Chapter XXXIII. making appropriations for carrying into effect the appointment of a Mission at the Congress of Panama
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Chap. XXXIII.— An Act making appropriations for carrying into effect the appointment of a Mission at the Congress of Panama. May 4, 1826. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * Sums appropriated for carrying into effect the appointment of a mission to Panama, viz. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying into effect the appointment of a mission at the Congress of Panama; that is to say:
For the outfits of two envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, eighteen thousand dollars. For the salaries for the same at the rate of nine thousand dollars per year, eighteen thousand dollars: *Provided,* That it shall not be lawful to pay to either of the said envoys more than nine thousand dollars for his salary in any one year, in the capacity of public minister abroad. For the secretary to said mission.For the secretary of the mission at Panama, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of the said mission, two thousand dollars. Approved, May 4, 1826.