Biographic Register

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937

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Page 366 - In computing length of service for the purposes of this Act all periods of separation from the service, and so much of any leaves of absence as may exceed six months in the aggregate in any calendar year, shall be excluded, except such leaves of absence granted employees while receiving benefits under the United States Employees...
Page 364 - Act takes effect to cause such deductions to be made and the sums transferred on the books of the Treasury Department to the credit of the Foreign Service retirement and disability fund...
Page 364 - The Secretary of State shall submit annually a comparative report showing all receipts and disbursements on account of refunds, allowances, and annuities, together with the total number of persons receiving annuities and the amounts paid them...
Page 24 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CONSTITUTION AND A FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Page 2 - President, who shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, and a chief clerk, who shall perform the duties of chief clerk and such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor or by the commissioner.
Page 354 - Diplomatic agents shall take precedence in their respective classes according to the date of the official notification of their arrival.
Page 99 - For taking into possession the personal estate of any citizen who shall die within the limits of a consulate, inventorying, selling, and finally settling and preparing or transmitting, according to law, the balance due thereon, five per cent, on the gross amount of such estate.
Page 102 - February 5, 1915," is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 1685. That for such time as any Foreign Service officer shall be lawfully authorized to act as charge d'affaires ad interim or to assume charge of a consulate general or consulate during the absence of the principal officer at the post to which he shall...
Page 102 - Service for services rendered in connection with the duties of his office or as a consular officer...
Page 354 - Diplomatic agents are divided into three classes: That of ambassadors, legates, or nuncios; that of envoys, ministers, or other persons accredited to sovereigns; that of charges d'affaires accredited to ministers for foreign affairs.

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