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 SEV EN TY- FI RST C ONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 276. 1931 . 1209 or enters u pon the d uties of his offic e, shall give to the Unite d States a bond, in such form as the President shall prescribe, with such suretie s, who shall be pe rmanen t resi dents o f the United State s, as Amount and pur. the Secretary of State shall approve, in a penal sum not less than Poses. th e annu al com pensat ion al lowed to suc h offic er, co nditio ned fo r the true and faithful accounting for, paying over, and delivering up of all fees, moneys, goods, effects, books, records, papers, and other property which shall come to his hands or to the hands of any other person to his use as such officer under any law now or hereafter enacted, and for the true and faithful performance of all other duties now or hereafter lawfully imposed upon him as such officer : Pro- E Provisos. bonds not vided, That the operation of no existing bond shall in any wise be impaired. impaired by the provisions of this Act : Provided further, That such cov All o edr official acts bond shal l cover b y its sti pulations all offi cial acts of such officer, whether commissioned as diplomatic or consular officer or Foreign Deposit in Treasury. Service officer. The bonds herein mentioned shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury. " SEC. 17. That the provisions of section 4 of the Act of Aril 5 Inspectors of dipla p f matic and consular 1906, relative to the powers, duties, and prerogatives of consuls gen- offices. 34, p.100. eral at large are hereby made applicable to the Foreign Service offi- cers detailed for the purpose of inspection, who shall, under the direction of the Secretary of State, inspect in a substantially uniform manner the wo rk of diplom atic a nd con sular o ffices . " SEC. 18. That the provisions of sections 8 and 10 of the Act of Fees, etc. April 5, 1906, relative to official fees and the method of accounting viApplication of pro- therefor shall apply to diplomatic offic ers below the grade of Vol.34, pp. 101, 102. minister and to consular officers. " SEC. 19. That under such regulations as the President may pre- low nee sent atio n al- scribe, and within the limitations of such appropriations as may be made therefor, which appropriations are hereby authorized, ambas- sadors, ministers, diplomatic, consular, and Foreign Service officers may be granted allowances for representation ; and also post allow- Po st allowances in ance s whe rever the cost of l iving may be p ropor tion ately so h igh addition . that in the opinion of the Secretary of State such allowances are necessary to enable such diplomatic, consular, and Foreign Service officers to carry on their work efficiently : Provided, That all such Accounting for. allowances shall be accounted for to the Secretary of State in such manner and under such rules and regulations as the President may prescr ibe an d the author izatio n and approva l of s uch ex pendit ures b y the Secretary of State, as complying with such rules and regulations, shall be binding upon all officers of the Government : Provided fur- Report to congress. th er, That the S ecreta ry of State shall report all su ch exp enditu res annually to the Congress with the Budget estimates of the Depart- ment of State. " SEC. 20. Appropriations are authorized for the salary of a private Ambassadors allowed secretary to each ambassador to be appointed by the ambassador and private secretaries . hold office at his pleasure . " SEC. 21. That any Foreign Service officer may be assigned for Assignments to De- part ment duty for lim- duty in the Department of State without loss of class or salary, such ited periods. assignment to be for a period of not more than three years, unless the public interests demand further service, when such assignment may be extended for a period not to exceed one year. Notwithstanding Travel, etc., expenses allowed, when detailed the pr ovisio ns of sectio n 1742 of th e Revis ed Sta tutes of the Unite d for special dut y else- States, any ambassador or minister or any Foreign Service officer of "or'- see . 1742, p .310, whatever class detailed for duty in connection with trade conferences waived. or international gatherings, congresses, or conferences, or for other special duty not at his post or in the Department of State, except temporarily for purposes of consultation, shall be paid his salary and expenses for travel and subsistence at the rates prescribed by law.

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