Whereas the convention concluded on the 27th of December, 1924, between the United States of America and the Dominican Republic has been duly signed and ratified by the Governments of said countries, the following regulations are hereby promulgated for the government of the customs receivership established thereunder:
In accordance with the provisions of article 5 of the convention, the accounts of the general receiver shall be rendered to the Secretary of Finance and Commerce of the Dominican Republic, and to the State Department of the United States, and referred for examination and verification to the Bureau of Insular Affairs, which shall have immediate supervision and control of the receivership, pursuant and subject to such directions in regard thereto as shall be received from the President directly or through the Secretary of State.
The President of the United States will appoint and fix the salaries of the general receiver of Dominican customs, of the deputy general receiver of Dominican customs, as well as of all other customs employees under the receivership. In cases of emergency, provisional appointments and removals for cause may be made in the discretion of the general receiver, subject to the approval of the President of the United States.
The accountable bonds to be required by the receivership, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be fixed by the general receiver, subject to the approval of the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs.
Under the Bureau of Insular Affairs, the general receiver shall have full charge and control of the Dominican customs receivership within the scope of the convention of December 27, 1924, between the United States of America and the Dominican Republic, and shall enforce and comply with the provisions thereof. He shall give bond in such form and amount as may be determined by the chief of said bureau.
The deputy general receiver shall assist the general receiver in the performance of his duties and in matters pertaining to the receivership, in such manner as the general receiver shall direct, and in the absence or disability of the latter, the deputy general receiver, shall perform the duties of the general receiver, and assume, without formal transfer, the corresponding accountability. The deputy general receiver shall give bond under the same conditions as the general receiver.
The general receiver shall retain 5 per cent of all the customs duties accruing at the several customs houses of the Dominican Republic and shall pay therefrom the expenses of the receivership as they arise.
On the 1st day of the calendar year the balance, after paying the expenses of the receivership to that date and in excess of liabilities accrued, shall be disposed of as the Dominican Government shall direct.
The general receiver shall prepare annually and transmit to the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs so as to reach the bureau before November 1 a budget of expenditures for the ensuing year.
This budget, when approved by the chief of the bureau, will govern expenditures for the year covered thereby.
No expenditures not authorized in the budget will be made until specifically approved by the chief of the bureau, unless an emergency makes prior approval impossible.
All of the expenditures and disbursements of funds handled by the receivership shall be covered by complete vouchers in duplicate; one copy of each such voucher shall be retained as a part of the permanent files of the central office of the receivership, and the other transmitted to the Dominican Government, together with the corresponding accountable returns.
All books, records, and accounts of the receivership shall be kept available and accessible for examination, inspection, and audit at any time, by officers designated for that purpose, in accordance with the convention by either the Dominican or the United States Government. Such books, records, and accounts shall constitute permanent archives of the central office of the receivership, and shall not be removed therefrom.