The Portland daily press., 1873-04-11
LAWS
OF THE
OF TIE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE FORTY SECOND
CONGRESS.
rcnrnn., N,rr-rr-No. AL

CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 4o.]
AN ACT making appropriations for the consular
and diplomatic service OF the government Tor the
seventy -four, and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentusipes Of the United States Of AnercG in Con-
gress assembled That the following sums be- and the
same are hereby appropriated for the service of the
fiscal year ending the thrtieth of June eighteen
hundred and seyenty-four. out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated for the objects
hereinafter expressed, namely:
For salaries OF ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers
plenpotentiary to Great Britain, France, Germany
and Russia. at seventeen thousand five hundred dol
lars each, seventy thousand dollars.
10 Spain, Austria, Brazil, Mexico Japan China
four thousand dollars.
To Chill and Peru, at ten thousand dollars each,
twenty thousand dollars.
For ministers resident at Portugal, Switzerland
Greecse Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden
and Norway, Turkey, Ecuador, Colombia. Bolivia,
Venezuela, Hawaiian Islands, and the Argentine
Republic at seven Thousand five hundred dollars
each, one hundred and tive thousand dollars.
For minister resident to Guatemala Costa Rica
Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragua to reside at the
place that the President may select any of the
States named, as BY act making approximations for
twenty second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two
ten thousand dollars: Provided, That the pay and
allowances OF said minister resident shall hereafter
be ten thousand dollars per annum, and no more.
For minister resident at Uruguay, also accredited
10 PARAGUAY, Ten Thousand COLLARS. PTOp1Qed That
the pay and allowances OF said minister resident shall
hereafter be ten thousand dollars per annum, and no
more.
For salary Of minister resident and consul-general
at Hayti, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For minister resident and consulgeneral at Libe-
ria, four thousand dollars
For salaries of secretaries of legation at London
Paris, Berlin, and Saint Petersburg, at thousand
sand five hundred dollars
To enable Robert c. Schenck, minister to Great
Britain, to employ private amanuensis, according
nlIrftO
cen hundred and seventy-one, two thousand five hun
bred dollars
For salaries of secretaries of legation to AUSTRIA
Brazil, Italy, Mexico, and Spain, at one thousand
eight hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars.
For salary Of the secretary Of legation to Japan
two thousand five hundred dollars.
For salaries of assistant secretaries of legations to
France, Great Britain, and Germany, at two thou
sand dollars each six thousand dollars and the said
assistant secretaries shall hereafter be called second
secretaries.
For salary of the secretary of legation actng also
as interpreter) to the legation at China, five thou
sand dollars.
For salary of the interpreter of legation in Tur-
Key three thousand dollars and the salary thus ap-
propriated may be paid to an interpreter notwith-
standing that he may not be citizen of the United
States, and on aud after July first, eighteen hundred
anu seventy-three, the consul-general at Constan-
tople shall also be the secretary OF legation in Tur
key: Provided, That he shall receive compensation
only as consul-general.
For charge daIiaires ad interim and Diplomatic
officers OF the United States abroad forty thousand
For salary Of the Interpreter to the legation Mt
Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses OF foreign intercourse
thousand dollars.
For salaries of consul-generas, consuls, vice-con-
suls commercial agents. and thirteen consular clerks
including loss by exchange, four hundred and nine
thousand dollars as follows:
I-CoNsULATEs GENERAL.
Schedule 3: - Alexandria, Calcutta, Constanti-
nople, Frankfort-on- the Main, Havana, Montreal
Shanghai, Beirut, Tampico, London, Paris.
Scasanie B.--Aix-la-Chapelle, Acapulco, Algiers,
Annoy, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Aspinwall, Bangkok,
Basic. Belfast Buenos Ayres, Bordeaux, Bremen
ton Chemnitz, Chin Kiang Clifton, Coaticook Cork,
Demerara,s Dundee. ElsinOre, Fort Eric, Foo Choo
Funchal, Geneva, Genoa, Gibralter GLASGOW, God.
erich, Halifax, Hamburg, Havre, Honolulu, Hong
Kong, Hankow. Hakodadi, Jerusalem, Kanagawa
Kingston, tJamaica,, Kingston, (Canata.) L. Ro-
Liverpool Lyons Malaga Mata Msnehester M
tanxas, Marseles, Mauritius Melbourne, Messina,
Munich Maize, Nagasaki, Naples, Nassau, (yest In
dieso New Castle, Nice, Nantes, Odessa, oporto.
