The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-22
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AN ACT to regulate the diplomatic aud consular systems
of the United States.
Be enacted 6v the Ssnate and House of Representatives Of
the United Sdes of America IN Congress asseated That
ambassadors ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers Penpo
tentiary ministers resident commissioner charges DAT
ares and secretaries of legation appointed 10 the coun
tries hereinafter named in Schedule A, shall be entrd to
compensation for their servre respectively at the raieS
per annum hereinafter specified thai say amhassa
dors and extraordinary and ministers pleppotn
ary the full specified therefor in said Sch-dule
A; ministers resident and commissioners seyenyfve per
centum; charges daares fifty centum and secreta-
legation, ffeen per centum, Of the said amounts
respectively: Provided That the compensation OF the
secretary Of legation 20 China acting interpreter shall
be the of Eve thousand dollars and not acting
SUCH Of three thousand dollars and that of
Al the rate Of three thousand dollars and IL acting
such At the rate of two thousand dollars, per Annum
ScnEprIs A.
Great Britain and France each seventeen thousand ve
hundred dollars.
Russia, Spain, Austria, Prussia Brazil, Mexico, and
China, EACH twelve thousand dollArs
All other countries, EACH ten thousand dollars
SET And be IL further enacted That the Presden' be-
and hereby, authorized 70 appoint for the Legations Al
London and Paris respectively assistant secretary Of
egatiol who shall be entitled 10 compensation Tor their
srvcts respectively the rate Of fifteen hundred dollars
per annum for the legation TO China interpreter when
The secretary Of legation shall not be acting such, who
shall be entitled compensaton the OF Eve thou
sand dollars and for The legation TO Turkey drsgoman
when the secretary Of legation shall not be acting a such
thousand aolArs per anpum.
SEc And be II further enacted That consuls general
eonsus and commercial agents appointed pors abd
places hereinafter specified in Schedules and O. shall be
entitled compensation for their services respectively NJ
the per hereinafter specified in said Sched
ues and @; and the President shall think proper 70
appoint consul any port place named in the said
Schedules and for commercial agent instead Of such
commercial agent rice uasa, and appointment shs
be made accordingly the compensation for such consular
officer shall be the in any such that Fixed for
such port place in the schedule embracing the
and n be shall think the public interests win be sub
served by appointing 70 any such port place consul
general instead Of consul commercial agent and an
appointment shall be made accordingly the compensation
consul general shall be the that fixed for
such port place in the schedule embracing the same
ScHEDuLE B.
l. CONSUBS GENERAL.
BRIIlsH NORTH AEEmcL
Quebec four thousand dollars
BRITISH KDA
Calcutta Eve thousand dollars
Alexandria, three thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
JLPAS
simoda, FIVE thousand dollars
ouhL
Havana, sir thousand dollars
TURKEY.
ConstAntinople, three thousand dsllarA
H,NsEATIc AND rEEr cTTEs
Frnnkfort-on-tbs-Msin, three thOusand dollars
II coNsULS
eREAr BKITAn
Liverpool, and London each thousand Eve hun
dred dollars.
Melbourne, four thousand dollars.
bong Kong three thousand Eve hundred dollars.
Glasgow, three thousand dollarS.
hsuritius and Singapore each, two thousand FIVE hun
drtd dollars
Belfast Cork, Dundee, Demarsrs, Halifax, Kingston,
Janaical Leeds Manchester Nassau New Providence
Southampton and Turks island each two thousand dol
lara
Prince Edwards Island, one thousand dollars
TRAScE
Havre, sin thousand dollars
Paris Eve thousand dollars
Marseiles two thousand ire hundred dollars.
Bordeaux, two thousand dollars.
La Rochelle and Lyons each thousand Eve hundred
dollars
MOSCOW Odessa Rsrel, and St Petersburg, each. two
thousand dollars
Matanzas Trinidad de Cuba, and Santiago de Cuba.
each. two thousand Eve hundred doilars
San Juan, (Porto Rioo,) two thousand dollars
Cadiz Malaga and Ponce (Porto Roe) each one thou
sand FIVE hundred dollars.
Trieste two thousand dollars.
vienns, one thousand Eve hundred doIars.
AK Ia CbspelIe two thousand Eve hundred dollars