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 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 144. MA RCH 1, 1933 . 1375 SALARIES OF CLERKS IN THE FOREIGN SERVI CE For salaries of clerks in the Foreign Service, as provided in the Act approved February 23, 1931 (U. S. C., Supp. V, title 22, sec. 23a), including salaries during transit to and from homes in the United States upon the beginning and after termination of service, $2,242,438 . CON TI NGE NT EXPENSES, FO RE IGN SERVICE For stationery ; blanks ; record and other books ; seals ; presses ; Contingente penses, flags ; signs ; repairs, including minor alterations ; repairs, supervi- missions. sio n pre se rva tio n, and maintenance of Government-owned diplo- Government build- + ings abroad. lag matic and consular properties in foreign countries, and properties 95 Vol .974 . p. 403; Vol.. acquired under the Act approved May 7, 1926, as amended (U . S . C., u. S. C., Supp. VI, Supp. V, title 22, sees . 291, 296), and including also custodial P„ 368 . service, water, materials, supplies, tools, seeds, plants, shrubs, and similar objects ; newspapers (foreign and domestic) ; freight ; postage ; telegrams ; advertising ; ice and drinking water for office purposes ; hire of m otor -pro pell ed or ho rse -dra wn p asse nger - carrying vehicle s, and p urchase, mainten ance, ope ration, and hire of other passenger-carrying vehicles ; uniforms ; furniture, house- Furniture, etc. hold furniture and furnishings, except as provided by the Act of 7, 1926, as amended, for Government-owned or rented build- ings when in the judgment of the Secretary of State it would be in the public interest to do so, not to exceed $75,000 ; typewriters and exc ha nge of same ; messenger service ; operation, maintenance, and rental of launch for embassy in Turkey, not exceeding $3,500 ; com- pensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans, porters, interpreters, translators, Chinese writers, and supervisors of construction ; com- pensation of agents and employees of and rent and other expenses for dispatch agencies at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Dispatch agencies. and New Orleans ; traveling expe nses, including attendance at tra de Attenda nce at meet. and other conferences or congresses under orders of the Secretary of State as authorized by the Act approved February 23, 1931 (U . S. C ., Vol 46 C. ;; s~p. VI, Supp . V, title 22, sec . 16) ; loss by exchange ; payment in advance of p-362- telephone and other similar services and rent of dispatch agencies ; expenses of vice consulates and consular agencies for any of the fore- going objects ; cost, not exceeding $350 per annum each, of the tuition of Foreign Service officers assigned for the study of the languages of Asia and eastern Europe ; and such other miscellaneous expenses as the Pr eside nt ma y deem nece ssary ; $1 ,382 ,000 : Pro vid ed, That no Promo. No payment for clerl. part of this app ropriation shall be expended for salaries or wage s of cal services to persons persons not American citizens performing clerical services (except not elcizans . interpreters, tr anslators, and m essengers), whet her officially de sig- nated as clerks or not, in any foreign mission. RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN For relief, protection, and burial of American seamen in foreign ~R~ametc,ofAmeri- countries, in the Panama Canal Zone, and in the Philippine Islands, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the' Hawaiian Islands, in Puerto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands, $5,000. RESCUING SHIPWRECKED AMERICAN SEAMEN For expenses which may be inc ur red in the acknowledgment of Life-saving testimo- the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck or other catastrophe at sea, $1,000. Clerks in the Foreign Service. Vol 46, p. 1207 . IT. S. C., Supp. VI, p.364.