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226 THIR'1`Y—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 233. 1866. matic representatives shall be hereafter minister resident and consul general, with no increase of salary. Suppression of For expenses under the act of Congress to carry into effect the treaty °l';,‘:;"‘::'};’·140 between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression v01_ xi;_ 53]; of the African slave-trade, seventeen thousand dollars. llgpmigsation. For expenses under the act to encourage immigration, twenty thousand

  • · ° · 2*** dollars.

V . ii. . . , . . . gznfkishoggg Itor further compensation of the commissioner under the treaty be- <g¤g1¤¤i¤¤gs§f tween the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the iinal settle- &:_ f,‘;:,,’;u,;‘§;a, ment of the claims of the Hudson’s Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural pyesnpqny. 651 Company, three thousand dollars in full for his services and personal ex- 0 - Xlll. p. . p€nS8S_ N¢¤tr¤li¤y¤<=f· For ex enses under the neutralit ac twent thousand dollars. P _ _ Y 7 cogppnglngysline b For expsnspp of éhescommtssipn 1::0 rpn and mark the boundary line

  • 5 * “ · etween the United States an the ritish possessions boundinv on

Washington Territory, thirteen thousand one hundred and ten dollar;. Ga italization For the a ment of the second annual instalment of the ro ortion tsl tu d · P y · · · · P P ° °‘° " “°S· contributed by the United States towards the capitalization of the Scheldt

 dues, to fulfil the stipulations contained in the fourth article of the conven-

V¢>l· Km- 1>· 649- tion between the United States and Belgium of the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the sum of fifty-Eve thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars in coin, and such further sum as may be necessary to carr out the sti ulation of the convention rovidinv for a ment of . Y _P _ e- _ P Y interest on the said sum and on the portion of the principal remaining unpaid. f Ceinctepy For repairs of cemetery fences and sexton’s house, belonging to the

 United States, in the city of Mexico, fifteen hundred dollars, to be expend-

LIexico._ cd under the direction of the President of the United States. 0f*;lj‘l’;;*1*:;*;;'*t_ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is am s,,,,,,,,,,.,, 0,- hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of state, and exam- the Senate, a second assistant secretary of state in the Department of ‘““ °f ?l“‘!“"· State, and also an examiner of claims for the same department, whose $¤l¤¤¤¤- salary shall be three thousand dollars per annum; and the salary of the _ _ second assistant secretary of state shall be thirty-five hundred dollars ArDf<>p¤¤¤¤¤- per annum ; and such sums are hereby appropriated. byF(pp:mt;:llg:!fed ISec. 3. And be it further enacted, That agi fees collected by any con- ' su or commercial agent not mentioned in chedule B or C or b an 1 d - . , _ Y .7 2:,;;% Qggud vice-colpsul or commbrcial agent appointed to perform their ddties, or by w ¤ rwcvuntc any other person in their behalf, shall be accounted for to the Secretary

‘}”{f9§f;;i°'Y of the Treasury in the same mode and manner as is provided for in

1856 eh. 127, section eivhteen of the act approved Auvust eighteen, eiohteeu hundred Vollglslg 58 and fifty-dx, entitled "An act to reguldte the diplomatic and consular $2,;,68,,,, OQ,,,.' sysipm of the United Statps.” And when the feesh so collected by any a ycnr suc consu or oommercxa agent amount to more t an twenty-Eve hun-

‘,g;’,;’Q;)8§
;g_b° dred dollars in any one year, over and above the expenses of office-rent

tary ofTroasury. anduclerk-hire, to be approved by the Secretary of State, of which return sha be made to the Secretary of the Treasury the excess for that year shall be paid to the Secretary of the Treasury,, in the mode provided for by said act. vO$g1:;ie:u;>£¤¤— Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the salary of any envoy exdmry and m,n_ traordmary and minister plempotentiary hereafter appointed shall be the asm pieugpogm. salary of amimster resident and nothing more, except when he is ap-

  • 1MY- pointed to one of the countries where the United States are now represented by an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.

Approved, July 25, 1866.