Chapter CXCIV. *making Appropriations far the consular and diplomatic Service of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes.*May 22, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembl
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CHAP. CXCIV.— An Act *making Appropriations far the consular and diplomatic Service of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes.*May 22, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Consular and diplomatic appropriations for year ending June 30, 1873.That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
Envoys and ministers plenipotentiary.For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, seventy thousand dollars. To Spain, Austria, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, China, and Italy, at twelve thousand dollars each, eighty-four thousand dollars. To Chili and Peru, at ten thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars. Ministers resident.For ministers resident at Portugal, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Turkey, Ecuador, Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador, Hawaiian Islands, and the Argentine Republic, at seven One minister resident for Guatemala, Costa Kica, &c., and his residence.thousand five hundred dollars each, one hundred and forty-two thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That on and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, there shall be but one minister resident accredited to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua, and that the President be authorized to select the place of residence for See *Post*, p. 471.the minister in any one of those States.
Uruguay and Paraguay.For minister resident at Uruguay, also accredited to Paraguay, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Hayti and Liberia.For salary of minister resident and consul-general at Hayti, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For minister resident and consul-general at Liberia, four thousand dollars. Secretaries of legation, and assistants.For salaries of secretaries of legation at London, Paris, and Berlin, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Private amanuensis for Robert C. Schenck.To enable Robert C. Schenck, minister to Great Britain, to employ a private amanuensis, according to joint resolution approved January eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, two thousand five hundred Vol. xvi. p. 590.dollars. For salaries of secretaries of legation to Austria, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia, and Spain, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. For salaries of assistant secretaries of the legations to France, Great Britain, and Germany, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars.
Interpreters.For salary of the secretary of legation (acting also as interpreter) to China, five thousand dollars. FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 194. 1872.143 For salary of the interpreter of the United States legation and consulateInterpreter at Constantinople to do duty of secretary of legation. general in Turkey, three thousand dollars; and on and after the passage of this act the duties of secretary of legation shall be performed by the interpreter at Constantinople.
For salary of interpreter and secretary of legation to Japan, two thousandSecretary of legation to Japan. live hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars; and the office of secretary of legation to Japan is hereby authorized and established. For compensation of charge d’affaires ad interim, and for compensationCharge d’affaires, &c. of diplomatic officers of the United States abroad, forty thousand dollars : *Provided*, That no compensation or allowance shall be made to any suchNo pay or allowance to any diplomatic officer after his official functions terminate, except, &c. officer after the termination of his official functions other than for such time as shall necessarily be occupied in his direct return to the United States, and the proviso to the clause in the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled “An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies for the service of the government for the fiscal yearsRepeal of part of 1871, ch. 115.
Vol. xvi. p. 517. ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes,” “For salaries of United States ministers abroad,” and so forth, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. For compensation of agents appointed by the President to examine consularAgents to examine consular accounts. accounts, as authorized by the second section of the act approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy, ten thousand dollars; and from and1870, ch. 237. § 2. after the close of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred andVol. xvi. p. 221. seventy-three, said appropriation shall cease, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistentAppropriation to cease after, &c. therewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse proper, and of all theContingent expenses. missions abroad, one hundred thousand dollars. For salaries of consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents,Consuls-general, consuls, &c. and thirteen consular clerks, including loss by exchange, four hundred and sixteen thousand dollars, as follows: i. consulates general.Consulates general. *Schedule B.*— Alexandria, Calcutta, Constantinople, Frankfort-on-the-Main,Schedule B.
Havana, Montreal, Shanghai, Beirut. Tampico, London, Paris. ii. consulates.Consulates. *Schedule B.*— Aix-la-Chapelle, Acapulco, Algiers, Amoy, Amsterdam,Schedule B. Antwerp, Aspinwall, Bangkok, Basle, Belfast, Buenos Ayres, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brindisi, Boulogne, Barcelona, Cadiz, Callao, Canton, Chemnitz, Chin-Kiang, Clifton, Coaticook, Cork, Demerara, Dundee, Elsinore, Fort Erie, Foo-Choo, Funchal, Geneva, Genoa, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Goderich, Halifax, Hamburg, Havre, Honolulu, Hong-Kong, Hankow, Hakodadi, Jerusalem.
