322 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 125. 1869 offences be punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine _ Gcnsuls, &<=· not exceeding two thousand dollars. And hereafter no consul, vice-consul, {)‘;(;‘{f;‘;’;d“°bE);2 or consular agent in the dominion of Canada, shall be allowed tonnage nggg [ces, fees for any services, actual or constructive, rendered any vessel owned and registered in the United States that may touch at a Canadian port; and that in the collection of official fees they shall receive foreign moneys at the rate given in the treasury schedule of the value of foreion coins. c,€'£‘Q;;';'§?»8';; And hereafter, in eases of vessels making regular daily trips ubetwegn uotto be charged any port of the United States and any port in the dominion of Canada, “S$°'*m**k*’*·°4 wholly upon interior waters not navigable to the ocean, no tonne U {_ . _ ge {:g,`;iQQ£$;B{,,h° up cgleargnce gee; shall be charged aglaxnzt such vesselsfby the office;-s United Suites o the United States, except upon the rst cearing o said vessel in and Canada, h l, ts &c_ CEC y88.l’. l· · exhigtminations Sec. 4. And be et further enacted, That the President is authorized, Keb? on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause comm,,. (mw., examinations to be made into the accounts of the consular officers of andthe business the United States, and into all matters connected with the business of °f th"' °m°°‘· their said offices, and to that end he ma a oint such a ent or a ems Y PP S S as may be necessary for that purpose; and any agent, when so appointed shall, for the purpose of making said examinations, have authority td 8 A§*;*;;j]f°£;ir administer oaths and take testimony, and shall have access to all the pgK,,,,._p,3,’&c_ books and papers of all consular officers. And any agent appointed in this behalf shall be paid for his services a Just and reasonable compensation, not exceeding five dollars per day for the time necessarily employed, in addition to his actual necessary expenses, the same to be paid Lhmmax, out of the sum appropriated for expenses of collecting the revenue, but pcncliture for no greater sum than five thousand dollars shall be expended as compen- "g°"“" sation of such agent or agents in any one year. And the President shall Nam¤s,)&c.of communicate to Congress, at the commencement of every December “8°¤P**° °°°m‘ session, the names of the avrents so a ointed, and the amount aid to mumcuted to ° pp P congress, 621021, t0gj3thBt‘ with the reports of such agents. Consular <>fH- BEO. o. And be zt fumtlaer enacted, That any consular officer of the
- g‘;jB¥££‘;lgmn_ United States who shall wilfully neglect to render true and just quarterly
(l6;1lGCO\lllB5,&G. 3.cc0unLS and returns of the business of his Ofllce, and of mottcys received 0* *0 WY ¤V°\' by him for the use of the United States, or who shall neglect to pay over
any balance of such moneys which may be due to the United States, at
be deemed guilty the expiration of any quarter, before the expiration of the next succeed-
- ’§0$?‘b“ZZl°‘ ing quarter, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement of the public moneys,
` and shall, ou conviction thereof, before any court of the United States _mP<;p£hy,finc, having- jurisdiction of like offences, be punished by imprisonment not
- \n‘l‘(m3l';S}‘f{éa_ exceeding one year and by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars,
tion for omce. and shall be forever disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit in the United States.
- Cpnsu1igp¤¤¤r¤l Seo. 6. And be it fiarfher enacted, That no consul-general or consul
g:,cfS‘;'"3ungS°°(; now holding, or who shall hereafter hold, either of said offices, shall be only one otlioo. permitted to hold the office of consul-general or consul at any other con- 'Limittoallow- sulate, or exercise the duties thereof; and hereafter there shall only be
::_°;;£"' allowed to any vice-consulate or consular agency, for expenses thereof;
suing ngqncm, HH t\m011¤t2 sufficient to pay for stationery and postage on official letters. ldxpenses of Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the entire expense of prison m:‘£;;k§°· M and prison keepers at the consulate of Bankok, in Siam, shall hereafter sgugwy Oflcmj- not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars annually; and the salary of ¤*\]l_t=‘;:]·l of wwf- the interpreter shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars annually; P No gnmy to and no salary shall hereafter be allowed the marshal at that consulate; marsh-nl: _ and the annual salary of the consul at Bankok shall he three thousand if l'°l· XW- dollars. to commence July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. p'A1’PROVED, March 3, 1869.
