Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-01-03

and disability therefore as sre or shall be pres.
crbedb by any such act for such offence.
Sec. 10. And be itfurther enacted, That no
such olhcer as is mentioned in the lirst second
third fourth, sixth, or seventeenth sections Of
this act, shall nor shall, any consular agent,
b. abscut from this pos, or the performunco Of
his duties for longer period than ten days At
any one time without the permission previous
ly obtained of the President. And no c1mpep.
SatOn shall be allowed for the time of anv
su,h absence in any case, except cases Of sick
ness, nor shall any diplomatic or cousupr OIL
Ger CORRESPOND in regard to the public Affairs
OF any foreign government with any private
pefson newspapers Or other periodical or 9th.
erwise than with the proper officers Of the Uni.
ted States; nor recommend any persona at home
or abroad, for any employment Of trust or pro.
1t under the government Of tho country in
which he is located, nor ask or accept, for him.
self or any other person, any present omolu.
ment pecunary pecuniary favor, Office or tile
Of any kind, From any such government,
Sec. 20. And DO it further enacted, That
the compensation provided by this act shall bo
in full for all the services and personal cxpen-
ses which shall be rendered or incurred by the
olh0ers or persons respectively for whom such
Compensation is provided or whaieAov nature or
KIND such services or personal expenses NAV
be, or sy whatever treaty law or instructions
such services or personal expenses 50 rendered
or incurred are or sh Ill be required, ana M al.
lowante other than such rs is provided by this
act shall ba made in any case for tho outfit or
return home Of any Such officer or pcrsrn, and
no consular officer shall nor shall any person un.
erany consular oiIcer make any charge or re-
celye directly or indirectly any compensation,
by way OF commission or otherwise, for reeeiv.
ing or disbur'ing the wages or extra wages to
which any scamen or mariner shall be entitled
who shall be discharged IN any foreign country
or for any money advanced to anv sush seaman
or mariner, whe shall seek relief flen any con.
sulate orcjmmcrclal agency, nor Shall my con.
suiar 0l1cer or any person under any consular
officer, be interested directly or indirectly in
any profit derived from clothing, boarding, or
Otherwise, supplying or scrling home any ,urh
seaman or mnriner Provided, that sUch pqohi.
bitiOn as to profit shall not be eCnsiruel to re.
le'e o: prevent any such o,dcer who snail be
the owner OF otherwise Interested in auy shin or
vessel Of the tcdStates. 's,om Transporting,
in such ship or vessel any such seaman or ma.
rlner or from receiving or being interested in
such reasonable allowance as may De ma le for
such transportation under and by virtue Of tho
fourth section Of the act eutitlcj un act sun
Elementary to the act concerning consu.s AM
vice consus and for the further protection of
American Seamen approved February twenty.
eight eighteen hundred aud three.
Sec. q. AOd belt further enacted, That no
compensation provided by thisact for any such
officer as is mentioned in the first section Of
this act or for any assistant Secretary OF lega.
ton, or for any such officer as is mentioned in
Schedules md q of the third section Of this
a,t or any appropriation therefor, shall be az.
plicable to tho payment Of the co upcnsation Of
any person appointed to or holding any such
Office after this act shall take effect, who shall
not be q citizen Of the United States, nor shall
any other compensation be- allowed in any such
case.
See. %. And be it further enacted That y G
President be, and is hereby authorized to pro
vide at lbo public expense all such stationary
thinks, records and other books, seals presses
lags, and signs, MS be shall think necessary fol
the several legations con.uatCs and cummerci
al agencies in tho transaction Of their busnes
and whenever he shall think thcre is sufficient
reason therefor, to allow cOnsuls geperal con,
suls and commercial agents who are not now.
ed to trade actual expenses Of olcc rent not lC
exceed in any case ten per ccntulh, Of the amo
unit of the annual comptnsation allowed to sucl
olcer, md to prescribe such regulations anu
make and issdo such orders and instruction,
not inconsistent with the constitution Of any
law Of the United States in relation to the du
ties of al, diplomatic and consular officers tn.
transaction of their business, tho rendering OF
accOucts and returns, the payment o. sOmpensa
tion tho safe keeping OF llic archives and pubi
property in th4,hands of all such officers, lh
communication of information anl the rrocu
rement and transmission Of the products of th,
arts sciences manufactures agriculture ant
c)mmercN from time to time as he may thitl
conducivo to tho public interests and it shal
10 tie du,y Of oil such officers to conform t,
such regulations, orders Oni instruction, frou
time to time, Of snJh commercial nforma,ier
communicated to him by such diplomatic an,
consular officers no may deem tmportaus {,
the public interests, in such newspaper, not t,
exceed three in number, oS he may select md t
report to Congress nj least once in each year
synopsis af 50 much of tho information on al
subjects which shall be so commonicated to hin
MS he may deem valuable for public ilforma
tlon.
Sec. %. And be it fur her enacted, That tn
Secretary of State shall be authorized to gran
and issue passports and cause passports 10 y
granted issued, aad verified in foreign countrie
| by s4ch diplomatic or consular officers of tn
United States, and uoler such rules os the Pre-
sident shull designate and prescribe for md ol
behalf Of the United States md no other por
son shall glaot issue Or verify any such pass
port nor shall my passport DO granted or issue
to, or verified for, any other persons than CHI
2ens Of the United States, nor shall any chars
be made for granting issaing orS rilying alr
passport except in Il foreign coudtry, und i
any case the fee allowed therefor shall not OK
coed tho fum Of one dollar nor rhall vny sue
charge bO made for more than one snch yer,