"Salaries of Interpreters to Legations. "Chinese secretary, legation to China, and interpreter to legation to Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; "Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; "Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars; "Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Korea, five hundred dollars; "Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; "For ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Chinese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the legations and consulates in China, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That said student interpreters shall be chosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan so far as may be consistent with aptness and fitness for the intended work: And provided further, That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legations and consulates in China so long as his said services may be required within a period of ten years. "Total, twenty thousand five hundred dollars. "But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer." Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 530, 32 Stat. 807-809. The sums thus appropriated are, as in previous acts, "severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year," and these provisions cannot be deemed permanent. The differences between these provisions and those made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, as stated in the notes under this section in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1151, 1152, are as follows: An ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary, at $12,000, is provided for, instead of an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Cuba, at $12,000, is included, a similar appropriation for the preceding year having been made by Act May 16, 1902, c. 792, 32 Stat. 199. The envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, provided for in previous acts, is designated such envoy and minister to the Netherlands and Luxemburg. The envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, provided for in previous acts, is also designated as diplomatic agent in Bulgaria; the provision of such previous acts making the consul general at Constantinople agent at Sofia being omitted. Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Korea and to Siam, at $7,500 each, are provided for, instead of a minister resident and consul-general to each. The appropriation for the minister resident and consul-general to Persia is $7,500, instead of $5,000. A secretary of embassy to Austria-Hungary, at $2,625, is provided for, instead of a secretary of legation, and a second secretary of embassy, at $2,000, is also provided for. A secretary of legation to Cuba, at $2,000, and a second secretary of legation, at $1,500, are included, similar appropriations for the preceding year having been made by Act May 16, 1902, c. 792, 32 Stat. 199. A secretary of legation to Siam and consul-general at Bangkok, at $1,800, is included. A secretary of legation to Belgium, at $1,800, is included. The secretary of legation to the Netherlands, provided for in previous acts, is designated secretary of legation to the Netherlands and Luxemburg. A secretary of legation to Switzerland, at $1,500, is included. The appropriation for a secretary of legation to Korea is accompanied by a provision that he shall be consul-general to Seoul. Sec. 1678. Interpreter of legation to Turkey. An interpreter to the legation to Turkey, at $3,000, is provided for by Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 530, 32 Stat. 809. Sec. 1679. Interpreter of legation to Japan. An interpreter to the legation to Japan, at $2,500, is provided for by Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 530, 32 Stat. 809. Other appropriations and provisions mentioned in the note under this section in Comp. St. 1901, p. 1154, as contained in previous diplomatic and consular appropriation acts, are repeated in said act. A provision for student interpreters at the legation to China, contained in Act March 22, 1902, c. 272, 32 Stat. 78, is also repeated in Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 530, 32 Stat. 809. Sec. 1682. Minister to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua. An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, and another to Guatemala and Honduras, at $10,000 each, are provided for by the diplomatic and consular appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 530, 32 Stat. 807. Sec. 1683. Representatives to Hayti, Liberia, etc. An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Haiti, to be accredited also as chargé d'affaires to Santo Domingo, at $7,500, and a minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, at $4,000, are provided for by the diplomatic and consular appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 530, 32 Stat. 807, 808. Sec. 1687. ACT