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Tum: xvm.———D1PLOMATIC AND CON SULAR OFFICERS.——Ch. 2. 303 iuvmsron ISLANDS. Apia, one thousand dollars. Ibid. Uxrmn srsrns or commu. Sabanilla, five hundred dollars. Ibid. Sec. 1691. No consul-general or consul shall be permitted to hold the Consuls, &c.,not office of consul-general or consul at any other consulate, or exercise the *°l‘°ld°m°°°*· di? duties thereof_ ferent consulates. 3 Mar., 1869, c. 125, s. 6, v. 15, p. 322. Sec. 1692. The President is authorized to appoint three interpreters of Interpreters at the Chinese language, who shall be entitled to compensation for their F{““"“° °°”'“‘ services, respectively, at a rate not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars a year, to be etermined by the President, and to assi n such interpreters, 127 ,_6u$Q’u p from time to time, to such consulates in China ant? with such duties as 1i Jzlm, 1674, cl he may think proper. 275, •. 3, v. 18, p.70. Sec. 1693. he salary of the interpreter at the consulate of Bangkok, S¤l¤1‘Y of interin Siam, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars a year; and no H°“"` “B““¥£l& salary shall be allowed the marshal at that consulate. ug SME, Sec. 1694. The President is authorized, whenever in his jud ent the Consul at Trinipublic interest may so require, to discontinue the consulate of til;) United d¤d d8 Cuba tates at Trinidad de Cuba, and to appoint at Cienfuegos, in that island, 3 M,,," 1863 ,,_ a consul with the same salar and emoluments as those now allowed by 79,s.24,v.l2,p.7b4. law to the consul at Trinidadyde Cuba. Sec. 1695. The President is authorized to define the extent of country Extent of couto be embraced within any consulate or commercial agency, and to pro- ¤“l¤*0¤» and _¤1>- vide for the appointment of vice-consuls, vice-commercial a ents, deputy 5;;';f“;,g;:;¤* consuls, and consular a ents, therein, in such manner and under suc —-—; regulations as he shalh deem proper; but no compensation shall be wig Ali? 18¥•°· allowed for the services of an such vice-consul, or vice·commercial agent, M_' s' ’ v' ’ P' beyond nor except out of the allowance made by law for the princi al consular officer in whose place such appointment shall be made. glo vice-consul, vice·commercial a nt, deputy consul, or consular a ent, shall be appointed otherwise thdn under such regulations as havedmeen or may be prescribed by the President. Sec. 1696. The only allowance toan_y vice—consulate or consular a ency Expensesotvicefor expenses shall be an amount sufficient to pay for stationery am? post- ¤<>¤¤¤|¤t¤¤¤pd crmage on official letters. “ 3 Mar., 1869, c. 125, s. 6, v. 15, p. 322. Sec. 1697. Every consul—general, consul, and commercial agent, before Bonds of consube receives his commission or enters upon the duties of his office, shall l;' 9T$” if db° give a bond to the United States, with such sureties, who shall be r· PJ,?;,, wig; S6; manent residents of the United States, as the Secretary of State slnhll i-em·yoitheTreasapprove, in a penal sum not less than one thousand dollars, and in no uf}'- case less than the annual compensation allowed to such officer, and not "1g_§,,T§6`,; more than ten thousand dollars, and in such form as the President shall 127, s. 1§,’v. 1],,p, prescribe, conditioned for the true and faithful accounting for, paying 56- over, and delivering up of all fees, moneys, goods, eifects, books, records, 27g1{“{‘;· lggt °· pers, and other property which shal come to his hands, or to the 3’ y,,,._‘{gy5‘ c_ hands of any other person to his use as such consul-general, consul, or 157, i-, 18: p. 466. commercial agent, under any law now or hereafter enacted; and for the true and faithful performance of all other duties now or hereafter lawfully im sed upon him as such consul-general, consul, or commercial agent. The bonds herein mentioned sha1 be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury. bac. 1698. Every vice-consul shall, before he enters on the execution Bonds of vicoof his trust, give bond, with such sureties as shall be approved by the °°“'“l“· Secretary of State, in a sum of not less than two thousand nor more 14 April, 1792,c. than ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the true and faithful discharge 2% ¤· 6» V- L P- 256- of the duties of his office according to law, and for truly accounting for all moneys, goods, and effects which may come into his possession by