Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-06-16
BY AUTHORITY.
b1 AUIHORITY. Public Acts of the Thirty-FOurth Congress of the United States. First Session. AN ACT to regnlate the Dinlnmatic and Consular

fuDlIc Acts of the Thirty-FOurth Congress
 of the United States. First Session. AN ACT to regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States.
 Be 1t enacted, etc, That ambassadors, envoys ex- traordnary and ministers penipoeRtiary, ministers resident, commissioners, charges datfaires and se- creares of legation appointed to the countries here matter named in Schedule A, shall be entitled to compensation for their services, respectively ut the rates per annum hereinafter specified; that is to say ambassadors and envoys extraordinary and ministers plenpotentiary, the full amount specified therefor in said Schedule A; ministers resident and commission CTS seventy five per centum; charges d'affares fifty per centum; and secretaries of legation fifteen per centum. of the said amounts. respectively: Provided That the compensation of the secretary of the lega- ton to China, acting as interpreter shall be at the rate of Soooo and If not acting such, at the rate of $3000. and that of the secretary of legation to Turkey. acting dragoman, at the rate of X3 000, , and If not acting such, at the of g. 000 per 1 annnm. SCHEDULE A. 1 Great Britain and France, each sl7,5O0. Russia, Spain Austria, Prussia Brazil Mexico and China, each Sl2,000. All other countries, each S10000. $ 9 That the President be, and is hereby author zed to appoint for the legations at London and Paris rer pectvely assistant secretary of legation who shall be entitled to compensation for their services, respectively, at the rate of 5 300 per annum for the legation 10 China, interpreter, when the secretary oi legation shall not be acting such, who shall be l for the legation to Turkey, dragoman when the se- cretary of legation shall not be acting such. who snail be entitled tocompensaton at the rate of $l 900 1 per annum 3. That consuls general, consuls and commercial agents, appointed to the ports and places hereinafter specified in Schedules B and C. shall be entitled to compensation for their services respectively at the rates per annum hereinafter specified in said Sehed ules and C:and if the President shall think proper to appoint consul to any port place named in the said Schedules B and for commercial agent, in stead of such commercial agent rtce rerSa. and an appointment shall be made accordingly, the compen- saon for such consular officer shall be the same in any such that fixed for such port place in the schedule embracing the same; and if he shall think the public interests will be subserved by ap- pointing to any such port place a consul general Instead of a consul or commercial agent and ap- continent shall be made accordingly the compensa- ton for such consul general shall be the.same as that fixed for such port place in the schedule embracing the same. SCHEDULE B. l. Consuls General.
 British No,tb Anae,aca Quebec s4OOO. ETaish Mdia.-Calcutta. 5000. Egyot.-A leXandria. 300. a0Ddn-Smoda. $5.000. Cu6a-Havana, S6, ,000 1"hey- -Constantinople, 5000. Ha@seaticand Free CIties.--Frakfort-o on the Main S3,oO0
 II. Consuls. Great B'itdtn.-Lieerpool and London, each $7,- 800. Melbourne. S4 900. Hong Kong, $3. 300. Glas- gow, 5000. Maurtius and Singapore, each S25V0 | Belfast Cork. Dundee Demarara, Halifax Kingston Jamaica Leeds. Manchester Nassau. New Provi- dence. Southampton and Turks Island each s2 00u Prince Edwards Island sl 900.
 ft dnce. Iiavre, S6,000. Paris 5 900. Marscil- les %2,3o0 Bordeaux, s20Oo. La Rochelle and Lyons, each Sl 800
 Russtu. Moscow, Odessa, Revel and St. Peters burg, each. S2.000
 S1aia.-M Matauzas Trinidad de Cuba and Santiu- le II in. t4..b ( S.t,, It.,, 5000. Ca'iiz Malaga and Ponce, Porto Rico each sl 800.
 4~sfrta,-Tricste s2 900: Vienna, q 300
 I1ussta.-Aix- la Chapelle $2.50o.
 Ghina.-Canron and Shanghai each s4 900. Fou- che $500. Annoy and Ningpo, each. S3,ooo
 I"eky. BeHrout and smyrna, each s2,e0o Je rusalem, :l 800.
 4FsAerlands. Rotterdam, s2ooo Amsterdam, Sl,oOo.
 Be'gium.-Antwerp. s2.5Oo.
 L'rtagai. i.-Funchal and Oporto. each sl 800. Ntamalk-St Thomas s4,0o0. El>ineur, | 800. Aaiddm1a.-Gehoa q 800.
