"ملف رقم 10/3 XI امتياز النفط القطري" [و‎‎١‎١‎٠] (٥٣٦/٢٣٤)

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of the aforesaid period and not otherwise.
Seventeenth. The labourers employed by the Company must be
from amongst the Shaikh's own subjects or from amongst those approved
by the Shaikh, excepting technical employees and the managers and
clerks whom the Company may require and -whom it cannot find in the
country. And the Shaikh prescribes as a condition the dismissal of
any employed whose retention is disapproved by the Shaikh, if the
Shaikh has observed any irregular conduct on his part. And it
naturally follows that the wages which the Company pays to the
employees from amongst Qatr people shall be reasonable.
Article Eighteenth. The Shaikh and the Companv declare that thev
base action upon this Agreement on the basis of good faith and pure
belief and upon the interpretation of this Agreement in a manner
consistent with reason. And the Company undertakes to acknowledge
the Shaikh's authority and his rights in his capacity as the Ruler
of the State of Qatr principality and to respect them in every
manner.
Article Nineteentho Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
prevent the Shaikh in any manner v/hatsoever from granting concessions
to other parties for anything excepting the substances mentioned in
the first article provided that the said concessions do not interfere
with the rights of the Company or its operations in accordance with
this Agreement.
Article Twentieth. The Company will pay all the sums due to the
Shaikh, in accordance with this Agreement, into the Shaikh's account
in the Bank in
and the receipt taken from that Bank shall be a full
acquittance of the Company's liability for the sum mentioned in the
Bank 's receipt. The Shaikh may, from time to time, appoint another
Bank or other Banks for the purposes of this Article, and this shall
be done in writing.
A rticle Twentv-First. This Agreement shall be binding upon both the
Parties and their successors and assigns? and it has oeen written in
Arabic and English and all due care has been taken to make the two