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 THIRTY-FOUR/1`H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch.127. 1856. 59 any passport, certify any invoice, or perform any other official service in the entry of the receipt of the fees therefor, and also number each consular act so receipted for with the number of such receipt, and as shown by such register. And it shall be the duty of all owners, agents, con- cctpyomcsagts signees, masters and commanders of ships and vessels to whom any {sw of? go 0*1] 0* receipt for fees shall be given by any consular officer, to furnish a copy t;°;$, ,.gt$,,°§{ thereof to the collector of the district in which such ships and vessels vesse1s,tobet‘or— shall first arrive on their return to the United States. And it shall be ;”;g‘;dT;‘;£f1Q’ the duty of every collector to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury · ` all such copies of receipts as shall have been so furnished to him, and also a statement of all certified invoices which shall come to his office, giving the dates of the certificate, and the names of the persons for whom, and of the consular officers by whom the same were certified ; and every consular officer, in rendering his account or report of fees received, shall 0***0 *0 a0' furnish a full transcript of the register which he is hereby required to °°um“s' keep, under oath or affirmation that the same is true and correct, and that the same contains a full and accurate statement of all fees received by him, or for his use, for his official services as such consular officer, to the best of his knowledge, during the period for which the same shall purport to be rendered, and that such oath or affirmation may be taken befbre any person having authority to administer oaths and affirrnations at the port or place where such consular officer is located. And if any Penalty for such consular officer shall wilfully and corruptly commit perjury, in any P0Rl¤¥’5’· such oath or affirmation, within the intent and meaning of any act of Congress now or hereafter made, he may be charged, proceeded against, tried, and convicted, and dealt with in the same manner, in all respects, as if such offence had been committed in the United States, before any officer duly authorized therein to administer or take such oath or affirmation, and shall be subject to the same punishment and disability therefor as are or shall be prescribed by any such act for such offence. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That no such officer as is men- Absence from tioned in the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, or seventh sections of this fhg8d?;; act shall, nor shall any consular agent, be absent from his post, or the pious from pay performance of his duties, for a longer period than ten days at any one €lM¤*`¤¤‘- time, without the permission previously obtained of the President. And no compensation shall be allowed for the time of any such absence in any case, except cases of sickness; nor shall any diplomatic or consular officer No djpiomaue correspond in regard to the public affairs of any foreign government with 0* °°“S“10·' 0** . Y _. . . certocorrespoml any private person, newspaper, or other periodical, or otherwise than Withprivam pep with the proper officers of the United States, nor recommend any person, sons on public at home or abroad, for any employment of trust or profit under the gov- ;1&;§Srtg"gi°‘;';‘,; ernment of the country in which he is located; nor ask or accept, for for of accept himself or any other person, any present, emolument pecuniary, pecuniary office abroad. favor, office, or title of any kind, from any such government. S1:0. 20. And be it further enacted, That the compensation provided Pay to he in by this act shall be in full for all the services and personal expenses which ;';;S*`°r all $0* shall be rendered or incurred by the officers or persons respectively for ' whom such compensation is provided, of whatever nature or kind such services or personal expenses may be, or by whatever treaty, law, or instructions such services or personal expenses so rendered or incurred are or shall be required; and no allowance, other than such as is provided by this act, shall be made in any case for the outfit or return home of any such officer or person ; and no consular officer shall, nor shall any Commissions person under any consular officer, make any charge or receive, directly or  ‘§:§;’1§éS‘;dl’; indirectly, any compensation, by way of commission or otherwise, for boirding or Sup. receiving or disbursing the wages or extra wages to which any seaman or plying sailors, mariner shall be entitled who shall be discharged in any foreign country, t°’l“dd‘°’"‘ or for any money advanced to any such seaman or mariner who shall seek relief from any consulate or commercial agency ; nor shall any con-