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9. International agreements, through Eugenic organizations, to facili- 

 tate the free migration of those individuals and nations previously agreeing 

 to this biological study, with the resultant free admission; with the insertion 

 of certain conditions in said agreements for when: — only partially acceptable. 



10. The establishment of sub-offices of eugenics dependent on interna- 

 tional organizations that will carry into effect the biological study of 

 individuals, and certify as to the physical, and mental — somatic as well as 

 germinal — constitution of each. 2 



"PROJECT OF A PAN AMERICAN CODE ON EVANTROPY (EUGENICS AND 



HOMICULTURE)" 



"The governments of the Nations pledge themselves to take all legal measures that 

 may be necessary to insure compliance with the principles contained in the following : 



Pan American Code on Eugenics and Homicultuee — General Principles 



section I 



Art. 1. All Nations, Dominions, Colonies, Provinces, Municipalities, Families and 

 Individuals, shall be grouped in accordance with their observance of the principles set 

 forth in the Code of Eugenics and Homiculture. 



A. Classified. 

 B. Non-classified. 



Art. 2. All Nations, etc., in order to secure the benefits derived from this code shall 

 establish Eugenic Record Offices, with all necessary data and information pertaining to 

 individuals; moreover, said Nations, etc., shall be obligated to establish Anthropology 

 and Homiculture Institutes, preferably connected with a university or similar institution 

 of scientific research. 



Art 3. The Pan American Central Office of Eugenics and Homiculture and its council 

 will be located and shall have subordinate stations at 



The Central Office and subordinate stations among other functions, will certify and 

 inspect individually, or through duly authorized representatives, the Record Offices of the 

 States, Provinces, Municipalities, etc., and, moreover, shall supervise and standardize 

 the work of the Institutes. 



Coast Stations shall be connected with the Immigration departments of the neighboring 

 regions and will cover all American coasts. 



2 I submitted to the consideration of the First Pan American Conference on Eugenics 

 and Homiculture a project for the enactment of a code embodying several bases, among 

 which are to be found those referred to above. 



In this project, and in sections which were not sanctioned, may be found, I believe, 

 some ideas that will prove useful in regard to the ninth and tenth measures proposed 

 above. For this reason I shall take the liberty of calling attention to them since they 

 may be applicable to the control of immigration : 



