SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. sm. 11. cu. 204. 1922. 603 CONTINGENT EXPENSES, UNITED STATES CONSULATES. For expenses of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and m»il§)ii1iil°a%i°t°xp°°s°s' other books, seals, presses, flags, signs, rent (so much as may be necessary), repairs to consular buildings owned by the United States, postage, furmtiue, including typewriters and exchange of same, statistics, newspapers, freig t ( oreign and domestic), telegrams, advertismg, messenger service, traveling expenses of consular officers and consu ar assistants, compensation of Chinese writers, loss by exchange, and such other miscellaneous expenses as the President may think necessary for the several consulates and consular agencies in the transaction of their business and ayment in advance of subscriptions for newspapers (foreign and) domestic) under this appropriation is hereby authorized, $1,150,000. nnnmr AND r·no·rnc·r1oN or AMERICAN SEAMEN. For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, °l "m°d°°“ and in the Panama Canal Zone, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and the Virgin Islands, $220,000: Promkled, %‘£K)i1t¤ metam- That no part of this appropriation shall be available for payment ¤h*PP°$S°¤°· for the transportation on steam vessels of any seamen in excess of the amount agreed upon between the consular officer and the master mzemmcm. of the vessel in each individual case; and hereafter the amount so agreed upon not in excess of the lowest passenger rate of such vessel and not m excess of 2 cents per mile, together with such additional compensation for transporting sick or disabled seamen as is now provided by law, shall in each case constitute the lawful rate. EXPENSES, rAssron·r-ooN·raoL Acr. P““’°"°°““°‘· For expenses of regulatinghentry into the United States, in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act approved May 22, 1918, $350,000. V°*· *°» P- 55** sA1.A1uns, DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR orrrcmzs wmnn nncmvmo INSTRUCTIONS AND IN TRANSIT. To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, vice consuls, ,,,I,Q'§§f"°°°° ‘“° "“"‘ and other officers of the United States for the (period actually and necessarily occupied in receiviag instructions an in making transits to and from their posts, and w e awaiting recognition and authority B·B..s•¤·1740.p-303- to act in pursuance with the provisions of section 1740 of the Revised Statutes, $50,000. TRANSPORTATION or D1PmMAr1c AND o0Ns¤LAa ormcmzs. To pay the itemized and verified statements of the actual and °" necessary expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, of diplomatic and consular officers and clerks in embassies, etgations, and consulates and their families and effects in an returning from their posts, or of such officers and cler w en traveling un er orders of the Secretary of State, but not including any expense incurred in connection with leaves of absence, $290,000. mmncsucrns Amsmc IN rim DIPIDMATIC AND ooNsU1.A1z snnvrcn. To enable the President to meet unforeseen emerggncies arisinfg E¤¤¤*¤¤¤¤*¤¤- in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commerci _ and other interests of the United States and to meet the necessary N°"'“"'”°°‘ expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to B_S_ mm, p_,S_ be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the ’ ' Revised Statutes, $400,000.
