of their work these implements to be sold strictly at cost price 
to those immigrants who desire to buy for their personal use. 
To those native immigrants who during the times of drought 
in the States of the northwest and going from there, may arrive 
at the lodges without resources, shall be furnished free, by 
authority of the Minister, with the implements indispensable 
‘for work. 
Art. 81. The families of native and foreign immigrants ar- 
riving at the lodges of Belem and Manaos, who do not expressly 
declare they prefer another destination, shall be transported at 
the expense of the Union or the lesee to the national plantations 
of Rio Branco, where according to their aptitude and ability, 
they shall be settled in colonies, founded by this one or that one. 
Art. 32. At the inauguration of each lodge, there shall be 
applied, with the modifications required by the special conditions 
of each case, the regulations of the lodge on the island of Flores. 
CHAPTER II 
Hospitals in the Interior 
Art. 33. For the purpose of reducing the distances and the 
time of the journey for the inhabitants of the interior in the 
valley of the Amazon, who must find a centre of supplies where 
they can be treated when sick, or provide excellent medicines 
for their domestic ills; of proportioning to all who may desire 
means of immuning themselves against contagious diseases, 
and of creating a propoganda service of the hygienic habits and 
practices necessary for everyone who must live and work in the 
Amazon regions, there shall be built a hospital surrounded by a 
small agricultural colony in Boa Vista do Rio Branco; S. Gabriel 
do Rio Negro; Teffé or Fonte Boa on the River Solimées; S. 
Fillippe, on the River Jurua; Bocca do Acre, on the River Purus; 
at the confluence of the Rivers Arinos and Juruena; on the Alto 
Tapajéz; Conceigao on the River Araguaya and Montenegro 
on the Ampa. 
Art. 34. The hospitals shall be built in places that have the 
following requisites: 
1. To have a plain of low elevation, conveniently ventilated 
for the construction of the hospital buildings socalled and its 
dependencies, and houses of residence for the personnel. 
2. Existence around or close to the plain of dry lands, pro- 
vided with good and abundant water, which serve for agricul- 
ture and cattle raising and of sufficient area for the founding 
of an agricultural community of at least 100 families. 
3. Facility for the establishment of rapid communication 
with a fluvial port, or one that must serve them. 
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