MARCH 3, 1875, c. 130, § 1. Rent of buildings for legation at Peking. An appropriation of $3,600 for rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Pekin, or such other place in China as shall be designated, is made by the diplomatic and consular appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act March 22, 1902, c. 272, 32 Stat. 78, and Act Feb. 9, 1903, c. 530, 32 Stat. 810. An appropriation of $60,000 for the erection of necessary buildings for legation premises at Pekin was also made by Act March 22, 1902, c. 272, 32 Stat. 78. CHAPTER TWO. Consular Officers." Sec. 1690. Appointment and salaries of consular officers. The diplomatic and consular appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, provide for various consular officers and salaries, differing, in some instances, from those provided for by the similar act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, which are given in the notes under this section and the schedules following it in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1159-1171. The appropriations for consular officers for the year ending June 30, 1904, are as follows: "SCHEDULE B. "Salaries, Consular Service-Consuls-General. "For salaries of consuls-general at the following places, namely: Calcutta, Constantinople, Cape Town (Africa), Habana, Hongkong, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Shanghai, at five thousand dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars; "Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars; "Berlin, Canton, Mexico, Montreal, Ottawa, Panama, and Yokohama, at four thousand dollars each, twenty-eight thousand dollars; "Antwerp, Halifax, Singapore, and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; "Apia and Nukualofa, Barcelona, Coburg, Dresden, Frankfort, Guayaquil, Monterey, Rome, Saint Gall, Saint Petersburg, and Marseilles, at three thousand dollars each, thirty-three thousand dollars; "Auckland (New Zealand), Hamburg, Munich, and Rotterdam, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, ten thousand dollars; "Guatemala City (Guatemala), Maracaibo, Tangier, and Santo Domingo, at two thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars; "Christiania, two thousand dollars; "Total for salaries of consuls-general, one hundred and forty-four thousand five hundred dollars." "Bradford, England. "Chefoo, China. "Cienfuegos, Cuba "Colon, Colombia. "Demerara, Guiana. "Fuchau, China.. "Glasgow, Scotland. "Hankau, China. "Kingston, Jamaica. "Kobe, Japan. "Lyons, France. "Manchester, England. "Montevideo, Uruguay. "Nagasaki, Japan. "Nanking, China. "Niuchwang, China. "Nottingham, England. "Nuremberg, Germany. "Para, Brazil. "Pernambuco, Brazil. "Prague, Austria. "Quebec, Canada. "Santiago de Cuba. "Santos, Brazil. "Valparaiso, Chile. "Vera Cruz, Mexico. "Class IV. "At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. "Aix la Chapelle, Germany. "Amsterdam, Netherlands. "Annaberg, Germany. "Athens, Greece. "Bahia, Brazil. "Barbados, West Indies. "Birmingham, England. "Bombay, India. "Bremen, Germany. "Brussels, Belgium. "Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic. "Chemnitz, Germany. "Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. "Cologne, Germany. "Dundee, Scotland. "Edinburgh, Scotland. "Huddersfield, England. "Jerusalem, Syria. "Lourenço Marquez, Africa. "Mainz, Germany. "Odessa, Russia. "Plauen, Germany. "Reichenberg, Austria. "Saint Thomas, West Indies. "San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. "Sheffield, England. "Smyrna, Turkey. "Southampton, England. "Stuttgart, Germany. "Swansea, Wales. "Sydney, New South Wales. "Tunstall, England. "Victoria, British Columbia. "Vladivostock, Siberia. "Zurich, Switzerland. "Barranquilla, Colombia. "Beirut, Syria. "Belize, Honduras. "Berne, Switzerland. "Cardiff, Wales. "Chatham, Ontario. "Chihuahua, Mexico. "Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico. "Collingwood, Canada. "Copenhagen, Denmark. "Cork, Ireland. "Crefeld, Germany. "Curaçao, West Indies. "Dublin, Ireland. "Dunfermline, Scotland. "Dusseldorf, Germany. "Erzerum, Turkey. "Freiburg, Germany. "Geneva, Switzerland. "Glauchau, Germany. "Hamilton, Bermuda. "Hamilton, Ontario. "Hanover, Germany. "Hull, England. "Kehl, Germany. "La Guayra, Venezuela. "Leeds, England. "Leghorn, Italy. "Liege, Belgium. "Leipsic, Germany. "London, Ontario. "Lucerne, Switzerland. "Magdeburg, Germany. "Malta, Great Britain. "Managua, Nicaragua. "Mannheim, Germany. "Mazatlan, Mexico. "Milan, Italy. "Moscow, Russia. "Naples, Italy. "Nassau, New Providence. "Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. "Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. "Palermo, Italy. "Port Louis, Mauritius. "Port Sarnia, Ontario. "Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. "Rheims, France. "Rosario, Argentine Republic. "Roubaix, France. "Saint Etienne, France. "Saint Helena, Great Britain. |