The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-21
!. COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
Schedule O.

V. COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
Schedule g.
Amoor River, Apia, Belize, Ca
boon, Saint Paul de Loanda, Lantha-
la, Sabanilla.
For interpreters to the consulates |
in China, japan and Siam, including
loss by exchange thereon, i've thou
sand eight hundred dollars.
For expenses incurred, under in
structions from the Secretary OF State, |
in bringing home from foreign coun-
tries persons charged with crime, and |
expenses incident thereto. ten thou
sand dollars.
For salaries of the marshals for the
consular courts in Japan, including
that at Nagasaki, and in China. Siam,
and Turkey, inclu ling loss by ex-
change thereon, nine thousand dol
lars.
For rent Of prisons for American
convicts in Japan, China, Siam, aud
Turkey, and for wages of the keepers
of the same, nine thousand dollars.
For the restoration of the Pro-
testant American cemetery at Aca-
pulco, in Mexico, one thousand dol
lars.
For salaries of ministers resident
and consuls general 60 Hayti and Lii
IBERIA, eleven thousand five hundred
dollars.
For expenses under the act of Con-
gress to carry into effect the treaty
between the United States and Her
Britannia Majesty for the suppression
of the African slave trade, twelve
| thousand FIVE hundred dollars Pro-
| vided, That the salaries of the judges
and other officers shall be paid to
| them only upon the condition that
| they reside at the places where the
| courts are to be held, as provided by
law, and only for so much of the
time as they reside at such places:
! And provided further, That the Presi-
dent be, aud he is hereby, requested
to apply to the government of Great
| Britain to put an end to that part of
the treaty of April the seventh. eight
cen hundred and sixty two, which
requires OF each government to keep
up mixed courts, and upon the con-
sent of the government Of Great
Britain being obtained, then the sal
aries of all the officers of the United
States connected with said courts
shall cease.
For expenses under the neutrality
act. ten thousand dollars.
For the payment of the fifth an
nual instalment of the proportion con-
tributed by the United States towards
the capitalization of the Scheldt
dues, to fulfill the stipulations con
| tanned In the fourth article of the
convention between the United States
aud Belgium of the twentieth of
| May, eighteen hundred and sixty
three, the sum of fifty-fVe thousand
five hundred and eighty-four dollars
in coin, and such further sum as may
be necessary to carry out the stlpula-
ton of the convention providing for
payment of interest on the said sum
and on the portion of the principal
| remaining unpaid.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted,
That no diplomatic or consular officer
shall receive salary for the time dur
ing which he may be absent from his
post (by leave or other%se) beyond
the term of sixty days in any one
year: Provided, That the time equal
to that usually occupied In going to
and from the United States In case of
the return, on leave, of such diplo-
matte or consular officer to the United
States may be allowed In addition to
said sixty days; and sectioa three of
act of March thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred aud sixty-eight, is hereby re-
pealed
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the fee provided by law for the
verifcation of invoices by consular
officers shall, when paid, be held to
be a full payment for furnishing blank
l e i 10, 20 1.o -,
the shipper, and for making, signing,
aud sealing the certificate of the con-
sular officer thereto; and any consular
officer who, under pretence of charg-
ing for blank forms, advice, or cleri-
cal services IN the preparation Of such
declaration or certificate, shall charge
or receive any fee greater in amount
than that provided by law for the
verification of invoices, or who shall
demand or receive for any official SER
vices. or who shall allow any clerk
or subordinate to receive fer any such
service any fee or reward other than
the fee provided by law for such SER
vice, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanOr, and shall be dismissed from
Office, and on conviction before any
court of the United States having juris
diction of like offences be punished
by Imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or by fine not exceeding two
thousand dollars. And hereafter no
consul, vice-cOnsul, or consular agent
in the dominion of Canada, shall
be allowed tonnage fees for any SER
vices, actual or constructive, render
ed any vessel owned and registered in
the United States that may touch at
a Canadian port; and that in the col
lection of official fees they shall re
ceive 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
Iof Canada, wholly upon Interior waters
not navigable to the ocean, no ton
mage or clearance fees shall be charged
against such vessels by the officers of
the Uaited States, except upon the
first clearing of said vessel in each
year.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted,
, That the President Is authorized, on
the recommendation OF the Seere-
! tary of the Treasury, to cause ex-
amInations to be made into the
accounts of the consular officers of
the United States, and into all matters
connected with the business of their
said Offices, and to that end he may
appoint such agent or agents as may
be necessary for that purpose; and
any agent, when so appointed, shall,
for the purpose of making said ex-
aminations, have authority to ad-
minister oaths and take testimony.
and shall have access to all the
books and papers of all consular Of
fcers. And any agent appointed in
this behalf shall be paid for his ser
vices . iust and reasonable aomnaD.