New Orleans Republican., 1872-08-28

IGEEERAL NATCRE-NO. -.
An act making appropriation for the con
sular and diplomatic service Of the gov
ernmeut for the year ending June thir
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
three, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be and the same are here,
by appropriated for the service of the fiscal
year ending the thirtieth Of June. eighteen
hundred and seventv-thTee, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap'
pr0priated, for the objects hereinafter eX-
pressed, namely:
For salaries Of envOys eZtraOrdi nary and
ministers plenipOtentiary to Great Britain,
France, Germany and Russia, at seven.
teen thousand five hundred dollars
each, seventy thousand dollars.
To Spain, Austria Brazil, Mexico, Japan,
China, and Italy, at twelve thousand dol
lars each, eighty-tOUr thousand dollars.
To Chill and Peru, at ten thousand dol
lars each, twenty thousand dollars.
For ministers resident at Portugal, Switz-
erland, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Den
mark Sweden and Norway, Turkey, Ecua-
dor, Columbia Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicara
qua, Guatemala Costa Rica, Honduras, and
Salvador, Hawaiian Islands, and the Argen-
tine Republic, at seven thousand five hun
dred dollars each, one hundred and forty
two thousand five hundred dollars; pro
vided, that on and after Junesthirty, eight
cen hundred and seventy three, there shall
be but one minister resident accredited to
Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Saliva
dor, and Nicaragua, and that the President
be authorized to select the place Of resi-
dence for tue minister in any one Of those
States.
For minister resident at Uruguay, also
accredited to Paraguay, eleven thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars.
For salary of minister resident and con-
sui general at Hayti, seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
For minister resident and consul general
at Liberia, four thousand dollars.
For salaries of secretaries OF legation at
London, Paris and Berlin, at two thousand
six hundred and twenty-five dollars, each,
seven thousand eight hundred and seventy
five dollars.
To enable Robert c Scheuck, minister to
Great Britain, to epplOy private amanu-
eusis, according to joint resolution APP
proved January eleventh, eighteen hundred
and seventy-One, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For salaries of secretaries Of Legations to
Austria, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia, and
Spain, at one thousand eight hundred dol
lars.
For salaries of assistant secretaries
the legations to France, Great Britain and
Germany, at two thousand dollars each,
six thousand dollars.
For salary Of the secretary of legation
lacting also as interpreterj to China, tive
thousand dollars.
For salary of the Interpreter of the
United States legation and consulate gen
eral in Turkey, three thousand dollars; and
on and after the passage of this act the
duties Of secretary of legation shall be per
formed by the interpreter at CONSTANT
nOple
For salary of interpreter and secretary
Of legation to Japan, two thousand five
hundred dollars each, five thousand dol
lars and the office of secretary Of legation
to Japan Is hereby authorized and estab-
lished-
For compensation of charge d'afaires ad
interim, and for compensation Of diplomat
ic officers OF the United States abroad,
forty thousand dollars; provided, that no
compensation or allowance shall be made
to any such officer after the termination Of
his official functions other than for such
time as shall necessarily be occupied in his
direct return to the United States, and the
pTOvisO to the clause III the act Of March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy one,
supply deficiencies for the service of the
government for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
and June thirtietb, eighteen hundred and
seventy-Ore, and for other purposes, For
salaries of United States ministers abroad, -
and so forth, be, and the same is hereby.
repealed.
For compensation of agents appointed by
the President to examine consular accounts,
as authorized by the secOud section OF the
act approved July eleventh, eighteen hun
drcd aud seventy, ten thousand dollars;
and from and after the close Of the fiscal
year ending June thirtjeth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-three, said appropriation
shall cease, and all acts or parts Of acts in
consistent there with be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
For contingent expenses of. foreign inter
course proper, and Of all the missions
abroad, one hundred thousand dollars.
For salaries OF cOnsuls general, cOnsuis,
vice-consuls, commercial agents, and thlr-
teen consular clerks, including loss by eX-
change, four hundred and sixteen thousand
dollars, as follows:
I. CONSULATES GENERAL.
Scheinae B.-AIeXandria, Calcutta,
Constantinople, Franktort-On-the-Ma Main,
Havana, Montreal, Shanghai, Beirut,
Tampico, London, Paris.
II. CONSULATES.
Schedule B.-Aix-la- ChapelIe, Acapulco.
Algiers, Annoy, Amsterdam, Antwerp, As
pinwall. Bangkok, BasIe Belfast, Bueno5
Ayres, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brindisi BOu-
lOgne Barcelona, Cadiz, CalaO, Canton,
Chemnitz, Chin -Kiang, Clifton, COaticoOk,
Cork, Demerara, Dundee, EIsinOre, Fort
Erie, Foo-Choo, Funchal, Geneva, Genoa,
Gibraltar, Glasgow, -GOderich, Halifax,
Hamburg, Havre, Honolulu; Hong Kong,
Haukow, Hakodadi, Jerusalem, Kanagawa,
Kingston lJamaica), Kingston (Canadal La
Rochelle, Laguayra, Leeds, LeghOrn, Leip-
sic. Lisbon, Liverpool, Lyons, Malaga,
Malta, Manchester, Matanzas Mar
seiIles, Mauritius, Melbourne, Messina,
Munich, Maize, Nagasaki, Naples, Nassau
West Indiesl, New Castle, Nice,
Palermo, Panama, Pernambuco, Pictou
Port Mahon, Port Said Prescott, Prince
Edward Island, Quebec, Rio de Janeiro,
Rotterdam, San Juan del Sur, San Juan,
Porto RicoD, Saint Johns Canada East,
Santiago de Cuba, Port Sarnia, Rome. Sin
gapOre, Smyrna, southampton, Saint Pc
tersburg, Santa Cruz West Indies), Saint
Thomas, Spezzia, Stuttgardt, SwatOw, Saint
Helena, Tangier, Toronto, Trieste, Trinidad
de Cuba, TripOli, Tunis, TunstalI, Tien-
Tsin, Turks Island. Valparaiso, Vera Cruz,
Vienna, Valencia, Windsor Canada Vest,
Zurich, Birmingham, Barmen, and Winni-
peg tSelkirk settlement, British North
America).
III. CONSCLATES.
Schedule aux Cages. Bahia, Batavia,
Bay of Islands, Cape Haytien, Gambia,
Cape Town, Carthagena, Ceylon, Cobija,
Cyprus. Falkland Islands, FayaI Guaya-
quill Guaymas, Maranham, MatamOras,
Mexico. Monteyideo, Omoa, Payta, Para,
Paso del Norte, Piraus, Rio Grande, Saint
Catharine, SatiagO lCape Yerde), Stettin,