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 288 FIFTY-NINTH couennss. sm. 1. cs. sam. 1906. sALA1mus or DIPIDMATIC AND CONSULAR orrrcnns WHILE RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKING TRANSITS. ug¤_;:r¤¤¢i<>¤ Md To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other P"` officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits_to and from R-8-·¤¤¢-17·¤°·v-3**- their posts, and while awaiting recognition and author1ty to act, in pursuance of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year endi June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby appropriat:5. TRANSPORTATION or DIPLOMATIC AND GONSULAR. ormcnus IN come ·r0 AND Rmruanmo mom mmm rostrs. ¤¤¤•=¤s¤- To the cost of the trans rtation of di lomatic and consular M' °` M officergiii going to and returningofrom their pdsts, or when traveling under the orders of the Secretary of State, at the rate of live cents per mile, but not including any expense incurred in connection with leaves of absence, so much as may be necessary out of the respective contingent funds for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby appropriated ' “gi¤-nn¤mn•¤x¤¤. onnaxs AT mnnssrns AND LEQATIONS. For the employment of necessary clerks at the embassies and le - tions, who, whenever hereafter a pointed, shall be citizens of die United States, sixty-five thousand dbllars. mwrpmws. sA1.Aams or mamrnnwms ro mnmssms AND LEeAr1oNs. Chinese secretary, legation to China, and interpreter to legation to Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Assistant Chinese secretary to the legation to China, to be appointed from the corps of student interpreters, two thousand dollars; Japanese secretary and interpreter to embassy to Japan, three thousand dollars; · d Ipterpreter to legation and consulategcneral to Persia, one thousand o ars; Interpreter to consulate-general to Seoul, five hundred dollars: Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, tive hundred dollars; i"S(5mr<;;=¢i¤ww¤w¤ For ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be 'citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Chinese language with a view to supplying inter reters —to the legations and consulates in China, at one thousand doliiars each, ten thoummn Wm_ sand dollars: Provided, That said student interpreters shall be chosen min.in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan: Anrlprovided further, That upon receiving such appointment each student inter- ’F··¤¤ <>f—+rvi<·¤- preter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legations and consulates in China so long as his said services mav be required within a period of ten years: ’f¤1¤¤¤. For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the legation to China at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum each, to be immediately available, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; mSjgg::*”m“'P”*¤¤ For six student interpreters at the embassy to Japan, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Japanese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the legations and consulates in Japan, at one thousand dollars each, six thou-