"XXII\٨ سكة حديد بغداد" [و‎‎٤‎٥] (١٩٤/٨٨)

be made good out of the first receipts from the aghnams of the three vilayets in question
of the following year.
Although, according to the provisions of article 3 of the convention of the
20 th February, 1318 (5th March, 1903), the plans and designs of the sections to be
built must be submitted to the Ministry, of Commerce and Public Works within eight
months from the date at which the period of the concession for each section commences,
after the provisions of article 35 relating to the said section have been fulfilled, and
although the plans and designs in question must be examined and approved by the
aforesaid Ministry within three months from the date of their submission, since it
would not be possible to pomplete the survey within the eight months provided for by
article 3, it has been decided that the plans and designs of the part of the line between
Bulgurlu- Tel Habesh and Aleppo shall be submitted to the Ministry of Commerce and
Public Works within one year from the date of the exchange of the present additional
convention; that the plans and designs of the portion of the line between Tel-Habesh
and El Helif shall be submitted within three years from the same date; that the time
within which the approval of the plans and designs by the aforesaid Ministry must be
given shall be four months ; and that the construction of these 840 kilom. of line
shall be completed within eight years from the date of the exchange of the present
additional convention.
The service of the bonds to be issued in accordance with article 35 of the Bagdad
Railway Convention for the construction of the 840 kilom. of line mentioned above
shall be settled by a special convention simultaneously with the present additional
convention.
The present additional convention has, in accordance with the Imperial irade
promulgated by His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, been done in duplicate, signed,
and exchanged at Constantinople, the 3rd Jemazi-ul-Ewel, 132(3 ( 20 th May, 1324
( 2 nd June, 1908) ).
Imperial Ottoman Bagdad Railway Company :
ED. HUGUENIN, Delegate Administrator.
CH. HELFFERICH, Administrator.
Seal of the Ministry of Commerce and Public W orks,
ZIHNI.
Certified to be a true copy :
The Head of the Translation Department of the Ministry
of Commerce and Public Works,
Boghos.