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 296 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SE S. II. Ch. 252, 253. 1880, made by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The sumlof twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to carry out the objects of this provision, the same to be disbursed under such rules and regulations as the Commissioner of Agriculture shall prescribe. _ Fo¤¤¤¤‘.Y· For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner of Agriculture to continue an investigation and report upon the subject of forestry, five thousand dollars. _ _ Accoun ts an d Sec. 2. The Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby directed and forms- required to account and report to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, in the same manner and at the same times, as the heads of executive departments of the government are now reqinred by law to account and report. _ _ _ _ Ropooi prov is- Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conihct with i°¤°· the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, June 16, 1880. June 16, 1880. CHAP. 253.-An act to constitute a Joint Commission for carrying into eifect the -———-———-— Convention between the United States and the French Republic for the settlement of certain claims of tho citizens of either country against the other, signed at Washington on the fifteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty. ‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Convention ]> o- States of America in Congress assembled, That the President shall nomigb'?" Um guxd nate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint a F,?;,,Q§ §0';,ubHc_° Commissioner, on the part of the United States, to hear and decide, con- Joint Cem mis- jointly with the Commissioner to be appointed on the part of the French sion. _ _ Republic and the third Commissioner to be appointed by His Majesty the ,hg°ma’;2SSg‘}“%*£’f) Emperor of Brazil, the claims comprehended in the provisions of the Umgd Sums ,,0 bn convention of January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, between appointed. the United States and the French Republic. ¤ompo¤¤ni¤ion· Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That the compensation of the said commissioner on the part of the United States shall be at such rate, not exceeding eight thousand dollars a year in money of the United States, as may be determined by agreement between the executive departments of this government and of the French Republic. The compensation of said third Commissioner to be determined according to the provisions of said Convention not to exceed eight thou- Payment. sand dollars a year shall be paid as to one-half part thereof by the United States. The compensation of the Swretary to be appointed on the part of the United States under the provisions of the said Convention shall be at such rate, not exceeding three thousand dollars a year in money of the United States, as may be determined in the manner aforesaid. Agent to be ap- Sec. 3. And be tt further enacted That the President be, and hereby is authorized to appoint a suitable person as agent on behalf of the 0,, ,,0]%, of the 0 United States to attend the Commissioners, to present and support Umm; 5mm_ claims on behalf of this government, to answer claims made upon it, and to represent it generally in all matters connected with the investi- , Compensation. gation and decision thereof; the compensation of such agent, not to GX- ceed five thousand dollars a year, shall be determined by agreement between the executive departments of this government and of the Frenoh Republic. The President is hereby authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the Commission, and for the taking of testimony on the part of the United States to be used before the same, Contingent ex- as to him shall appear reasonable and proper. To defray the above 1><>¤¤°¤· mentioned expenses, salaries and compensations and to permit the agent of the United States to collect and produce such needful testimony on the part of this government, there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary under the provisions of this act, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, with the approval of the President