 Sut=efia@d .- Basle $2.O0J. Geneva. Sl 800. 'Sdc1lies. -Messina, Naples and Palermo, each, sl Saroay.-L Leipsie. l.soo.
 Hdcdi id. Munich < GOO.
 IgScaog.- Lcghorn. *l.5oo.
 rtent6"Tg.-Stuttgurdt < 900.
 Aaaseatsc and Free Cites. Bremen and Ham burg. each, S2 GOO.
 Bubdrg Nates--Tangiers, Trpoi and Tunis each. 8 GOO.
 Brosa--Rio de Janeiro s6,ooo. Pernambuco, s2.o00.
 Mrtco-vera Cruz, s 800. Acapulco, s2, ,o0o Peiu.--CalIao, S8. 8.5oo.
 Vaipara>o $3,o00.
 EDenoS .4Wea. Bueno~ Ayres, s2.ooo.
 Nicaragua. San Juan del Sur, S2ooo. -Neso GTeaada- Aspinwall, s2.5o0. Panama, s., TeaezueIa.-Laguayra $1. .5Oo
 Ae"dwtA Alands.-iIonlulu, s4,00o. Lahaina, $3,uoo.
 III. Commercial Agents
 Nicaragua. San Juan del Norte, 5000
 T. Domjngo blaad ).-Port- au Prince S2 900. St Domingo (cityl. Sl,5oo.
 SCHEDULE c.
 l. Consus.
 Great Britain.--Capetown and Falkland Islands each $100Q.
 .4aSt,id.--Venice s150
 TrUsSia.--Stettin $l GOO.
 1"tkey.--Canda and Cy prus each. s1 GOO. .Nefhe,Iu1dS.- Batavia. Sl 00O each S751.
 Hsnma,t-St. Croix s75o Nuydiht,t.--Spezzia Sl .o0o
 Greece-A Athens. Sl ,00O
 Nescat.Zanzibar, Sl 0.
 b'azH. Bahia Maranham Island, Para and Rio Graude, each. $l GOO.
 -N~rico Matnnoras. Mexico city j. and Tampico, each Sl ,oo0 Paso del Norto and Tabasco, each. $500.
 ifru.-raita and Tumbez each, $500
 Talcahuano. Sl ,0o0
 -Neao Grenada.-Carthagena and Sabanillo, each, $joo.
 A,nduros.-Omoa s1,ooO.
 ff,adW.-Guayaqul. S75O.
 EoliUar.--Cobiia. $500
 TruGudy.-Montevideo. sl 900.
 4SocietV MandS.--Tahat < O0o.
 Nee Aa1and. Bay of Islands. sl 900.
 AarWators' Aland.-Apa, $l ,000.
 Fteee A5ands.-Lanthala $l 900.
 II. Commercial Agents
 Portugdt.-St. Paul de Loanda Angola sl 900. Laberaa-MonroVia and Gaboon. each. Sl 900. .S Donningo hland) Cape Haytien s .ooO.- Aux Caves $500.
 Rt.Ssia ie Asia.--Amoor River, s1 900.
 4. That consuls general, consus and commer- cial agents, not embraced in Schedules and C. shall be entitled compensation for their services to such fees they may collect in pursuance of the prov;- siJns of this act, respectively.
 ,. That no consul general, con.ul or commercial agent. embraced in Schedule B. shall, while he holds his office. be interested in transact any business AS a merchant factor, broker or other trader or as q clerk other agent for any snch person to- from or within the port place. limits of his consulate or commercial agency directly or indirectly either in his own name, or in the name or through the agency If any other person; and if appointed after this act shall take effect he shall in his official bond stipu- late. condition thereof not to violate this prohi- hiton and if appointed before, and retained in office after this act shall take effect he shall within such reasonable time as the President shall prescribe en-
  condition thereof; and if any such consul general consul. commercial agent. shall violate such pro hibiton, he shall he liable to penalty therefor for the of the United States equal in amount to the annual compensation specified for him in said Sched- ule B. which may be recovered in action of debt the suit of the United States either directly to1 the penalty, such against such eonsul general or consul or commercial agent upon his official bond, as quidate damages. for the breach of such condi- ton against such consul general. consul. conner cin agent, and his sureties. or any one more of them: and in every such all such actions shall he open to the United States for the collection Of such penalty till the shall be collected in d such actions: and every such penalty when collected shall be paid into the treasury of the United States; and srch prohibition shall he applicable to all consrts ge neral but not to any consul or commercial agent not embraced in said Schedule B. except as hereinafter authorized, unless otherwise expressly provided by law.
 s. That the President be, and is hereby autlor- zed to appoint three interpreters of the Chinese hn