Kanagawa, Kingston (Jamaica), Kingston (Canada), La Rochelle, Laguayra, Leeds, Leghorn, Leipsic, Lisbon, Liverpool, Lyons, Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Matanzas, Marseilles, Mauritius, Melbourne, Messina. Munich, Mahe, Nagasaki, Naples, Nassau (West Indies), New Castle, Nice, Nantes, Odessa, Oporto, Osacca, Palermo, Panama, Pernambuco, Pictou, Port Mahon, Port Said, Prescott, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rio de Janeiro, Rotterdam, San Juan del Sur, San Juan (Porto Rico), Saint John’s (Canada East), Santiago de Cuba, Port Sarnia, Rome, Singapore, Smyrna, Southampton, Saint Petersburg, Santa Cruz (West Indies), Saint Thomas, Spezzia, Stuttgardt, Swatow, Saint Helena, Tangier, Toronto, Trieste, Trinidad de Cuba, Tripoli, Tunis, Tunstall, Tien-Tsin, Turk’s Island, Valparaiso, Vera Cruz, Vienna, Valencia, Windsor (Canada West), Zurich, Birmingham, Barmen, and Winnipeg (Selkirk settlement, British North America). 144 iii. consulates.Consulates. *Schedule C.*— Schedule C.Aux Cayes, Bahia, Batavia, Bay of Islands, Cape Haytien, Candia, Cape Town, Carthagena, Ceylon, Cobija, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fayal, Guayaquil, Guaytnas, Maranham, Matamoras, Mexico, Montevideo, Omoa, Payta, Para, Paso del Norte, Piraus, Rio Grande, Saint Catharine, Santiago (Cape Verde), Stettin, Tabasco, Tahiti, Talcahuano, Tumbez, Venice, Windsor (Nova Scotia), Zanzibar.
And there may be appointed a consul at Windsor, Nova Scotia, at an annual salary of one thousand dollars. iv. commercial agencies.Commercial agencies. *Schedule C.*— Schedule C.Axtioot River, Apia, Gaboon, Saint Paul de Loanda, Lauthala, Sabinilla. v. commercial agencies. *Schedule B.*— Schedule B.Madagascar, San Juan del Norte, Saint Domingo. Interpreters.For interpreter to the consulates in China, Japan, and Siam, including loss by exchange, five thousand seven hundred dollars.
Marshals for consular courts.For marshals for the consular courts in Japan, including that of Nagasaki, and in China, Siam, and Turkey, including loss by exchange thereon, seven thousand seven hundred dollars. Stationery, &c.For stationery, book-cases, arms of the United States, seals, presses, and flags, and payment of rent, freight, postage, and miscellaneous expenses, including loss by exchange thereon, sixty thousand dollars : *Provided*, “Public documents” not to be supplied to legations, &c., except, &c.That none of the books published by the government, and usually known by the name of “public documents,” shall hereafter be supplied to the legations and consulates of the United States, except such as shall have been first designated by the Secretary of State by an order, to be recorded in the State Department, as suitable for and required by the legation and consulate to which it shall be supplied.
Consulates in Turkish dominions.For expenses for interpreters, guards, and other matters at the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, Candia, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Beirut, in the Turkish dominions, three thousand dollars. Prisons for American convicts.For rent of prisons for American convicts in Siam and Turkey, and for wages of the keepers of the same, including loss by exchange, four thousand dollars. For rent of prison for American convicts in China, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For wages of keepers, care of offenders, and expenses, ten thousand dollars. For rent of prison for American convicts in Japan, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For wages of keepers, care of offenders, and expenses, five thousand dollars. Bringing home persons charged with crime.For expenses incurred in bringing home from foreign countries persons charged with crime, and expenses incident thereto, including loss by exchange, five thousand dollars. American seamen.For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, eighty thousand dollars.
Rescuing from shipwreck.For expenses which may be incurred in acknowledging the services of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American citizens from shipwreck, five thousand dollars. Neutrality act. 1818. ch. 88.To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the Vol. iii. p. 417.neutrality act, to be expended under the direction of the President, in 1810, ch. 44, § 3.conformity with the third section of the act of May first, eighteen hundred Vol. ii. p. 609.and ten, entitled “An act fixing the compensation of ministers and consuls residing on the coast of Barbary, and for other purposes,” twenty thousand dollars.
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 194, 195. 1872.145 To meet the payment of the ninth annual instalment of the proportionScheldt dues, Vol. xiii. p. 649. contributed by the United States toward the capitalization of the Scheldt dues, sixty-six thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars. The compensation of the chief clerk of the Department of State shallPay of chief clerk of Department of State established. be at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, beginning with the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Approved, May 22, 1872.