National Republican., 1874-07-04

Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart.
SWITZERLAND.
Geneva.
ITALY.
Genoa, Leghorn, Florence, Palermo, Mes
sina, Naples.
TURKISH COMMONS.
Jerusalem, Port Said.
MEXICO.
VENEZUELA.
Bahia.
SAN DOMINGO.
San Domingo.
CLASS VII.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Ceylon, Gaspe Basin, Windsor, (NoVa SEQ
tia.)
GERMANY.
stettin.
Cape Haytien.
UNITED STATES or COLOMBIA.
Sabanilla.
ECUADOR.
NETHERLANDS.
Batavia.
Maranham, Para, Rio Grande de Sui.
HONDURAS.
Omoa and Truxillo.
TURKISH COMMONS.
Cyprus, Bucharest.
MEXICOs
Guaymas.
MUSCAT.
PORTUGUESE DOMINIONs.
SANTIAGO. CCapc Verde Islands.)
Ngnf A
Tahiti.
FRIENDLY AND NAVIGATOR's ISLANDS
FEJEE ISLANDS.
ITALY.
Venice, Milan.
COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
SCHEDULE C.-GabOon, Saint Paul dc
Loanda, Lauthala.
COMMERCIAL AGENCIES.
SCHEDULE B.-Madagascar, San Juan del
Norte.
Sec. 2. That there shall be allowed for the
hire of clerks, when actually expended there
for, as follows: To the consul general at
Havana and consul at Liverpool, each sum
not exceeding the rate of three thousand dol
lars for any one year, and to the consuls gen
eral of London, Paris and Shanghai, each q
sum not exceeding the rate of twO thousand
dollars for .any one year; to the eonsuls gen.
eral at Berlin, Vienna, Frankfort and Montreal,
and to the consuls at Hamburg, Bremen, Leip-
sic, LYONS, Manchester, Beirut, Belfast, Birm-
ingbam, Bradford, Chemnitz, Sheffield, Some.
berg, Dresden, Havre, Marseilles, Fsyal, M.
remberg ,Leith, Naples, Stuttgart and Tunstall
each a sum not exceeding fifteen huQdred dol;
lars for any one year. -
Sec 5. That the President shall be, and il
hereby, authorized to appoint interpreters to
the consulates at Shanghai, Tien-Tsin, Fow-
chow and Kanagawa, and to allow them sala-
ries not to exceed, in either case, the rate OF
two thousand dollars a year; and to appoint
Interpreters to the consulates at Hankow,
Annoy, Canton and Hong Kong, spd to allow
them salaries not to exceed, in either case, the
rate of seven hundred and fifty dollars a year;
and also to allow, at his discretion, q sum not
exceeding the rate of five hundred dollars for
any one year to any one consulate in China or
Japan, respectively, not herein named, for ex-
penses of Interpretation; and that section six
Of the act entitled "An act to regulate the
diplomatic and consular systems Of the United
States" approved August eighteenth, eighteen
hundred and fifty. six, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of State shall, as
soon as practicable, establish and determine the
maximum amount of time actually necessary y
to make the transit between each diplomatic
and consular post and the city Of Washington, ,
and vice versa, and shall make the same put
lie. He may also, from time to time, revise h s
decision in this respect but in each case the
decision is to be in like manner made public
And the allowance for time actually and neces.
sarily occupied by each diplomatic and consular
officer who may be entitled to such allowance
shall in no case exceed that for the time thus
established and determined, with the addition
of the time usually occupied by the shortest
and most direct mode of conveyance from
Washington to the place Of residence in the
United States of such officer.
Sec. 5. That from and after the first day of
July next the annual salary of consular clerks
who shall have remained continuously in SER
vice as such for the period of five years and up
ward shall be one thousand two hundred dol
lars.
Sec. 6. That any vice consul who may be tenn
pOrarily acting as consul during the absence of
such consul may receive compensation, not
withstanding that he is not citizen of the Uni
ted States.
For loss by exchange on the above, forty
eight thousand dollars.
For repsying to the Government of Brazil,
money enormously claimed by and paid to the
United States, fifty-seven thousand five hun
dred dollars, or so much thereof as may be ne
cessary.
For interpreters to the consulates in China,
Japan and Siam, including loss by exchange,
five thousand seven hundred dollars.
For marshals for the consular courts in Japan
and China, Siam, and TUr6ey, including loss by
exchange, seven Thousand seven hundred dol
lars.
For contingent expenses of foreign inter
course proper, and of all the missions abroad,
such as stationery, bookcases, arms Of the
United States, seals, presses, and flags, rent
freight, postage, and other necessary miscel-
laneous matters, including loss by exchange,
one hundred and thirty-one thousand eight
hundred and fifty dollars.
For interpreters, guards, and other expenses
at the consulates at Constautinople, SMYRNA,
Gambia, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Beirut, in the
Turkish DOminions, three thousand dollars,
For payment of consular officers not citizens
of the United States, ten thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of the United
States and Spanish Claims Commission, name
ly: For Commissioner, five thousand dollars:
for counsel, five thousand dollars: for secrc-
tary, nine hundred and twelve dollars and
fifty cents; for messenger, three hundred dol
lars, and for rent, fuel, and ice, three thousand
seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars and
fifty cents; making, in all, the sum of fifteen
dollars.
For salaries and expenses of United States
and Mexican Claims Commissions: For Com
four thousand five hundred dollars:
for agent, four thousand dollars; for secretary
two thousand five hundred dollars; for UNI
DiTe, three thousand dollars; legal assistant to
agent, three thousand dollars: two translators
1t one thousand five hundred dollars each;
Two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dol
ars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars;
)ne assistant messenger, three hundred dollars;
md for contingent expenses, five thousand dol
ars; making, in all, the sum of twenty-eight
thousand seven hundred dollars
Survey of boundary between the United
States and British possessions: For expenses of
he commission appointed under act approved
March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sew
,ntytwo, for the purpose ofsurVeying and mark
NJ the boundary between the territory of the
JniTed States and the possessions of Great
Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the
Ummit Of the Rocky Mountains, to be availa-
,le Immediately on the passage OF this act, one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For rent of prisons for American convicts in
liam and Turkey, and for wages of keepers of
he same, including loss by exchange, four
thousand dollars.
For rent of prison for American convicts in
Jhina, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For wages of keepers, care Of offenders, and
expenses, ten thousand dollars.
For rent Of prison for American conYicts in
'apan, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of keepers, care of offenders, and
expenses, five thousand dollars.
For bringing home from foreign countries