FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. OIL 63, 35. 1877. 233 SEG 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act at any time Right to amend. is hereby reserved to Congress. Approved, February 20, 1877. _ CHAP. 65.——An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service [*61),26, 13775 of the Government for the year ending J unc thirticth, eighteen hundred and seventy —————————— eight, and for other purposes. Ante, p_ ]7()_ .Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ' States of America. in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, Appropriations, V and the same are hereby appropriated lor the service of the fiscal year _C<>¤s¤l{¤»r =» yl d ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and seventyeight, out of any d*P1°m‘m“°""‘°°· money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: ‘ For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Envoyg; pim- Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, at seventeen thousand ilve poteutiarics. hundred dollars each, seventy thousand dollars. , For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plcnipotentiary to Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and China, at twelve thousand dollars each, eighty-four thousand dollars. For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Chili and Peru, at ten thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars. For ministers resident at Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, Ministers resi- Turlzey, Venezuela, Hawaiian Islands and the Argentine Republic, at dw?— seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifty two thousand live l1un—· ` drcd dollars. x For minister resident accredited to Guatemala, Costa Rico, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua, to reside at the place that the President may select in either of the states named, ten thousand dollars. For minister resident and consul-general to Hayti, seven thousand imnismsresielcnt five hundred dollars. Md ¤¤¤¤¤l¤·s;<>¤· For minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, tour thousand °""1· dollars. For charges de ailaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, Chersés <l’=»f· twenty thousand dollars. . *°*””°S· For salaries of charges d’ail"aires to Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal, and Paraguay and Uruguay, at five thousand dollars each, - twenty-five thousand dollars. For salaries of the secretaries to the legations at London, Paris, S;><>r<>wri¤¤ of16- Berlin, and Saint Petersburg, at two thousand six hundred and twenty €““‘°“· ilvc dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars. For salary of the secretary of legation at Japan, two thousand ilvc hundred dollars. For salaries of the secretaries to the legations at Austria, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, and Spain, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars. For salaries of the second secretaries to the legations at Great Britain, France, and Germany, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars. For the salary of the secretary to the legation (when acting also as interpreter) at China, five thousand dollars. For the salary of tho interpreter to the legation in Turkey, three Interpreters. thousand dollars. For the interpreter to the legation at Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars. _ For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse proper, and of all the C<>¤#i¤s<>¤i= GX- missicns abroad, eighty-tive thousand dollars. P"“““· Sonnnnrn B. For the agent and consul-general at Cairo, four thousand dollars. C<>¤¤¤1¤»¤¢>¤· For the consulsgeneral at London, Paris, Havana, and Rio de J anelro, each six thousand dollars, twenty-tour thousand dollars.
