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 srxrr-Nrurrr consumes. rrr our iss. 1927. 1181 For the payment of the cost of tuition of Foreign Service otlicers Tull “°*· “* “*" for the study of the languages of Asia and eastem Europe, Emp" at rate of$350 per annum ea, $2,800; in all, $7,800. ‘ lqtrammas rox srnnnzrr  xr mraxaarns °°"°°°‘ For. rent of quarters for Foreign Service officers assigned for .Q"]§T“l'L’p°E°.5 ”L“.i’·r°$'. language study in Japan and Turkey,»$1,800. *°’· conrrxesnr nminrzsns, ronnrox nnssrons To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such ,,,,‘§§’,",,§,‘,‘{‘°°‘°"’°°’°’· stationerz, blanks, records,iand other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as e shall think necessary for the several embassies an lega- tions in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, repairs, B¤¤d*¤¢=·'¤`¤¤¤¤¢· including) alterations and structural; changes in the Government- owned uildings in Tangier, Morocco, postage, telegrams advertising, ice, and `drinking water for otlicepurposes, ghrrefof motor-propelled or horse-drawn..pasaenger·car*1·y1ng vehicles,. and purchase maintenance, operation, and hireof other passenger-carrye 1ng vehicles, uniforms, furniture, household furniture and furnishings not to exceed $25,000,- typewriters and exchange of same, messenger service, operation and maintenance of laimch for embassy at Constan-!;j¤¤<=¤. ¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¤- tincple not exceeding s2,soo,;e¤mpe¤ssu¤¤ of lravasses, guards, drago- °° ‘ mans, porters, interpreters, and * translators, compensationof agents napma wsa. andemgloyeesof and rent and other expenses for disgstch agencies at Lon on, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and ew Orleans, traveling expenses of Diplomatic and Foreign Service oflicers, including attendance at. trade and other conferences or congresses Amndantcg ac mcs under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by section 14 mi1°gi°$Zi>.i¤. of the Act-approvedsMay 24, 1924, miscellaneous expenses of embas- siesiand legations, and for loss on bills of exchange to and from L°"*" °’°°*“”*°· embassies and le tions, including such loss on-bills of exchange to otlicers of the  States Court for China, and dpkvmant in advance of subscriptions for newspapers (foreign an s omestic), rent, telephone, an other similar services imder this apjproppliation is hereby authorized, $7 84,500: Prmnded, That no part of t ` sum §§,°f,':;',;,,,,,,,,, ck, appro iated for contingent expenses, foreign missions, shall be  gjn¤{_:!§¤d§i•:_$£¤¤ expenggd for salaries or wages of persons (except interipreters, ` translators, and ~ m not-,   citizens per orming clerical services, whether o ially, d ` ated as clerks or.not, in . any foreign mission: Provided further, Ebert the,Secretary of·State   ,.,_ is hereby authorized toreimburse Lao Lang Hui, interpreter of the '°‘_{:§j  legation in Bangkok,Siam, from the appropriationfor contingent ' expenses foreign missions, 1927 ,,for rent of lrvingquarters occupied during  fiscal year 1927, not exceeding $550. ( c i cuomwn um or mmassr ar ·roxyo,,.ura¤ For annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, for the ““"“"’ ”“*·"°'“· year ending March 15, 1928, $250. DIPIDMAZHO nm ooiwsonan nsranusrruarrrs, roxro, umn T°"’°·""‘“· For the acquisition in Tokyo, Ja an, of additional land 8dj0lDl11g-A ` ,,,*§°§"”'“°“ °' ’“°‘ the site of the former American  and such other land as }g;§m¥¤¤§¤'¤i¥·g¤d¤i¥* may be- necessary, and the construction thereon of suitable buildings ' for the use of-the dgplomatie and consular establishments of it e United States, theysai buildings to include residences for the -diplo· maticand consular representatives, and the furnishing of the same, F*¤’¤*¤¤¤*¤·