304 Tmu: XVIII. —DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OF FICERS.—Ch. 2. virtuefofhhiqoffice. The bond shall be lodged in the office of the Secretar 0 the reasury. C0¤¤¤l¤¤'¤*H<>¤!¤ Sim. 1699. No consul-general, consul, or commercial agent, embraced gg;,:,°¤;’““““°° in Schedule B, shall, while he holds his office, be interested in or trans- .i;.—. act any business as a merchant, factor, broker, or other trader, or as a ,2;8é"-¤gS·;l18i?f» clerk or olther agent_for any such person to, from, or within the port, 55] ‘ · ‘ * ‘ place, or imits of his consu ate or commercial agency. directly or indi- 3 M _, 1875, _ rectly either in his own name, or in the name or through the a enc of 157, anis, p. 486F any other person; and he shall, in his official bond, stipulate, asgu coihdi- _ tion thereof, not to violate this prohibition. E¤$ep¤¤<>n¤fpr<>· Sec. 1700. All consular officers whose respective salaries exceed one Plbltlggg ",1:u‘;{’ thousand dollars a year, shall be subject to the prohibition against _transacting business contained in the precedin section. And the resi-
denlt mayi extgntd tihq prpghibifian todany consul or compiercial agent not
·· · ·em race in c e ues an ‘ an toanyvice-consu , vice—commercial
s' 15’v' u’p° agent, deputy consul, or consular agent, and may require such officer
4 Fgbu 1862, ,,_ to give a bond not to violate the same. 17, B. 1, v. 12, pp. 335,336. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 157, v. 18, p. 487. P°¤¤l*Yf¤f ill¤· Sec. 1701. Every consul-general consul or commercial a ent who "N *¤¤—=·¤=*¤¤ violates as my · ‘· ’ I · ° · ·“ {E, _ _ _ pro 1_1tion a inst transacting busmess, re uired to be EL inserted m his official bonfashall be liable to a penalty thetdefor, for the 12;8;“g8·;l*;·26»°· use of the United States, equal in amount to the annual compensation 55]’’ P' spegiiaed him infSc]he<I1;1le 013, which may be recovered in an action 0 e ta esuito the nit States either directly for the nalt as such, against such consul-general, or izonsul, or commercial arggnt, upoén his official bonld, as liquidated damages, for the breach of such con ition against suc consul-general consul or commercial en a d his sureties, or any one or more of them; and in every sudlgcaiiie dll such lactiopstghall be 0peH tp thqlUn1t§d States for the collection of such pena y 1 e same s a e co ecte in some one of such actio s· a d every such penalty, when collected, shall be paid into the Treasury] df the C0 f United States. mp¤¤¤¤ti¤¤<> Sec. 1702. The compensation of consuls whose annual salaries do not
- ‘u“§;‘:3QLh§,;'°0f,‘:," unlder telxisging la;, pxéveed qlne thousand iiiés hundred dollars, shall;
»—...——J..-..f. w en e ees co ec e at the consu ates w ere they are located and 3833 lf?-3 paid into the Treasury of the United States amount to three thousand ’ ‘ ’ ‘ [P' ‘ ollars, be two thousand dollars a year. v£;¤P€¤$¤*¤°P of _ Sec. 1703. Every v1ce·consul and vice-commercial agent shall be encOm:;';c°;:,f;g;:f,‘;' titled, as compensation for his services as such, to the whole or so much ,,,,,1 consulali of the compensation of the principal consular officer in whose place he agents. shall be afppointed, as shall be determined by the President, and the 18 A,,'g"_,1`856"“,‘c‘_ residue, 1 any, shall be paid such principal consular officer; and 127, B, 15, V, 11, p, every consular agent shall be entitled, as compensation for his services, 57- to such fees as he mav collect under the regulations rescribcd by the 2,él,·%";f’»1g8;‘*,5- President goyfrninglthe subfect of fees, or to so much thereof as shall '’‘‘ e etermin by thePresident; and the princi al officer of the consulate or commercial agenc within the limits of which such consular agent shall be appointed shall lie entitled to the residue if any, in addition to _ any other compensation allowed him by law for his services therein. Apnvlntmint of Sec. 1704. he President is authorized, whenever he shall think the
L4 public good will be promoted thereby, to appoint consular clerks, not
20June, 1864, c. exceeding thirteen in number at any one time, who shall be citizens of {gg- B- 2- V- 13.11 the Untited {States, atpqloiysr eighteen years of age at the time of their 1, J .18,4. appo1n_men an s a entite to compensation for their services 275,,,;:1%, 6, ,,_ lg, respectively a rate not exceeding one thousand dollars a year each, p. 70. be determined by the President; and to assign such clerks, from Examination and tinéicmltéigge, go Fuch Ezlpnsulates émd with such duges as tie shall direct. al _ . _ . e ore e appoin men o an suc consu ar clerk shall
- $,i2,?`;.1,,,f,);_ °°" besiarlehit sthall bedsatisfalcttobnly shown to tlielSecréatary ofhState, after
——————— _ exa ma ion an repo y an exammin oar , that t 7 a li· t ,3g?sQ‘::,‘§3l*;)8‘{1,g: is qluahtied and ht for the duties to whichghe shall be assigngd; Csiirild suc report shall be laid before the President. And no clerk so appointed
