The Portland daily press., 1871-03-25

UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE FORTY FIRST
CONGRESS.
IGENERAL NATURE-No. 261
AN ACT making appropriations for the consular
Tear expenses OF the government tor the
se'chty-two, and for other purposes
BE It enacted Jy the Senate and House of pon.s-
semsdsees or ne United States Of Amer;ca in I'm
gress assembled. That the following sums he and
the treasury not otherwise appropriated far th t
)ects mere natter expressed the fiscal wear
namely: "'s-' -'"o'
ror salary of ENJOYS extraordinary and minister's
pIenpotentary to Great Britain and France at seven
thousand dollars. Nv
To Russia, Prussia, Spain. Austria, Brazil, Mex
ico Emma and Italy, twelve thousand dollars each,
To Chill. Peru, and Japan, ten thousand dollars
each, thirty thousand dollars.
For ministers resident at Portugal, Switzerland
Greece, Belgium. Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Tur-
Geey, Ecuador, New Granaoa, Bolivia Venezuela,
qua GSlateH%aa, Niearagua Sandwich Islands Costa
five hundred dollars each, one hundred and thirty.
five thousand dollars.
For minister resident at the Argentine Republic
For minister to Uruguay, accI edited also to Para
quay, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars
at Hayti, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For sa,ary Of minister resident and consul general
at Liberia, four thousand dollars.
FOR salaries OF secretaries OF legation as follows:
AT London and Paris, two thousand six hundred
and twenty-five dollars each, five thousand two hun
dred and fifty dollars.
AT Saint Petersburg, Madrid, Berlin, Florence
vienna, Rio de Ianer0, and Nexico, one thousand
egnt n1ndred dollars each, twelve thousand six hun
For salaries OF assistant secretarie, of legation at
London and Paris, two thous and dollars each, four
thousand dollars.
For salary of the secretary of legation, acting az
dollars.
For salary of the secretary of legation to Turkey
aciIns as intei prefer, three thousand dollars.
ror salary OF the interpreter to the legation to
Japan, Two thousand five hundred dollars
,,, ror contingent expenses of foreign intercourse
abroad, one hundred thousand dollars
TO enable Robert c. Schepck, minister to Great
to joint resolution approved January eleven. eiaht
zen Iu hundred and seventy,one, two thousand five
suls. commercial agents, and thirteen consular
cierks lnclu1ng loss by exchange thereon. namely,
tnlee huadred and ninety-one thousand and two
l. CoNSULATEs GENERAL.
SCHEDULE b.
Alexandria, Calcutta, Constantinople, Frankfort
0n-the- naln. Havana. Montreal, Shanghai, Beirut,
Iampico, London, Paris.
ii. CoNsULATEs
SCHEDULE B.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Acapulco, Algiers, Annoy Am
sterdam Antwerp, Aspinwal Bangkok, Basle, Bel
Bouiogne, Barcelona. Cadz, Callao, Cant on Chem
naz Cbia ki4ng, Clifton, Coat,cook, Cork, Demer-
GENEVA (4auOq liar
Haiitax, Hamburg, Havre. Honolulu, nong-K
Hankow, hakoaadi, Jerusalem. Kanagawa. Kings
Laguayra, Leeds, Leghorn, LeiUsic, Lisbon, Liver.
pool, Ls ons, Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Matanzas,
Marseilles. Mauritius, Melbourne, Mess na MUNICH,
New Castle, Nice, Nantes, Odessa, Oporto, Osacca,
Palermo, Panama, Per lambuco, Picuu Port Ma
hon, Port Said, Prescott, Prince Ed Ward Island,
Quebec, Rio de Janero, ROTTERDAM, San Juan del
Sur, San Juan, tPOrto Rico,) saint Johns Canada
East,) Santiago de Cuba. Port Sarnia, Rome, Sing.
Santa Cruz, West Indies, Saint Thomas, Spezzia,
Stuttgardf, Swatow, saint Helena, Tangler, TorOn-
TO- Trieste Trinidad de Cuba, Tr,por. Tuui:, Tun-
Valencia, Windsor, Yeddo, Zurich, BrimmIngbam,
Barmen, and Winnep g, (Selkirk sett emenr, British
North America.)
III. COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
SCHEDULE B.
Madagascar, San Juan del Norte, San Domingo
w. CoNsULATEs.
SCHEDULE G.
Aux Cages, Bahia, Batavia, Bay of Islands, Cape
Hiytien, Gambia, Cape Town, Carthagena, Ceylon,
Cobja, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Faya Quay aquil,
GuaSmas Maranham, Matamoras, Mexico Monte
yideo, Omoa, Payta, Para, Paso de! Norte, Phmus,
Rio GraDde, Saint Catharine, Saint John New
foundland,) Santiag Cape verde) Stettin, Tabas.
co, Tahiti, Tasahuano, Tumbez, Venice, Zalzibar.
v. COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
Amoor River, Apia, Be ize Gaboop Saint Paul de
Loanda. Lanthala Sabna.
For Interpreters to the consulates in China Japan
Siam and Turkey, including oss by exchange there
on, five thousand eight hundred dollars.
Fos salaries OF the marshas tor the consular
courts in Japan, uding that at Nagasaki, and IN
China, Siam, and Turkey including loss by exchange
thereon, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
sts,a sor staSnery book csses arms Of the United
reut, freight, postage. and miscellaneous expenses
including loss by exchange, sixty thousand dollars
For expenses tor interpreters, guards, and other
matters, at the eonsulates at Constantnople Smyr-
nd, Gambia, Alexandria, JeIusa EN-, and Beirut.
in the Turkish dominions. three thousand dollars.
For rent of prisons for American Convicts in jap
an, China, Siam, and Turkey, and wages for the
keepers OF the same, including loss by exchange
,,wenty-one thousand seven handred and fifty dol
a., For expenses under the neutrality act, twenty
thousand dO:Iars.
- For expenses incurred under instructions of the
Secretary OF State of bringing home rom foreion
countries persons charged with crimes and expenses
ihclaeht tnerelo, including loss by exchange, five
For reet and protection of American seamen in
foreign o0untries, one hundred thousand dollars.
For expenses which may be incurred in acknow-
edgug, the services of masters and crews Of foreign
vessels in rescuing American citizens from ship
wreck, fl thousand dollars.
For payment OF the seventh annual instament of
the portion contributed by the United s. ates toward
| the capitalization OF the Scheldt dues, fiji y-fve
thousand five hundred and e,ghty-four dollars and
for such further sum, not exceeding five thousand
dollars, as may be necessary to carry out the stpu-
lations OF the trelty between the United States and
Belgium.
To pay to the government of Great Britain and
Ireland the second and last installment of the am-
ount awarded bv the commissioners under the treaty
OF July one, eighteen hundred aud sixty-1hree in
SATISFACTION OF the claims OF the Hudsop's Bay and
OF the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, three
huhdred and twenty-five thousand dollars in gold
coin: ProUided, That before payne mt shall be made
OF that 20 ton OF the above sum awarded to the
Puget Sound Agricultural Company. all taxes legal
ly assessed upon any Of tine property OF sal com
| pany covered by said award, before the same was
made, and still unpaid, shall be extinguIshed by said
Puget Sound Agricultural Company; or the amount
| OF such taxes shall be Withheld by the Government
OF the United States from the sum hereby appaopri-
ated.
| j. g. BLAINE,
Speaker Of the House of Represen tatiues
| SCHUYLER COLFAX,
| Vice-President Of the United States and President
| Of the Senate.
Approved, February FL, 1871.
| US. GRANT.