Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-01

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and fitness for the office to the Secretary u o'e anu
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SEC 8. Aud it further enacted, Ihat no person aPpo
cd after this shall take effect to any s"ch once -
mentioned in the first second third sx.n OF fr s
services therein except from the time when ne sa reach
his post and enter upon his Official duties, TO inc ie
when he shall cease hold such office and for such time
as shall be actually and necessarily occupied in receiving
his Instructions not to exceed thirty days and III making
pointed and his post of duty at the commencement ana
termination of the period of his official service Tor when
he shall in all be allowed and paid except as he EN-
after mentioned and no person snail be deemed hold
any such Office after his shall be apponteo anu
actually ecer upon the duties OF his office at ms h.va
terminated if not relieved; but co such allowance OF
payment shall be made to consul general consn vi
this act or to any vice CONSUL commercial agent dep
uty CONSUL consular agent for the time SO occuPieu III
receiving instructions such transit us aforesaid nor
shall such officer is referred to in this Secon DC
allowed compensation for the time SO oecupeu ~ @
transit at the termination of the period OF ms s~s
vice. if he shall have resigned or been recalled
for ,lteaSance in his Office
SEC g. and be it further enacted That when TO any
diplomatic office held by person there snail De super
added another such person shall be allowed
compensation for his services, in such superaaded ONCE az
the of fifty per cenum Of the amount allowed ny Jus
for such suleradded Office and such superaded once
shall be deemed continue during the time to winch Jus
limited by the thereof and for such time us snail De
actually and necessarily occupied in making the transit
between the two posts of duty, at the commencement ana
termination of the period of such superadded once So m
tied, and no longer
SEC TO- And be it further That for such time as
any secretary of legation shall be lawfully authorized TO
charge aalres nd interim the post to which he
shall have been appointed, he shall be entitled to receive
compensation at the rate allowed by this act tor Charge
daars such post he shall be entitled to re-
ceive Tor such the compensation allowed tor MS SER
vices secretary of legation :.
consular officer shall be authorized pursuant to the
provisions OF this act to perform diplomatic functions IN
The absence Of the OCULAR diplomatic officer in the coun-
hos he
addition his compensation such consular officer to re-
ceive compensation for his while authorized at
the rate allowed by this act for SECRETARY of legation IN
SEC. And be it further enacted Tha,no consular Off
shall exercise diplomatic functions hold any diple-
matte correspondence relation the part OF the United
States in WITH or TO the country to which
he sr! be appointed other country OF government
when there shall be such country officer OF the MI
ted States authorized 10 perform funcnns there
in unless expressly authorized by the Pres
! ldent So to do
SEC IS. And be it further enacted That consul
general consul, and commercial agent, appointed before
and retained office shall effect shall,
without unnecessary delay every such officer appointed
after this shall take etec shall before he LeceSes his
commission the duties Of his office, enter INTO
bond with the United States with such sucties who shall
be permanent residents of the Tinted States as the Secre
tary of Stale shall approve penal less than
thousand than thousand dollars, and IN
such the President shall prscrihe conditioned iL
verng up ofal fees mneys goods effects books records
papers, other property which shall come 10 his hands,
or 10 hands of any other person to his use as such consul
general consul commercial agent under any law now or
hereafter enacted and for the and faithful perform,
Of all other duties hereafter swtuy imposed
upon him such consul general, CONSUL or commercial
agent and i'll the OF consus general, cc"sus, and
commercial agents embeaced in Schedule b, such bond
shall contain by of further condition. the stipulation
required by the fifth of tbs act and all such bonds
shall DC deposited with the Secretary of the Trcassy and
shall the penalty of such bond be less than the
annual compensation allowed to the officer entering into
such bond and the President shall be authorized to require
additional bond from any such consul general,
commercial agcnr, in like form and in such penalty,
within the limits aforesaid amount, he shall prescribe
whenever ill his opinion, the public good shall require
it