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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. CH. 57. 1928 . writers and exchange of same, messenger service, operation and maintenan ce of launch f or embassy at Constantinop le not exceedi ng $2, 500, comp ensa tion of kava sses , gu ards , dr agom ans, por ters , in ter- Dispatch agencies . preters, and translator s, compensati on of agents and employees of and rent and other expenses for dispatch agencies at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans, traveling expenses Attendance at meet- of Diplomatic and Foreign Service officers, including attendance at mVol.43, p. 143. trade and other conferences or congresses under orders of the Secre- tary of Stat e as authoriz ed by section 14 of the Act approved May 24, 1924, miscellaneous expenses of embassies and legations, and for loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, includ- Loss b y exchange. ing such loss on bills of exchange to officers of the United States Court for China, a nd payment in advance of s ubscriptions f or newspapers (foreign and domestic), rent, including quarters for Foreign Service officers assigned for the study of the languages of Asia and eastern Europe and cost, not exceeding $350 per annum, of the tuition of such office rs, tel ephone , and o ther si milar service s under this appropr iation Pro vise . No pa yments for are hereby authorized, $912,850 : Provided, That no part of this sum clerical services to per- appropriated for contingent expenses, foreign missions, shall be len s net American citizens . expended for salaries or wages of persons (except interpreters, trans- lators, and messengers) n ot American c itizens perfor ming clerical servic es, whe ther o fficial ly desi gnated as cle rks or not, i n any f oreign mission . Launch, Constanti- nople . Ground rent, Japan . T okyo, Japan . Acquisition of land and buildings in, for diplomatic and consu- lar officers . Furnishings. Vol .43, p. 961. Provisos. Balances available . Vol. 44, p . 1182. Construction
con - tr acts auth orize d . Foreign Service specters' expenses . GROU ND RENT OF EMBASSY AT TOKYO, JAP AN For annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, for the year ending March 15, 1929, $250 . DIPLOMAT IC AND C ONSULAR ESTABLISH MENTS, T OKYO, JAP AN For the acquisition in Tokyo, Japan, of additional land adjoining the site of the former American Embassy and such other land as may be necessary, and the construction thereon of suitable buildings for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States, the said buildings to include residences for the diplo- matic and consular representatives, and the furnishing of the same, as provided in the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of State to enlarge the site and erect buildings thereon for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States in Tokyo, Japan," approved February 21, 1925, $250,000 : Provided, That the unexpended balances of the appropriations for the acquisi- tion of diplomatic and consular establishments, Tokyo, Japan, avail- able for the fis cal year 1 928, are hereby made available for the purposes of this paragraph, all of which shall remain available until expended : Provided further, That within the limit of cost fixed by the Act of February 21, 1925, for the acquisition of land, construction of buildings, and furnishing the same, the Secretary of State is authori zed to enter i nto co ntracts for th e cons tructio n of th e buil dings authorized by the Act . EXP ENSES OF FORE IGN SER VICE I NSPECTO RS in- For the traveling expenses of Foreign Service officers detailed for inspection while traveling and inspecting under instructions from the Secretary of State, $25,000. ALLOWANCE FOR CLERK .HIRE AT UNIIED STATES CONSULATES suCle Clerk hire at con- For allowance for clerk hire at consulates, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, $1,645,000 .
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