Port Mahon, Port Said. Prescott, Prince Edward
Island, Port Sarnia, Pesth Quebec Rio de Janeiro,
Rome, Rotterdam, San Juan, porto Rico), Saint
Johns Canada East,) Santiago de Cuba, Singapore,
Cruz, OHest Indies) Saint Thomas, Spezzia, Stuff
gardt Swatow, Saint Helena, Tangier Toronto, Tri-
este. Trinidad de Cuba, Tripoli, Tnns, Tunsfall
Vienna, Valencia, Windsor, Canada WestJ zurich,
!B3lrmingba,m Barmen and Winnipeg, lselkirk set
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salary Of the consul at Vienna shall be five thousand
dollars.
II.-CoNsULATEs. s-
Schedule cauS oayss Bahia Batava Bay Of
gena, Ceyon, Co ija Cypous, Falkland Islands Fayal
Guayaqntl, Guaymas, Maranham, Matamoras (Aiexicoj
us Rio Grande. Saint Catharine, Santiago. Cape
Verde), Stettin Santcrem, Tabasco Tahiti TCalcahla
mo- Tumbez, Venice, Windsor, CNova Scotia Zanzibar
For the payment of salaries Of consular ofcers mot
citizens OF the United States, ten thousand dollars
Provided, That the Secretary of State shall each
not citizens Of the United States to whom salaries
have been paid, and also the circumstances under
which they were appointed. and the allowance au-
thorzed by section twenty two of the act of August
eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ffty-sx, entitled
'An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular
systems Of the United States TO be made to Consular
officers in certain cases for Office rent may be in
creased to twenty per centum of the amount of an
nual compensation subject to the same Limitation in
said section contained
To reimburse R. s. Kendall, late consul of the
incurred by the sudden discontinuance of tha, con-
sulate In consequence of the Invasion of France by
Germany, one thousand dollars.
IV.-CoMMERCIAL AGENCIES
Schedule C.-Amoor River AHA Gaboon Saint
Paul de Loanda, Lathala, Sabfnilla.
V.-CoMMERcIAL AGENCIES.
Schedule B.-Madagascar, San Juan del Norte
Santo Domingo. -'o''o
For interpreters to tbs consulates in China Japan
ana slam, including loss by exchange, five thousand
seven hundred dollars.
rH5 tSas s. t,S the consular in Japan
Turkey, including loss by exchange tbereon ev un
thousand seven hundred dollars. 'o's--
For stationery, bookcases, arms of the IJnited
States, seals, presses, and flags and payment ot
rent, freight, postage, and miscellaneous expenses
Including loss by exchange thereon one hundred thou,
usand dollars; and the Secretary of State is hereby
authorized to furnish seals to consular agents ~
the United States the cost of which shall be deray-
ed out Of the sum hereby appropriated,
For expenses for interpreters, guards. and otber
matters at the consuates at Constautinople Smyrna
Gambia, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Beirnt, in the
Turkish dominions, three thousand dollars.
For rent of prisons for American convicts in Siam
and Turkey, and for wages of the keepe of the
same, including loss by exchange, four thousand
Fer rent Of prison for American convicts in China,
one thousand five hundred dollars.
penses, ten thousand dollars. 'n0noefs' anu eA-
For rent Of prison for American eonycts in ,Japan
seven hundred and fifty dollars. " '"p'"'
For wages Of keepers, care of Offenders ona 49,
penses, five thousand dollars. anu eA-
For expenses incurred in bringing home from for
eign countries persons charged with crime, and ex
penses incident thereto, including loss by exchange
five thousand dollars.
For relief and protection Of American seamen in
foreign countries, one hundred thousand dollars.
For expenses which may be incurred in acknowl-
edgng the services of masters and crews of foreign
vessels in rescuing American citizens from ship
wreck, five thousand dollars.
10 meet the necessary expenses attendant upon
the executio OF the neutrality act, to be expended
under the direction Of the President in conformity
WIN the third section Of the act Of May first eight
con n hundred and ten, entitled can act fixing the
tSs ce. OF ministers and consuls residing
thoasand dollars ava o'Ao. P"APo'S9' s"oA''
ment eff The the payment of the last annual install
states towad PROPORTION contributed by the United
yt~su sSthe Capitalization of the Schet dnes
lars, hundred and sighty-f0ur dol
menf Of the United rssR s3tiso due from the
Spartel light, the coast y. the expenses of Cape
and eighty-fiye dollars Vi MOROCCO, two hundred
United States 81 and British CLAIMS
seuger and Waterman, four thonsnts secretary, mcs-
dollars u iour hundred
For contingent expenses namely: Rem. g.,
tionery, books, gas printing, TEMPORARY ineL sta
other miscellaneous expenses of similar chsks and
twelve thousand two hundred and forty ninaracter
United States and SIP nish claims conmiss;ass'
For salaries of commissioner, counsel senr.
and messenger. eleven thousand two hundred anyi
twelve dollars. ana