528 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 52. 1918. American Conference August twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, approved by the Senate February third, nineteen hundred and eight, and ratified by the President February dleilghth, nineteen A hundred and eight, for the p ose of preparingl ts of codes of V°1‘37·p‘1w‘ public and private intematroil-13 law; and for the payment of the quota. of the United States of the expenses incident to the preparav01. ss,p. 451. tron of such drafts, including the compensation of experts under article four of the convention, made in the Act making appropriations for the Diplomatic and Consular Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and extended V°'·°°·p"°5°‘ and made available for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and sixteen, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby extended and_ made available for the fiscal year ending June thirtreth, nineteen hundred and nineteen. °°“$‘i‘“' S°""°°· ssrnnrrzs or ma consunan smxvrcn. €Ff,1{{'§§f·,,_ 8,,, For salaries of consuls general, consuls, and vice consuls, as {provided in the Act approved February fifth, nineteen hundred an fifteen, Rmrmou on vim entitled "An Act for the improvement of the foreign service/’ means. $1,208,500. No portion of this sum shall be paid as com ensation ,.,,,,,,,_ to vice consuls who are not American citizens: Prmmf ed, That T·+·¤v¤¤¤vS¤rvi<=¤· if in an case the Secretary of State deems it impracticable immediate? to secure a competent vice consul who is an American citizen lie may appoint or retain as vice consul and compensate from this fund a person not an American citizen until such time as he is able to designate a comlsetent American citizen for such post. C ,,,,,,,,;,1,,,, N- Every consul gpg-pral, cons , and, wherever practicable, every ¤°**°¤¤**¤*§· consular agent s be an American citizen; °°"‘““""“"’°°*°'“‘ For salaries of five consular inspectors, at $5,000 each, $25,000; Total, $1,233,500. _ nxrnzrvsns or consmnn msrncrons. ,,,,£§§§f’"“g* °'°‘· °" For the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses of _ consular inspectors while traveling and inspecf under instructions §,§L§;Z;,,,c,_ from the Secretary of State, $15,000: Premdedllglghat inspectors shall be allowed actua and necessary ex enses for subsistence, itemized, not exceeding an average of $5 per dlay. C°”S“’“ "““‘““°$· sanuzrns or consume Assrsranrs. §'?,,,‘Q.",.°· ,3,,,,g,, 1,,, For forty consular assistants, $75,425: Prmrided, That from and °¤’*==*·¤¤- after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eighteen the salaries of consular assistants shall be at the rate of $1,500 for the first year of continuous service, $1,650 for the second year of continuous service, R_ SU M m,_ ,,_ $1,800 for the third year, and $2,000 for the fourth year of continuous
- ’°{¤_£%¤asaJ0 service and for each Syear thereafter, and section seventeen hundred
ver] elif Q. sm, and four, Revised tatutes, its amendatory Act of June eleven, °“"’“‘*°"· eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and all other Acts inconsistent with tins provision are hereby so amended. · P°St°"°W°°°°s‘ rosr Arnowaxcns ro coxsurnn AND nrrnomvrrc orrrcmzs. es%i$°$2§m1sBr°ri»lifii¤'$ig$ii To enable the President, in his discretion and in accordance with °"f£@§§f“§_“§g?"E“" such regulations as he may prescribe, to make special allowances,
pendencty of existing war and for six months after its termina-
‘tron, y_wag o_ addrtronal compensation to consular and diplomatic oflicers in elhgerent countries and countries contiguous thereto, including China and the officers at Hongkong, Saigon, Tsingtau, Dairen, and Vladivostok in order to adjust their official income to the ascertained cost of living at the posts to which they may be assigned, $700,000.
