COPY 
DECREE No. 1060 of 1936 
-Vav (May 12) ■ 
DECREE: 
Article 1. From the date of the present decree a Board will 
function in the Ministry of National Education, composed of repre¬ 
sentatives of the mentioned Ministry, the Ministries of Foreign 
Affairs, Finance and Public Credit, War, and Agriculture and Commerce 
charged with studying and deciding upon permissions requested of the * 
Colombian Government by scientific expeditions desiring to visit the 
national territory} the same Board will be in charge of inspecting 
such expeditions as to whether they will be able to carry on the in¬ 
tended work, will observe their activities, must cooperate fully with 
such expeditions and shall appoint the Colombian personnel to accompany 
them. 
Article 2. Each expedition or scientific mission planning to 
visit the country must request previous permission through the Ministry 
of National Education, which will be granted after examination of the 
documents presented by the interested parties upon their scientific and 
financial backing and the plan of work which they intend to perform in 
Colombia, as well as upon the scientific materials, arms, etc., which 
they intend to bring into the country. 
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Article 3* All missions which obtain permission to visit the 
country will be accompanied by Colombian personnel appointed for this 
purpose by the Government in accordance with the aims and nature of the 
expedition. 
Article 4, In case it is determined that the expedition is of 
national interest, the Colombian Government will pay the costs of its 
official representatives} in any other case the necessary expenses shall 
be paid by the members of the expedition who shall deposit in the national 
treasury the necessary sum. 
Article 5. No scientific expedition visiting the country will 
be allowed to introduce arms other than those considered as indispensable 
for hunting and for the personal defense of its members. In no case will 
the use of machine guns be permitted. 
Article 6. No botanical, zoological mineralogical, or 
paleontological specimen may be exported without the previous deposit of 
a duplicate in the Ministry of National Education, unless such a duplicate 
exists already as government property or as the property of another 
Colombian institute or museum. 
Article 7« Without previous permission, no archeologic, 
artistic, natural, or historical object may be exported. 
Article 8. All scientific photographic and cinemographic 
material, as well as the studies and writings prepared and obtained by the 
scientific expeditions, must be submitted for the approval of the Govern¬ 
ment before it.can leave the country. Duplicates of all this material 
must be left with the Government which will secure the property rights of 
