Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-16

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SEC. 2. That there shah he allowed for the
hire OF clerks, when actually expended therefor,
IS follows: To the consul general ~ Havana
and consul NJ Liverpool. each q sum not exceed.
ing the rate OF three thousand dollars for sny
one year ard 90 the oonsuls, general OF I,ondon.
Paris, and Shanghai, each . suu not exceeding
The rate OF two thousand dollars for any one
year 10 the consuls- general ~ Berlin, Vienna,
Frankfort, and Montreal. and 60 the consuls al
Hamburg, Bremen. Leipslc, Lyons. Manchester,
Beirut, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford. Chem
Marreilles, Fayal, Nuremberg, Leith Naples
Stuttgart, and runstsu, each a IN not exceed.
ing nf'een hundred dollars for any one year.
hereby authort zed 70 appoint interpreters 60 the
consulstes ~ shanghai, Tien Ism, FOwchow
:, sna hsnss snd 70 allow them salaries not
and dollars year; and 20 appoint interpreters 20
the consulstes 1t Hsnkow, Annoy, Canton AMI
Hong Kong, and 20 allow them salaries not 90
exceed, In either case, the rate OF seven hun
dred and nfty dcllars q year; aud also 20 allow
sthis discretion, a sum not exceeding the rate OF
nve hundred dollars for any one year 90 auy one
consulate In China OF japan, respectiyeIv. NOT
herein named, for expenses OF Interpretation.
and that section cir or the act entitled sAn act
20 regulate the diplomatic and consular systems
OF the nited States" approved August eigh-
teenth, eighteen hundred aud fifty Elk, Is hereby
repealed.
Sac. I. That the Secretary OF State shall. q
soon ~ practicable, establish and determine the
maximum amount OF time actually necessary
TO make the transit between each diplomatic
and consular poet and the city OF Wellington,
and vice versa, and shall m axe the me public.
lie may Also, from time 20 time. revise hts de-
clsiOn in this respect; but ina each case the de-
cislon IL 90 be In like manner made public.
And the allowance for time actuslIy and neces-
sarily occupied nv each diplomatic and consu-
lar officer who may he entitled TO such allow
ance shall IN no case exceed that FOR the time
thus established and determined, with tue ad-
dition OF the time usually occupied by the short
est and most direct mode OF conveyance from
Washington 20 the place OF residence ia the
United States of such officer.
SIC. = That from and after the first day OF
July next, the annual salary OF consular clerks
who shall have remained continuously in Ger
vice as such for the period OF five years and
lars.
SEC. 6. That any vice. consul who may be tenn
porarily acting ss consul during the absence Of
such consul may receive compensation, nOtwith-
standing that he Is not a citizen Of the United
States.
For loss by exchange on the above, forty-eight
thousand dollars.
For repsying 20 the Government of Brazil,
money erroDeously claimed by aud paid 10 the
United States, tfty-seven Thousand I've hun
dred dollars. or 50 much thereof ~ may be
For interpreters to the consulstes in Chin..
Japan, and siam, including loss by exchange,
i've thousand seven hundred dollars.
For msrshsls for the consular courts In Japan
and China, Siam, and Turkey, including loss
by exchange, seven thousand seven hundred
dollars.
For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse
proper, and of all the missions abroad. such IS
stationery, bookcases, arms of the United
States, seals, presses, ana days, rent, freight,
postage, and other necessary miscellaneous
matters, including loss by exchange, one hun
bred and thirty-0ne Thousand eight hundred
and fifty dollars.
For interpreters, guards, and other expenses
at the consulates NJ COnstantineple, Smyrna,
Gambia, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Beirut, IN the
Turkish DOmlniOns, three thousand dollars.
For payment OF consular officers not citizens
OF the Dited States, ten thousand dollars.
ForEalaries and expenses of the United States
and Spanish Claims Commission, namely: For
Commissioner, I'VE Thousand dollars; for cOun-
sci, i've thousand dollars; for secretary, nine
hundred and twelve dollars aud fifty cents; for
messenger, three hundred dollars; and for rent.
fuel, and Ice, three thousand seven hundred and
eighty-seven dollars and nfty cent?; making, in
all, the sum Of fifteen thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses Of United States
and Mexican Claims Commission: For Com
missioner, four thousand five hundred dollars;
for agent, four thousand dollars; for secretary,
two thousand hye hundred dollars; for umpire,
three thousand dollars; legal assistant 20 agent,
Three thousand dollars; two translatOrs, at one
thousand q se hundred dollars each; two clerks,
at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one
messenger, six hundred dollars; one assistant
messenger, three hundred dollars; and for con-
ungent expenses, five thousand dollars maxi
ing, in all, the sum Of tNenty-eight thousand
seven hundred dollars.
Survey Of boundary between the United
States and British Possessions: For expenses OF
the commission appointed under act approved
March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seven
ty.two, for the purpose of surveying and mark
ing the boundary between the territory OF the
niied States and the possessions OF Great Bril-
tain from the Lake of the Woods 20 the summit
OF the Rocky Mountains, to be available imme-
dlately on the passage OF this act, one hundred
ard fifty thousand dollars.
For rent of prisons for American cOnvicts in
Siam and Turkey, and for wages of keepers OF
the same, including loss by exchange, four
For rent of prison for American convicts i'm
China, one thousand i've hundred dollars.
For wages of keepers, care Of offenders, and
expenses, ten thousand dollars.
For rent of prison for American cOnvicts in
Japan, seven hundred and nifty dollars.
For wages of keepers, care OF offenders, and
expenses, i've thousand dollars.
For bringing home from foreign countries per-
sons charged with crimes and expenses inclders
tai thereto, including loss by exchange, i've
thousand dollars.
For relief and protection Of American seamen
In foreign countries, one hundred thousand dol
lars.
For expenses of acknowledging the services of
masters and crews OF foreign vessels in rescuing
American citizens from shipwreck, i've thou
sand dollars.
To meet the necessary expenses attendant
upon the execution Of the neutrality act, 20 be
expended under the direction OF the President
pursuant 20 the third section of the act of Con-
gress Of May first, eighteen hundred and ten,
entitled Gan act fixing the compensation Of
ministers and consuls residing on the coast of
Barbary, and for other purposes, )" twenty thou
sand dollars.
For annual proportion of the expenses Of Cape
Spartsl light, on the coast OF Morocco, two hum
dTed and eighty-fiye dollars.
For allowance TO widows or heirs OF deceased
diplomatic and consular officers for the time
that would be necessarily occupied in making
the transit from the post Of duty OF the deceased
TO his residence in the United States, i've thou
sand dollars.
For rent OF courthouse and Jail, with grounds
appurtenant, in HeddO, or such other place rs
the United States minister in Japan may desig-
nate, five thousand dollars.
To pay the sums awarded TO British subjects
for such claims are enumerated in article
twelve OF the treaty Of May eighth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, which have been
allowed by the commission appointed under
that article in the manner prescribed by the
following articles TO the seventeenth inclusive,