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 fl • FIFTY-SECOND ooNem1ss. smss. 1. ou. 197. 1892. 227 TRANSPOBTING- BEMZAINS or Dr1>LomArrc omvrcrms, coNsULs, AND CONSULAR cLERKs T0 umm. uomas Fon INTEBMENT. Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic and R~¤¤¤1¤¤ ¤f minisconsular officers of the United States, including consular clerks, who °°"’°°°"l" °°°' have died or may die abroad, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the prdinary and necessary expenses of such interment, ten thousand dol ars. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU or wmmrrs AND MEASURES. Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of 1¤¤¤fr¤g¤;¢i¤¤¤1 IME Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen ii°.QL$°,.,,, °‘gh°° “° hundred and ninety-three, in conformity with the terms of the conven- votzc, p. m. tion of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said bureau, on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. INTERNATIONAL UNION or AMQERICAN BEPUBLICS. Commercial Bureau of the American Republics, for the prompt col- _ B¤{,¤¤¤m¤¤ Am¤r· lection and distribution of commercial infomation, as recommended by '°“” °P" °°' the International American Conference, thirty thousand dollars. The _ sums contributed by the other American Republics for this purpose, when collected, shall be covered into the Treasury. CONTINENTAL RAILWAY suuvmr. u$v¤g;f¤¤¤¤ ¤¤·•·v For payment of the share of the United States of the expense of a 1’¤·ii¤¤i¤¤ry¤¤¤¤y- preliminary survey for a continental railway recommended by the Internat-ional American Conference, sixty-five thousand dollars: Provided, 1=mam. That this sum shall be in full of the share of the United States for the Tobein mn. expense of said preliminary survey: and providcdfurther, That it shall [m015cm_ pwhibited 11ot be lawful for any officer of the United States or persons connected ;,,,;'{I;iE§’,;,'iE§”,T,24{'{g "' with the international commission of engineers as a representative ot'the United States to participate in any action as to proposals to build the whole line of the intercontinental railroad or any part thereof: Provided further, That to avoid any misunderstanding on the part of the Central and South American Nations it is hereby declared that no officer of the government of the United States shall commit or attempt to U¤i¤g>d S¤¤v¤¤¤¤¢f<> commit it to the approval of the surveys, the terms of proposal, the ”pp""°°“"°" "°‘ protection of the concessionaires, the inspection of the work, the legislation affecting it, the neutrality of the road, the free passage of the merchandise in transit thereon, or to aid in the construction thereof in any form, either alone or in connection with other nations interested, and that the President of the United States cause notice of this declaration N°*i<=¤· to be communicated to these several nations. PUBLICATION or INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF nxrours AND 1M- Pours. For completion of the compilation and publication, under the direction C¤%;l,·g¤¤ of ¤¢>¤¤· of the Secretary of State, of a uniform nomenclature of articles of mer- mm "°°` chandise, exported and imported, in the English, Spanish, and Portu- Lmese languages, as provided by the International American Confe1·- ence, ten thousand dollars; and the Public Printer is hereby directed to issue an edition of one thousand copies for the use of the customs and consular- service of the United States and five hundred for the governments of the several American Republics, and he is hereby authorized to furnish copies to the public, on application, at a price not to exceed the cost of publication with ten per centum added.