Art. 24. In order to claim these favors any company or organization that expects to erect one or more factories, should conform to the following formalities and conditions: 1. Present to the Minister of Agriculture a previous request accompanied by the following documents: (a) General and detailed plan of the factories; (b) An estimate of the expenses for the first establishment; (c) A descriptive memorandum in which the capacity of production of the factory is declared the principal articles intended to be manufactured, the lowest price for which it is proposed to wash and refine rubber, which should be reduced, for each quality, to one type and superior for exportation, in general giving the Government all the information that will help it to form a correct opinion as to the nature and importance of the projected establishment; (d) Certificates and references which will prove the complete professional and financial ability of the suitor. 2. To obligate himself in the contract made with the Minister of Agriculture, the clause of reversion at the end of the combined term. 3. To allow the official appointed by the Government for the fiscalization, to visit the works during the period of construction, for the purpose of verifying the actual amount of expenses incurred for the first establishment and determining the value of the pecuniary premium, which shall be in any of the three cases, equal to a fourth part of the expense, not exceeding the limits fixed in letter a of Article 23, as well as to visit the establishment when he desires after it begins work, in order that he may be sure, that the materials imported free of duty are effectively and exclusively used in the products of the factory. 4. To send annually to the Minister, through the said fiscal a prepared statement in which shall be specified: (a) The amount and quality and the place where produced of the rubber used as raw material; (b) The kind and quantity and value of the products of the factory used at home and exported; (c) The number of employes, native and foreign, effectively in service during the year, with specification of their respective classes. Art. 25. The premium in money shall be paid, as soon as the factory is inaugurated, at the National Treasury or at the Delegacia Fiscal of the State in which it is situated, when authorized by the Minister of Agriculture. TITLE III Assistance to immigrants, native or recently arrived foreigners and laborers already established in the valley of the Amazon. CHAPTER I The Lodges for immigrants in Belém, Manáos and the Territory of Acre Art. 26. The lodges for immigrants in Belém, Manáos and the Territory of Acre, shall be establishments installed and maintained at the expense of the Union, intended to entertain immigrants, native and foreign, who arrive at those ports voluntarily or with their passage paid by the Union or by the States.