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 sixrvmrrrn CONGRESS. Sess. m. os. 123. 1919. 1327 sALA1ur.s or DIPLOMATIC AND ooNsU1.An orrxcmzs wmnn nncmivme INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKING TRANSITS. To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, vice consuls a·g1ili¤t§$"°° md and other officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily occupied in recei ° v instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act, in pursuance of the provisions of section 1740 of the Revised Statutes, $65,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. cnmaxs AT mnussms AND LEGATIONS. For the em loyment of necessary clerks at the embassies and °'°*'¤ ¤* °¤b¤i•>= legations, who? whenever hereafter appointed, shall be citizens of the °¤d1°g°u°°°` United States, $688,000. ~ sanuzms or  T0 mnassms AND LEGATIONS. Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Persia, $2,000; “"°’¥"°*°”·°°°· $2I610t§rpreter to legation and consulate general to Bangkok, Siam, For ten student interpreters in China, who shall be citizens of the iyéigénwmm United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Chinese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the lpiglation and con- ,,0,,* sulates in China, at $1,500 each, $15,000: Provided, at the method migmpazunn seneof selecting said student interpreters shall be nonpartisan: And rérmarnevm. promldedfurther '1‘hat upon receiving such appointment each student mterpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the egation and consulates in China so long as his services may be required within a {period of five years; _ - _ For the tpayment of the cost 0 tuition of student interpreters m m°'“"‘ China, at e rate of $200 per annum each, $2,000; In For six student interpreters in Japan who shall be citizens of the I"*’°“‘ United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Japanese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the embassy and consulates in Japan, at $1,500 each, $9,000: Pmmkled, That the  mw method of selecting said student interpreters shall be nonpartisan: am. ”°'°“° And provided further, That upon receiving such appointment each T""°"°"'°“ student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the embassy and consulates in Japan so long as his services may be required within a period of five gears; For the payment of the cost of tuition of stu ent mterpreters in '*°*°*°¤· Ja an, at the rate of $200 per annum each, $1,200; _ £`or ten student interpreters in Turke who shall be citizens of the I" T""°"‘ United States, and whose duty it shally be to study the language_of Turkey and any other language that may be necessary to qualify them for service as interpreters to the embasrlsy and consulates m _ Turkey, at $1,500 each, $15,000: Provided, at the method of §Q'§,@§m meg selecting said student interpreters shall be nonpartisan: And (pro- ¤<5;_;m Oi vided further, That upon receiving such appointment each stu ent ` interpreter shall sign an agreement to contmue m the service as interpreter to the embassy and consulates m 'l`urkey so long as his services may be required within a period of five years;_ _ _ For the payment of the cost of tuition of student mterpreters in T“‘“°“· Turkey, at the rate of $20gaper annum each, $2,000; _ No person drawing the ary of interpreter or student interpreter ,,§°““'*°*‘°" °" "·"‘ as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer; Total, $48,200.