FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 34. 1896. 3] EXPENSES UNDER THE NEUTRALITY AoT. To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the {¤r¤¤¤¤¤.¤¤¤¢r¤1i¢y neutrality act, to beexpended under the direction of the President, °°;$_S__,,.,,,_m,,,_49_ pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND 0oNSULAR SERVICE. _ To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the ggf¤~¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤r- diplomatic and consular service, and to extend the commercial and gn.§°j3t¤ m,p,4e. other interests of the United States, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. PROTEOTING INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IIN THE sAm0AN ISLANDS. For the execution of the obligations of the United States and the §,¤;¤<;·;i¤lf¤}{;¤7¢¤— protection of the interests and property of the United States in the’’ Samoan Islands, under any existing treaty with the Government of said islands and with the Governments of Germany and Great Britain, six thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President. ALLOWANCE TO Wmows OR HEIRS OF DI1>I.0MATIo OFFICERS WH0 DIE ABROAD. Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and digmjatgcgggg fortynine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to the widows officers dying sums. or heirs at law of diplomatic or consular officers of the United States mf- S·· °°°· "‘”· P· dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, five thousand dollars. TRLNSPORTING REMAINS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS, CONSULS, AND CONSULAQB CLEBKS T0 THEIR HOMES Fon. INTEBMENT. Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic nnuguig Rat m. and consular officers of the United States, including consular clerks, §},f;$,sfj,§°_‘“‘“"’°"· who have died or may die abroad while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, three thousand dollnrs. _ INTERNATIONAL BUREAU or WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of npgyggnsggfx Weights and Mea ures for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen usp. g hundred and ninety-seven, In conformity with the terms of the eonven- ‘·M°·P·7¤*· tion of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said bureau, on its certitlcate of apportionment, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. INTERNATIONAI. BUREAU FOR PUBLICATION or cUST0MS TARIFFS. To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for the I¤¢¤r¤e¤¤¤¤¤1 M-- year ending March thirty-iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, of t°i°Z1iZ`é`,i;:h`iE?°° sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tarids, one thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-six cents; this appropriation to be available on April first, eighteen hundred and nmety-six, pursuant to convention proclaimed December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.
