422 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS; Sess. II. Ch. 18. 1865. Postage on act entitled “An act to provide for carrying the mails from the United mm mgm b°· States to foreign ports, and for other purposes,” approved March twenty-
- §°3,,_l§;;};_ fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be so amended as to insert in the
proviso in said section, after the word “ newspapers,” the words " periodi. cals, magazines, and exchanges," so that it will read: Provided, That this section shall not be held to extend to the transmission by mail of newspapers, periodicals, magazines, and exchanges, from a known office-of publication, to bona fide subscribers, not exceeding one copy to each subscriber from any one omce. APPROVED, January 20, 1865. Jan. 24, 1865. CHAP. XVIII. —An Act making iéppropriations jbr the Consular and Diplomatic Ex- ····—···‘—" penses of the Government for the ear ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty- SZ27- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _C<>¤¤¤l_¤r and States of America in Uongress assembled, That the following sums be, and gig?;?:,;??' the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for the tiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, namely: — Euvoys, minis- For salaries of envoys extraordinary, ministers, and commissioners of
- °F¤»_¤¤d °°m‘ the United States at Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain,
m1w°°°"' Austria, Brazil, Republic of Mexico, China, Italy, Chili, Peru, Portugal, Switzerland, Rome, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Turkey, New Granada, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Sandwich Islands, Costa Rica, Honduras, Argentine Confederation, Paraguay, Japan, and Salvador, three hundred and eight thousand five hundred dollars. Secretaries of For salaries of secretaries of legation, thirty thousand dollars. gggtgstgnd For salaries of assistant secretaries of legation at London and Paris, ` three thousand dollars. Interpreters. For salary of the interpreter to the legation to China, five thousand dollars. For salary of the secretary of legation to Turkey, acting as interpreter, three thousand dollars. For salary of the interpreter to the legation to Japan, two thousand Eve hundred dollars. Contingent ex- For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, sixty thousand P°“"s‘ dollars. For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, eighty thousand dollars. Barbary Pow- For expenses of intercourse with the Barbary Powers, three thousand °'S- dollars. Consulatesin For expenses of the consulates in the Turkish dominions, namely: ingugesh d°mm‘ terpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulates at Constantinople, °nSmyrna, Candia, Alexandria, and Beirut, two thousand five hundred dollars. American sea- For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, “‘°“· two hundred thousand dollars. Rescuing sea- For expenses which may be incurred in acknowledging the services of m°“· the masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing citizens of the United States from shipwreck, seven thousand dollars. Blank-books, For the purchase of blank-books, stationery, bookcases, arms of the ‘*"“°”°"5’· &°· United States, seals, presses, and Bags, and for the payment of postages and miscellaneous ex enses of the consuls of the United States, includ- _ P mg loss by exchange, fifty-five thousand dollars. Onice rent. For office rent for those consuls-general, consuls, and commercial agents who are not allowed to trade, including loss by exchange thereon, fifty thousand dollars. C¤¤¤¤i¤- - For salaries of consuls—general consuls, commercial agents, and thirteen °"‘l· °°"“‘£¤&°° consular clerks, namely:- ,
