Chapter XLVIII. *to carry into Effect a Convention between the United States and the Republic of Paraguay.* May 16, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the United States to appoint a commissionerUnited States,
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Chap. XLVIII.— An Act *to carry into Effect a Convention between the United States and the Republic of Paraguay.* May 16, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the United States to appoint a commissionerUnited States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a commissioner, whose duty it shall be, conjointly with a commissioner appointed by the government of Paraguay, to investigate, adjust, and determine the amount of the claims of the “United States and Paraguay Navigation Company” against the government of Paraguay.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United and a secretary.States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a secretary to said commissioner, in behalf of the United States, versed in the English and Spanish languages. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the said commissioner on the Commissioners to make rules, &c.part of the United States, in conjunction with the commissioner on the part of Paraguay, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for conducting the business of their said commission; such rules and regulations not contravening the Constitution of the United States, the provisions of this act, or the provisions of the said convention. 16 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 48, 49, 50. 1860. Pay of commissioner, secretary and interpreter. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the compensation of the respective officers, for whose appointment provision is made by this act, shall be as follows: To the commissioner, in full for his services, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; to the secretary and interpreter, in full for his services, the sum of one thousand dollars; and the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the said commission on the part of the United States as shall to him appear reasonable and proper; and the said compensations and expenses, and likewise all that part of the compensation and expenses of the umpire under said convention, which is required thereby to be defrayed by the United States, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Papers, &c., to be sent to commission, and then returned to State Department. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and required to transmit to the said commission such papers or records, relating to the business before the said commission, as he may deem proper, or as may be called for by the commissioners; and, at the termination of the commission, all the records, documents, and all other papers, which have been before the commissioners, or in possession of its secretary, shall be deposited in the Department of State: *Provided,* That this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the commissioner on the part of Paraguay from depositing in the said Department certified copies or duplicates of papers, filed on behalf of his government, instead of originals.
Money paid under this act to be retained from that received from Paraguay. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That the amount paid out of the treasury, pursuant to the provisions of this act for carrying the said convention into effect, shall be retained by the United States out of the money that may, pursuant to the terms of said convention, be received from Paraguay, and that the same be returned to the treasury of the United States. Approved, May 16, 1860.