262 FIFTY -FIF'1‘H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 54, 55. 1898. M¤'¤h 8.1898- CHAP. 54.-An Act Giving the assent of Congress to a change of the compact W enttgrieid iplto between the United States and the State of Arkansas on her adm1ssion 1D 6 111011. Preamble. Whereas the Congress of the UnitfedhSt;t;e? byfag Aict Supplimilft ` ar to an Act for the admission 0 thea e o r ansas in 0 e Udion, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United V¤*·5-P- 5* States within the same, and for other purposes, approved une twenty- third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in the iirst proposition made to the State of Arkansas, and which was subsequently accepted by the general assembly of the State of Arkansas, provided that the proceeds arising from the sale of section numbered sixteen in every township, · or other land equivalent thereto, shall be for the use of the inhabitants of such township for school purposes- and Whereas the general assembly of ,the State of Arkansas have, by their resolution approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nve, asked for a modincation of said compact, so that the said lands, or any funds now on hand derived from the sale or lease of said section numbered sixteen in every township, or other lands equivalent thereto, may be apportioned by the State to gilrnmpn-school purposes . for the promotion of education in said State: ere ore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaticets of the United Arkansug. t_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the assent of Congress Qmxq {’fi’,,,‘,§’,Z} be, and is hereby, given to the change in said compact asked for by the gmged gmrggwi; general assembly, so as to allow the State of Arkansas to apportnon s$:i»¤rl:$¥1fw1¤gs?° the funds derived from the sale of said lands to common-school purposes for the promotion of education in said State in proportion to the number of persons therein between the ages of six and twenty-one years. Approved, March $(1898. » March 9, 1898. CHAP. 55.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service mt for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United m],fg°¤¤¤¤·= Bm? °°¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, ppropr-rations. . . . . and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in tull compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the nscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, out of any money in the Treggury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter express , namely: $¢¤¤=l¤1¤A· SCHEDULE A. ssimes. . SALARIES OF Amnnsslunons AND MINISTERS. =¤¤*>¤¤¤¤<l¤*¤·4 Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each seventy thousand dollars- Aéiibassador extraordinary arid plenipotentiary to Italy, twelve thousan dollarsm]j,E*"§,;,” §§,§§;’;¥; Envoy extiaordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Mexico, sevenpneusporsuextry. teen thousand ive hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China. Japan, Spain, Austria, and Brazil, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars- Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, Bslgrupi, Colombia, Peru, Turkey, Venezuela, and Chile, at ten thonsan dollars each seventy thousand dollars- 0 Epvrlig extragrélinary aiid minister plenipotentiaiy to Nicaragua, os a ica an alvador ten thousand dollars- Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoteutiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars;
