674 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 235. 1909. _ sanaizrns or DIPLOMATIC Arm oonsumm orrrcnns WHILE rmcrcrvruo INSTBUUPIONS AND Marrmo *r12.ANsrrs. m{::,{';‘;"°" “" To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other ' officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily ‘ occupied in receiinstructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to R-S..s¤¤-1w.p-=¤¤· act, in pursuance of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred `and ten, is hereby appropriated. _ GLEBKS AT mmassms AND LEGATIONS. “Ql¤=¤ ¤*¤¤l>·¤i°¤· For the emplolyment of necessary clerks at the embassies and ' legations, who, w enever hereafter appointed, shall be citizens of the United States, sixty-five thousand dollars. sALA1m:s OF mmnrkmmns T0 mmassms AND LEGATIONS. * I'**°'P'°*°¤· Interpreter to embassy to Turke , three thousand dollars; d secretary, legation to China, three thousand six hundred o ars; - Assistant Chinese secretary to the legation to China, to be appointed from the corps of student interpreters, two thousand dollars; ‘ Japanese secretary and interpreter to embassy to Japan, three thousand six hundred dollars; Assistant Japanese secretary to the embassy to Japan, to be _ appointed from the corps of student interpreters, two thousand 0 ars; hInterp1re;e11i to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate—general to Bangkok, Siam, five hrmdred dollars; ,,§g}{*,j°,’j_f’”'°'P’°'°” For- ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to stud the Chinese language with a view to supplying inte reters to the lega- _ tion ami consulates in China, at one thousand dollllrrs each ten thou- {§§}{;,§’;g,_.,,,,, ,,,,0. sand dollars: Promkled, That said student interpreters shali be chosen ¤<>¤· in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan; And e- T°"“°"°""‘°°· vided further, That upon receiving such appointment each studznt interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legation and consulates in China so long as his said _ services may be required within a period of live years; '*`““*°"· For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at · the legation to China at the rate of one hrmdred and twenty-five ` dollars per annum each, to be immediately available, one thousand Stud t I t rE_ two hundred and fifty dollars; m,m$'.lp...`i up For six student inte reters at the embassy to J a an, who Shel] bg citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Japanese language with a. view to supplying inte reters to the embassy and consulates in Japan, at one thousand) dollars each, {;’g;v#~·, six thousand dollars: Provhied, That said student interpreters shall _ partisan selec· . . , _ tron. be chosen rn such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan: T~>¤¤ <>f¤<>rvi¤¤· Ami py-amkled further, That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the embassy and consulates in Japan so long as his . · said services may be required within a period of five years; ’f““*°¤— For- the-pa ment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the embassy to Jyapan, at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum each, seven hundred and fifty dollars;
