The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-04-05

SEQ. Q. And Do u Nirftsr enacted, That no
diplomatic or consular officer shall receive
salary for the time during which, be may be
absent from his post (by leave or otherwise)
beyond the term Of sixty days In any one
year. Prosidsd, That the time equal 70 that
usually occupied In going 10 and from the
United States In case OF tho return, on leave,
Of such diplomatic or consular ofiicer 10 the
United States may be allowed In addition TO
said sixty days, and section three Of act Of
March thirtleth, eighteen hundred and sixty.
eight, Ia hereby repealed.
Bee. 8. And b. u further enacted, That
the fee provided by law for the yerifcatlon
Of invoices BY consular oficen shall, when
paid, be held TO be full payment for fur
nishing blank forms Of declaration TO be
signed by the shipper, and for making, sign
Ing and sealing the certificate Of the con.
sular ofiicer thereto; and any consular officer
who, under pretenoe Of charging for blank
forms, advice, or clerical services In the pre-
partition Of such declaration or certificate,
shall charge or receive any fec greater In
amount than that provided by law for the
yerincatlon Of invoices, or who shall dc.
mand or receive for any official services, OF
who shall allow any clerk or subordinate 10
| receive for any such service any fee or re-
ward other than the fee provided by law for
such service, shall be deemed guilty Of q
mlsdemeanor, and shall be dismissed from
office, and on conviction before any court Of
the United States having Jurisdiction Of like
offences DO punished by imprisonment not
exceeding one year, or by nne not exceeding
two thousand dollars. And hereafter no
consul, vlce-consul or consular agent In the
dominion Of Canada, shall be allowed ton.
mage fees for any services, actual or con.
structlve, rendered any vessel owned and
registered In the United States that may
touch at Canadian port; and that In the
collection Of official fees they shall receive
foreign moneys at the rate given In the
treasury schedule Of the value Of foreign
coins. And hereafter, In cases of vessels
making regular daily trips between any port
OF the United States and any port In the
dominion Of Canada, wholly upon interior
waters not navigable to tho ocean, no ton.
mage or clearance fees shall DO charged
against such vessels by tho officers Of the
United States, except upon the first clearing
OF said vessel In each year.
Sec. 4. And BE- % further enacted, That the
President ls authorized, on the recommends
tlon Of the Secretary Of tho Treasury, to CAUSE
examinations to be made into the accounts
Of the consular officers Of tho United States
and into all matters connected with the bust
moss Of their said Offices, and TO that end he
may appoint such agent or agents rs may b
| "SNNoooiy hoi NAV PhiPppot ohu ohN hBNhtI
when 80 appointed, shall, for the purpose Of
making said examinations, have authority tc
administer oaths and take testimony, and
shall have access TO all the books aud papert
Of all consular officers. And any agent ap.
pointed In this behalf shall DO paid for his
services Just and reasonable compensation
not exceeding i've dollars per day for the
time necessarily employed, In addition to his
actual necessary expenses, the same to be
paid out Of the sum appropriated for expenses
| OF collecting tho revenue, but no greater sun
than five thousand dollars shall DO expended
rs compensation Of such agent or agents In
any one year. And the President shall com
municate to Congress, at tho commence
ment Of every December session, the names
Of the agents so appointed, and the amount
paid to each, together with the reports Of
| such agents.
Sec. 5. And Be u Further enacted That any
consular officer Of the United States who
shall wilfully neglect to render true and Just
| quarterly accounts and returns Of the busl
ness OF his ofice, and OF moneys received by
shall neglect TO pay over any balance Of sucl
moneys which may be due to the United
States, at the expiration Of any quarter, be
| fore the expiration Of the next succeeding
quarter, shah be deemed guilty Of embezzle
ment Of the public moneys, and shall, OF
conviction thereof, before any court Of tht
United States having Jurisdiction Of lik
offences, be punished BY imprisonment no
exceeding one year and by a fine not exceed
ing two thousand dollars, and shall be fol
ever disqualified from holding any office O
trust or profit In the United States.
Sec. Q. And be u further enacted, That n
consul general or consul now holding, o
who shall hereafter hold, either of sale
offices, shall be permitted to hold the office O
consul general or consul at any other consu
late, or exercise the duties thereof; andhere
after there shall only be allowed to any vice
consulate or consular agency, for expense
thereof, an amount sufficient to pay for sta
tionery and postage on official letters.
Sec. Z. And Be q further enacted, That tn
entire expense Of prison and prison keeper
at the consulate Of Bankok, In Siam, shal
hereafter not exceed the sum Of one thousan
dollars annuallyi and the salary Of the IL
terpreter shall not exceed the sum Of fv
hundred dollars annually; and no salar
shall hereafter be allowed the marshal a
that consulate; and the annual salary Of til
consul at Bankok shall be three thousan
dollars, to commence July first, elghtec
hundred and slxty-eight.
Approved, March 9, 1860.