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 SEV ENT Y-FI RST CONGRESS. SEss. II. CII. 184 . 1930 . 177 of interpreters, kavasses, guards, dragomans, translators, Chinese writers, and supervisors of construction, loss by exchange, and such Loss by exchange. other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates and consular agencies in the transaction of th eir bu siness and p ayment in ad vance of sub script ions f or new s- papers (Foreign and domestic), rent, telephone, and other similar services under this appropriation are hereby authorized, $1,737,140. The Secretary of State may lease or rent, for periods not exceeding Ten-year leases for ten years, such buildings and grounds for the use of the Foreign 'Mee authorized. Service as may be necessary ; and he may, in accordance with exist- ing practice without cost to them, and within the limit of any appropriation made by Congress, furnish the officers and employees in the Foreign Service with living quarters, heat, light, and household equ ipmen t in Gov ernm ent- owned or rent ed b uild ings, at plac es where, in his judgment, it would be in the public interest to do SO, R .S ., sec . 1765, p. notwi thstan ding t he pro vision s of s ection 1765 of the Revis ed Sta t- 31 u. s.c.,p.32; snpp. utes (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 70; U. S. C., Supp. III, title 5, sec. 70) ; Iv, p.16. and appropriations for " Contingent expenses, foreign missions," and Appropriations avail- " Contingent expenses, consulates," are hereby made available for ab le. such purposes. IMMIIGRATION OF ALIENS To enable the Department of State to perform the duties devolv- ing upon it under the laws regulating immigration of aliens into the United States, including the same objects specified in the Acts making appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal year 1931, under the heads of salaries and contingent expenses of the Department of State, salaries of Foreign Service officers, allow- ance for clerk hire at United States consulates, transportation of diplomatic and consular officers and clerks, and contingent expenses, United States consulates, $600,000, of which not to exceed S37,640 shall be available for personal services in the District of Columbia. RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN For relief, protection, and burial of American seamen in foreign count ries, in the Panam a Cana l Zone, and in the Phili ppine Island s, and shipwrecked American seamen in the territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Porto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands, $50,000. SALARI ES OF FOR EIGN SER VICE OFFI CERS For salaries of Foreign Service officers as provided in the Act entitled "An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes," approved May 24, 1924 (U . S . C., title 22, sec . 3), $3,298,500. SALAR IES, D IPL OMAT IC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS W HILE REC EIV ING INST RUCT ION S AND IN TRA NSIT To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, vice con- suls, and other officers of the United States for the period actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act in pursuance with the provisions of section 1740 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 22, sec . 121), $23,000. TRAN SPOR TATIO N OF DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS To pay the traveling expenses of Diplomatic, Consular, and For- eign Service officers, and other employees of the Foreign Service, 57894°-31-12 Immigration of aliens. Depar tment ex- penses, under la ws re gulat ing. Vol. 43, p. 133. Services in the Dis- trict. Relief, etc, of Ameri- can seamen. Post, p.261. Foreign Service of fi- ce rs. Salaries. Vol. 43, p. 140. U. S. C.,p. 642. Tnstruction and transit pay. R. S., sec. 1740, p. 309. U. S. C.,p. 650. Trans porta tion etc ., expenses.

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