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58 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 38, 41. 1868. sulates, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United Ex eases of States and o eater sum than five hundred dollars shall be allowed for _ P 1 n BT _ iii°=m`$?i° “‘° °*"°“““ °f °”" ii °“`° 8 “"1““ °' °.?“.T“.i?'.2ES.ZiZ’wi.’£.Z“3.3EZi’S£§f $503} s year. Provzded, That herea er the compensa o_ hr M °°*’*°*¤ aries do not, under existing law, exceed one thousand five hundred do]- °°"°1°' lars, and the fees collected at the consulates where they are _ located and paid into the treasury of the United States amount to three thousand dollars, shall be two thousand dollars per annum. · Interpreters. For interpreters to the consulates in Ch1na, inc1uding loss by exchange thereon, five thousand eight hundred dollars.f h S ta f St t Persons_ For expenses incurred under instructions romt e ecre ryo a e,

Q’g§“d with in bringing home from foieign countrielsdpprsons charged with crime, and

` expenses incident thereto ten thousan 0 lars. _ _ _ Marshals for For salaries of the maishals for the consular courts m dapan, including °°"°1"°°‘m°‘ that at Nagasaki, and in Chinahibam, and Turkey, including loss by exchange thereon, nine thousand dollars. Sdn-tos of For the salaries of the consuls at Osaca and Yeddo, Japan, whose

"_§:;;:°“““I“ salaries are hereby fixed at three thousand dollars each, six thousand

` dollars. Prisons. For rent of prisons for American convicts in Japan, Qhma, Siam, and Turkey, and for wages of the keepers of the same, nme thousand dollars. Hsyti and Li- For salaries of ministers resident and consuls-general to Hayti and b¤¤'i¤· Liberia, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. Suppression For expenses -under the act of Congress to-carry into etfect the treaty °§;;“°‘;"“f:6 between the United States and her Britanmc Majesty for the suppresv,,;_ mh, sion of the African slave-trade, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. N¤¤¤‘¤l W- For expenses under the neutrality act, twenty thousand dollars. V£§?,*_?'f,%_ For the payment of the fourth annual instalment of the- proportion contributed by the Uhltéd States towards the capitalization of the vg?g‘?§°p‘l‘},°f,;_ Scheldtdues, to fulfil the stipulations contained in the fourth article of the convention between the United States and Belgium of the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the sum of (ifty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars in coin, and such further sum as may be necessary to carry out the stipulation of the convention providing-fozi payment of interest on the said sum and on the portion of the prmcipa remaining unpaid. Omcors our- Sec. 2. And be itjitrtfoer enacted, That any officer of the army or navy my 9* “’“'-V . of the United States who shall, after the assa e of this act, acce t or holdin an * dip- . . P g . P lopnatig MKG, to hold any appointment in the diplomatic or consular service of the governbe considered ns ment, shall be considered as having resigned his said office, and the place §a‘;"‘“g "s's”°d* held by him in the military or naval service shall be deemed and taken to ` be vacant, and shall be filled in the same manner as if the said ofricer had resigned the same. l§plomatic,&c- Sec. 3. Andes it further enaotecd That no diplomatic or consular ° °?" “°°'° officer shall receive salary for the time during which he may be absent YOCBIVO Bltlf|.l'l0S, , , _ , &o. d from his post by leave or otherwise, 1f such absence shall exceed sixty R°P°¤l° - days in any one year. S°fm1gig,.,iQ§3}' Sec. 4. And be itfurtber enacted, That the act entitled “An act to en- Repeul of courage immigration," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty- ¥’£4·Xilt· iwésés four, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. ``Approved, March 80, 1868. M¤\‘¢l1 81. 1969- CHAP. XL]`. ——·An Act to exempt certcpgn M`anufaclurea_fi·0m internal Tux, emdjbr other UTPOSCS. mg:;F;l2m¤¤¤· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mpm ,·,f,;,,¤_ States of America in Congress assembled, That sections ninety-four and ternal tax. mnety-tive of the act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue to sup-