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. .. Tllc importation by the Company of firearms and other weapons is pro-
hibucd except with the written permission of the Sheikh.
(C> f llLe Company should sell in the State of Kuwait including the defined
area and/or the Kuwait-Saudi Arab Neutral Zone any material or goods previously
imported for the purposes of its operations hereunder and no longer required by
the Company, the Company shall pay to the Sheikh in respect of such material
or goods sold the equivalent of customs or import duty thereon at the rale in
torcc at the time of sale. The duty shall be computed on the price received on sale.
, ..(.D) Necessary Customs Officials at harbors constructed by the Company or
addiuonal Customs Officials required at any other ports utilized by the Company
shall be appointed by the Sheikh in consultation with the Company and their
salaries which shall not exceed the usual salaries of such officials shall be paid by
the Company which shall also provide at its own expense suitable buildings for
the accommodation of Customs Officials at harbors which it has constructed.

Article 8
"j'he Company may purchase in the State of Kuwait at current market
rates, fuel, water, food, building and constructional materials, and other supplies
of every kind in connection with its operations hereunder.
(B) The Company shall employ subjects of the Sheikh as far as possible for
all work for which they are suited under the supervision of the Company’s skilled
employees, but if the local supply of labor should in the judgment of the Company
be inadequate or unsuitable the Company shall have the right with the approval
of the Sheikh which shall not be unreasonably withheld, to import labor, prefer­
ence being given to laborers from the neighboring Arab countries who will obey
the local laws. The Company shall also have the right to import skilled and
technical employees. Any employee imported by the Company who shall by
misconduct cause a breach of peace or public disturbance or shall otherwise render
himself undesirable shall at the request of the Sheikh be dismissed and shall if it
is within the power of the Company to do so be sent out of Kuwait. The Company
shall pay to the workmen it employs a fair wage, such wage to be decided and
stated by the Company at the time the workmen are engaged.
(C) The Company shall provide free of charge for its employees all neces­
sary medical services. The Sheikh and His family shall have the right to such
medical services and necessary medical supplies free of charge.

Article 9
(A) Within the defined area, subject to the approval of the Sheikh, and in
Kuwait or the Kuwait-Saudi Arab Neutral Zone, subject to the approval of the
Sheikh and subject to existing prior rights, particularly such rights granted by the
Sheikh to the Kuwait Oil Company Limited and/or to the American Independent
Oil Company of Delaware, the Company shall have free of cost the unrestricted
use and occupation of and surface rights over such uncultivated land belonging
to the Sheikh as the Company may need for the purposes of its operations and
in particular the Company shall have the right to select, subject as aforesaid, an
area or areas of land chosen by the Company with exclusive surface rights upon
which to erect oil refineries, storage, terminal and shipping facilities and any other
works required for the Company’s operations; and the Company may, subject as
aforesaid, buy or lease for such purposes any lands, houses or buildings with the
consent of and on conditions to be arranged with the proprietors thereof but the
terms of such purchase or lease shall not be in excess of those ordinarily current
in their respective localities. , . , , ....
(B) The Company shall acquire only such land, houses and buildings as are
necessary for its operations under this Agreement. The Company shall inform the
Sheikh from time to time of the land, house and buildings which it requires to
occudv for its operations; and land, houses and buildings previously acquired
hv the Company from the Sheikh but found no longer necessary for its operations
shall be returned to the Sheikh free of charge by the Company.
(C) The Sheikh shall retain for Himself the right to grant—in consultation
a/ith the Company—to another company or companies operating petroleum areas
w hin areas adjoining the defined area the right to lay down pipelines and to
„,ch company or companies to construct and erect within the defined area
?nd across same, anything required for the transport in transit or passage over the