Chapter LXXII. making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Aug. 1, 1856. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fo

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Chap. LXXII.— An Act *making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.* Aug. 1, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be, andAppropriations. the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, namely:

For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiarySalaries of envoys and ministers plenipotentiary. of the United States at Great Britain, France, Spain, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Switzerland, Rome, Naples, Sardinia, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Turkey, China, Brazil, Peru, Chili, Argentine . Republic, New Granada, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico, two hundred and sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For salaries of the secretaries of legation of the United States at GreatOf secretaries of legation.

Britain, France, Spain, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Switzerland, Rome, Naples, Sardinia, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Peru, Chili, Argentine Republic, New. Granada, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico, forty-four thousand five hundred dollars. 28 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 72. 1856. Others.For salary of the commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, six thousand dollars. For salary of an interpreter to the mission to China, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, five thousand dollars.

For salary of a dragoman to the mission to Turkey, two thousand five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, seventy-five thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, sixty thousand dollars. For expenses of intercourse with the Barbary Powers, six thousand dollars. Seamen.For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign-countries, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Wrecks.For expenses which may be incurred in acknowledging the services of the masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing citizens and vessels of the United States from shipwreck, three thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States.

Miscellaneous.For the purchase of blank books, stationary, arms of the United States, presses, and flags, and for the payment of postages for the consuls of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars. Commissioner under reciprocity treaty.For compensation of the commissioner provided in the first article of the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain, two thousand dollars. Salaries of consuls and commercial agents.For salaries of consuls and commercial agents of the United States at London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dundee, Newcastle, Leeds, Belfast, Hongkong, Calcutta, Halifax, Melbourne, Nassau, Kingston, (Jamaica,) Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Aix La Chapelle, Paris, Havre, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Lyons, La Rochelle, Nantes, Cadiz, Malaga, St.

Jago de Cuba, Matanzas, St. Johns, (P. R.,) Trinidad de Cuba, Ponce, (P. R.,) Havana, Lisbon, Funchal, Antwerp, St. Petersburg, St. Thomas, Elsineur, Trieste, Vienna, Leipsic, Munich, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, including the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, the electorate of Hesse Cassel, the Duchy of Nassau, and the Landgravate of Hesse Homburg, Stuttgardt, Carlsrue, Basle, Zurich, Geneva, Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, Palermo, Messina, Constantinople, Smyrna, Beirut, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Tangiers, Tripoli, Tunis, Canton, Shanghai, Amoy, Fouchow, Ningpo, Honolulu, Port au Prince, City of St.

Domingo, Vera Cruz, Acapulco, St. Juan del Norte, St. Juan del Sur, Panama, Aspinwall, Lagnayra, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco, Buenos Ayres, Callao, Valparaiso, Southampton, Bristol, Leith, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Bombay, Singapore, Gibraltar, Island of Malta, Cape Town, Port Louis, St. John’s, (N. B.,) Pictou, Demarara, Sidney, Falkland Islands, Hobartown, Bermuda, Turk’s Island, Barbadoes, Island of Trinidad, St. Helena, St; Christopher, Antigua, Ceylon, Odessa, Galatza, Martinique, Miquelon, Barcelona, Manilla, Macao, Mozambique, Fayal, St.

Jago, Cape Verde, Hanover, Schwerin, Oldenburg, Santa Cruz, Gottenburg, Venice, Spezzia, Athens, Candia, Cyprus, Zante, Monrovia, Zanzibar, Bay Islands, Cape Haytien, Aux Cayes, Mexico, Paso del Norte, Tampico, Matamoras, Tabasco, Mazatlan, Tehuantepec, Minatitlan, Omoa and Truxillo, San Jose, Carthagena, Sabanillo, Ciudad Bolivar, Puerto Cabello, Maracaibo, Guyaquil, Maranham Island, Rio Grande, Bahia, Para, Montevideo, Talcahuano, Paita, Tombez, Lahaino Hilo, Apia, Tahiti, Lanthala, Batavia, Paramaribo, Pandang, St.

Martin, and Curacoa, two hundred and seventy-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Consuls-general.For the salary of the consul-general at Simoda, in Japan, five thousand dollars. For the salary of the consul-general to the British North American provinces, four thousand dollars. Exchange on consuls’ draft.For estimated loss by exchange on drafts of consuls and commercial agents for salary, forty-two thousand one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents. THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

Sess. I. Ch. 73. 1856. 29 For the prosecution of the work, including pay of commissioner and allWork under reciprocity treaty.*Post*, p. 91. other expenses provided in the first article of the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain, eleven thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars. For expenses of the consulates in the Turkish Dominions, viz: interpreters,Consulates in Turkey. guards and other expenses of the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, Candia, and Alexandria, two thousand dollars.

For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulate at Beirut, five hundred dollars. Approved, August 1, 1856. Chapter LXXIII: for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the United States Sloop-of-war Albany, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 29 1856-08-01 Chapter LXXIII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

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*making Appropriations for the Consular and Diplomatic Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.* Aug. 1, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the fo

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