60 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 127. 1856. sular officer, or any person under any consular officer, be interested, directly or indirectly, in any profit derived from clothing, boarding, or Proviso. otherwise supplying or sending home any such seaman or mariner: Pro. vided, that such prohibition as to profit shall not be construed to relieve or prevent any such officer who shall be the owner or otherwise inter. ested in any ship or vessel of the United States, from transporting in such ship or vessel any such seaman or manner, or from receiving or being interested in such reasonable allowance as may be made for such transportation, under and by virtue of the fourth section of the act ami. 1808, eh. 9. tled “An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice Vol. p. 203- eonsuls, and for the further protection of American seamen," approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and three. mlgggvisiripdag tl •Sec. 21. And be it further enacted,.That no compensation provided by mm who um iis act for any such officer as is mentioned m the first section of this act, not citizens. or for any assistant secretary of legation, or for any such officer as is mentioned in Schedules B and C of the third section of this act, or any appropriation therefor, shall be applicable to the payment of the compensation of any person appointed to or holding any such office after this act shall take effect, who shall not be a citizen of the United States; nor shall any other compensation be allowed in any such case. coiplipppsgywapd h Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, 'Ilhat the President be, and is the ¤,0gMi0uS, ereby, authorized to provide at the public expense all such stationary, consulates, and blanks, record and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs, as he shall ¤g¤¤pl¤¤ *0 be think necessary for the several legations, consulates, and commercial l’r°"d°d‘ agencies in the transaction of their business; and whenever he shall think there is sufficient reason therefor, to allow consuls general, consuls, and commercial agents, who are not allowed to trade, actual expenses of office rent, not to exceed, in any case, ten per centum of the amount of Pr¢Sj<l¤¤* mw the annual compensation allowed to such oflticer, and to prescribe such Egzfggzsazxgs regulations, and make and issue such orders and instructions, not inconofbusincss. sistent with the constitution or any law of the United States, in relation to the duties of all diplomatic and consular omcers, the transaction of their business, the rendering of accounts and return(e)s, the payment of compensation, the safe-keeping of the archives, and public property in the hands of all Such officers, th? cpmmunicationfof information, and the pro~ curement an transmission 0 the products o the arts, sciences, manufac- 1856, ch, 170, tures, agriculture, and commerce, from time to time,as he may think condu- POSL p_ 13,, cive to the public interests ; and it shall be the duty of all such officers to conform to such regulations, orders, and instructions ; and it shall be the Sm£°&mg1Y&i:£ duty of the Secretary of State to publish official notifications, from time commercial ,,,_ to time, of such commercial information communicated to him by such formation. diplomatic and consular officers, as he may deem important to the public interests, in such newspapers, not to exceed three in number, as he may select, and to report to Congress, at least once in each year, a synopsis of so much of the information on all subjects which shall be so communicated to him, as he may deem valuable for public information. P“SP°l`”· Sue. 23. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State shall be authorized to grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by such diplomatic or consular officers of the United States, and under such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States, and no other person shall grant, issue, or verify any such passport; nor shall any passport be granted or issued to, or verified for, any other persons than citizens of the United States; nor shall any charge be made for granting, issuing, or verifying any passport except in a foreign country; and in any case the fee allowed therefor shall not exceed the sum of one dollar, nor shall any such charge be made for more than one such verification in any foreign country ; and if any person acting, or claiming to act, in any office or capacity, under the United States, or any of the
