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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 13 STAT. · March 28, 1864 · Chapter XLII

Chapter XLII. *to carry into Effect the Convention with Ecuador for the mutual Adjustment of Claims.* March 28, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Pay of commissioner under convention with Ecuador

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Chap. XLII.— An Act *to carry into Effect the Convention with Ecuador for the mutual Adjustment of Claims.* March 28, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Pay of commissioner under convention with Ecuador. That, for the purpose of carrying into effect the convention with Ecuador for the mutual adjust-38THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 45. 1864.ment of claims, signed at Quito, on the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, the com mission er to be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be allowed a compensation, in full for his services, of three thousand dollars, and ten dollars a day in commutation of travelling expenses for the time actually and necessarily occupied in going from the place of his residence to Guayaquil and returning to his home after the termination of his duties.
Sec. 2. Pay, if minister resident at Ecuador is appointed Commissioner. *And be it further enacted,* That if the President shall elect to appoint the minister resident of the United States in Ecuador to perform the duties of commissioner under the convention aforesaid, said minister shall receive a compensation for his services of fifty per centum of the 1856, ch. 127, § 9.Vol. xi. p. 56.sum hereinbefore mentioned, pursuant to the provisions of the ninth section of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, “to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States.
” Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the President be, and hereby Contingent expenses and those of umpire.is, authorized to make such provision for the contingent expenses of the commission under the said convention, including the moiety of the United States for the compensation of the umpire, and of the secretary who may be chosen by the commissioners, pursuant to the provisions of the convention, as he shall deem just and proper. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That such sums of money as may Appropriation.be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act be, and they are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 28, 1864. Chapter XLV: making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty five. 13 Stat. 38 1864-04-01 Chapter XLV 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. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-27 38 2 public
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*to carry into Effect the Convention with Ecuador for the mutual Adjustment of Claims.* March 28, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Pay of commissioner under convention with Ecuador
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