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 I<`Il·"l`Y—NlN'l`ll CONGRESS. Srzss. I. Cir. 1366. 1906. 101 The provisions of law relating to the official bonds of consuls—general, B°““· and the provisions of sections seventeen hundred and thirty-four, R. S..secs.1734—1736. seventeen hundred and thirtyhve, and seventeen hundred and thirty- pp' 30S' 309 six, Revised Statutes of the United States, shall apply to consuls-general at large. Sec. 5. No person who is not an American citizen shall be appointed mgQ€°rtl{,;n ’§f$,Q(,i“§ hereafter in any consulate-general or consulate to any clerical position year to be American the salary of which is one thousand dollars a year or more. °m"m‘ Sec. 6. Sections sixteen hundred and ninety-nine and seventeen hun- p §b§·;f,$_°j;l},‘f,9,§» "’°°· dred of the Revised Statutes of the United States are hereby amended f to read as follows: "SEo. 1699, No consul—general, consul, or consular agent receiving _B1¤¤i¤eS¤d9rér¤11ibi~ a salary of more than one thousand dollars a year shall, while he holds griiinspiirliihhc bytguiiii his office, be interested in or transact any business as a merchant, md °“°°°”· factor, broker, or other trader, or as a clerk or other agent for any such person to, from, or within the port, place, or limits of his jurisdiction, directly or indirectly, either in his own name or in the name or through the agency of any other person; nor shall he practice as a lawyer for compensation or be interested in the fees or compensation of any lawyer; and he shall in hisofficial bond stipulate as a condition thereof not to violate this prohibition. “SEO. 1700. All consular officers whose respective salaries exceed 0,%*38 ieclude feed one thousand dollars a year shall be subject to the prohibition against C ’° c' transacting business, practicing as a lawyer, or being interested in the fees or compensation of any lawyer contained in the preceding section. And the President may extend the prohibition to any consul—general, consul, or consular agent whose salary does not exceed one thousand dollars a year or who may be compensated by fees, and to any vice or deputy consular officer or consular a ent, and may require such officer Bona. to give a bond not to violate the proT1ibition." Sec. T. That every consular officer of the United States is hereby xomriui acts rerequired, whenever application is made to him therefor, within the q““°°‘ limits of his consulate, to administer to or take from any person any oath, afiirmation, affidavit, or deposition, and to perform any othe1· notarial act which any notary public is required or authorized by law to do within the United States; and for every such notarial act per- Fees. formed he shall charge in each instance the appropriate fee prescribed by the President under section seventeen undred and forty-five. F~· ¤·»¤¢<>-1745»r· 810 Revised Statutes. Sec. 8. That all fees, official or unofficial, received by any officer in P`~=,§¤:i y¤*¤i•§_ MM} the consular service for services rendered in connection with the duties iiilii »i;Jl·rrLii·mi,-f°"` of his office or as a consular officer, including fees for notarial services, and fees for taking depositions, executing commissions or letters roga— tory, settling estates, receiving or paying out moneys, caring for or disposing of property, shall be accounted for and paid into the Treasury of the United States, and the sole and only compensation of such officers shall be by salaries fixed by law; but this s all not apply to I Gogsmur agents ¤l· consular agents, who shall be paid by one half of the fees received in °w° °°S' their offices, up to a maximum sum of one thousand dollars in any one Maximum amount. vear. the other half being accounted for and aid into the Treasury of the United States. And vice—c0r1suls—generalljdeputv consuls—general, Addi¤i¤u¤1¤<>mr>•¢¤¤- _ . . • _ " · S8.C1OHOfV1C€·COHS\1lzlT V1C€·(JOllSl1iS, and deputyconsuls, rn addition to such compensation as cmem. they may be entitled to receive as consuls or clerks. may receive such portion of the salaries of the consuhgeneral or consnls for whom they act as shall be provided by regulation. Sec. 9. That fees for the consular certification of invoices shall be, ggjgieggybtetgg and they herebv are, included with the fees for official services for fusing-m. _ _ y which the President is authorized by section seventeen hundred and R‘S"“°°‘1"’°·*’·3‘°· forty-five of the Revised Statutes to prescribe rates or tariffs; and Rggssgg- sections twenty-eight hundred and fifty-one and seventeen hundred W "W ' and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed.