recommendations, and publications of the Commission shall be made 

 only by a unanimous vote. 



9. The Commission shall be entitled to adopt and to amend subse- 

 quently, as occasion may require, by-laws or rules for the conduct of its 

 meetings. 



