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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 125. 1869. 321 For interpreters to the consulates in China, Japan, and Siam, includ- I¤*¤¤'P¤‘¤*¤Y¤· ing loss by exchange thereon, five thousand eight hundred dollars. For expenses incurred, under instructions from the Secretary of State, P¢*S¤¤¤_ in bringing home from foreign countries persons charged with crime, and giliziged mth expenses incident thereto, ten thousand dollars. ‘ ` For salaries of the marshals for the consular courts in Japan, includ- Marshals foring that at Nagasaki, and in China, Siam, and Turkey, including loss by °°¤S“l¤Y ¤<>¤¤`¤· exchange thereon, nine thousand dollars. For rent of prisons for American convicts in Japan, China, Siam, P'i§<>¤S f<>¤‘ and Turkey, and for wages of the keepers of the same, nine thousand fzgiglcun °°"` dollars. For the restoration of the Protestant American cemetery at Acapulco, Cemetery M in Mexico, one thousand dollars. A""p“l°°· For salaries of ministers resident and consuls-general to Hayti and Hayti wd Li— Liberia, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. b°"“‘ For expenses under the act of Congress to carry into effect the treaty S“PP"°·S*l°¤ between the United States and her Britaunic Majesty for the suppression °f]§g}LVilE"`{;°6 0f the African slave-trade, twelve thousand five hundred dollars: Pro- Vo1.>iii. 531. vided, That the salaries of the judges and other officers shall be paid to _ S=¤l=u·ics of them only upon the condition that they reside at the places where the J;?§‘z;jY°é;° b° courts are to be held, as provided by law, and only for so much of the irendniog, sw. time as they reside at such places: And provided further, That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to apply to the government of Rvvquesf fc be Great Britain to put an end to that part: of the treaty of April seventh, ;E?;{°E;§"g§“‘ eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which requires of each government l30treaty providing keep up mixed courts, and upon the consent of the government of g‘;*`mlX°‘l°°¤¤`*$r Great Britain being obtained, then the salaries of all the officers of the V3i_ ,m_p_ 12% United States connected with said courts shall cease. I For expenses under the neutrality act, ten thousand dollars. §,‘?gt*`2Et5g·8 For the payment of the fifth annual instalment of the proportion con- vcr g}g_ pi 44?;_ tributed by the United States towards the capitalization of the Scheldt $¤l¤9]§!¤ duesdues, to fulfil the stipulations contained in the fourth article of the con- V°l° X"' p' M9' vcntion between the United States and Belgium of the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the sum of fifty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars in coin, and such further sum as may be necessary to carry out the stipulation of the convention providing for payment of interest on the said sum and on the portion of the principal remaining unpaid. Size. 2. And be it further enacted, That no diplomatic or consular oiii- YPiPl<>f¥1¤ti¢, cer shall receive salary for the time during which he may be absent Horn ff,°;gg;(r;;;° his post (by leave or otherwise) beyond the term of sixty days in any one while absent year: Provided, That the time equal to that usually occupied in going to flaw! Fgé? b°‘ and from the United States in case of the return, on leave, of such dip- y p,.f,v,s0`_ lomatic or consular officer to the United States may be allowed in addition Rgpgg4]0f]_868, to said sixty days; and section three of act of March thirtieth, eighteen ¤h· 38, §3·r hundred and sixty-eight, is hereby repealed. Ame' p' °8` See. 3. And be it further enacted, That the fee provided by law for FW Y0? VW6- the verification of invoices by consular officers shall, when paid, be held f§fQQQQfQ§,‘};Qf°“ to be a full payment for furnishing blank forms of declaration to be signed by the shipper, and for making, signing, and sealing the certificate of the consular officer thereto; and any consular officer who, under pretence I’€¤**l'¤Y ¤¥><>¤ . . . . . _ . consular officers of charging for blank forms, advice, or clerical services in the preparation for mem of such declaration or certificate, shall charge or receive any fee greater charges, &e. in amount than that provided by law for the verification of invoices, or who shall demand or receive for any official services, or who shall allow any clerk or subordinate to receive for any such service any fee or reward other than the fee provided by law for such service, shall be deemed D_ _ . . . . ismissalfrom gmlty of a misdemeanor, and shall be dismissed from office, and on con- Omcc, mm, im_ viction before any court; of the United States having jurisdiction of like prisonmem;. von. xv. PUB. -21