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 308 Trrna xvm.—DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS.—Ch. 2, received by him, in the order in which theylare received, specifying each item of service and the amount received therefor, from whom, and the dates when received, and if for an service connected with any vessel, the name thereof, and indicating what items and amounts are embraced in each receipt given by him therefor, and numbering the same according to the number of the receipts respectively, so that the receipts and register shall correspond with each other; and he shall, in such register, specify the name of the person for whom, and the date when he shall grant, issue, or verify an v 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 rcigister. vs,-mcugou of Sec. 1728. Every consular officer, in rendering his account of fees account of fees. received shall furnish a full transcript of the register which he is required 18 A,,g_,1856,c_ to keep, and make oath that, to the best of his knowledge, the same is 127,s.18,v.11,p.58. true, and contains a full and accurate statement of all fees received by him, or for his use, for his official services as such consular officer, during the period for which it purports to be rendered. Such oath may be taken before any person having authoritv to administer oaths at the port or place where the consular officer is located. If any such consular officer willfully and corruptly commits rjury, in any such oath, within the intent and meaning of any act ofpe Congress now or hereafter made, he may be charged, proceeded against, tried, and convicted, and dealt with in the same manner, in all res ects, as if such olfense had been committed in the United States, begdre any officer duly authorized therein to administer or take such oath, and shall be subject to the same punishment and disability therefor as are or shall be prescribed for such offense. Fees of oliieers Sec. 1729. All fees collected b any consu or commercial agent not Mt i¤¤l¤d<>d i¤ mentioned in Schedule B or C, or by any vice-consul or commercial a ent S"h°d“l°“B““dc‘ appointed to perform their duties, or by any other person in their begalf, 25July, 1866,c. s all be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury in the manner 233.¤·3»V;14·P·226· prescribed by the Eve preceding sections. Compensation or Sec. 1730. Consuls-general, consuls, and commercial agents, not emofficers not em- braced in Schedules B and C, shall be entitled, as compensation for their bf°°‘§ ll}, g°h°d‘ services, to such fees as they may collect under the regulations pre- “ °° °‘"scribed by the President governing the subject of fees. 18 Aug., 1856, c. 127, s. 4, v. 11,p. 55. Rates of fees to Sec. 1731. It shall be the duty of all consular officers at all times to be posted up. keep posted up in their omces, respectively, in a conspicuous place, and 18 A,,g_,1856,,,_ subject to the examination of all persons interested therein, a copy of 127,s.16,v.11,p.57. suc rates or tariffs as shall be in orce. Emu, of fw, Srzc. 1732. Whenever the fees collected by or in behalf of any consul above $2,500. or commercial agent, not mentioned in Schedule B or C, amount to more than twenty-tive hundred dollars in any one year, over and above such 233_,_3,v_j4,P_2i_>6_ expenses of office-rent and elerk—h1re as are approved by the Secretary of State, of which return shall be made to the Secretary of the '1`reasury, the excess for that year shall be held subject to the draft or other directions of the Secretary of the Treasury. Excess of fees Sec. 1733. All mone ·s received for fees at any vice-consulates or con- ¤l><>V¤ $l·000· sular agencies of the United States, beyond the sum of one thousand 30 Mu, 1888, c_ dollars m any one year, and all moneys received by any consul or consul- 38, s. 1, v. 15, p. 57. general from consular agencies or vice-consulates in excess of one thousand dollars in the aggregate from all such a encies or vice-consulates, shall be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury, and held subject to his draft or other directions. Embenlcment Sec. 1734. Every consular officer who willfully neglects to render true 3 Mm, 1869, c_ and just quarterly accounts and returns of the business of his office, and 125,s.5,v.15,p.322. of moneys received by him for the use of the United States, or who neglects to pay oyer any balance of such moneys due to the United States at the expiration of any quarter, before the ex iration of the next succeeding quarter, shall e deemed guilty of emlilezzlement of the public moneys. and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year and by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and shall be