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500 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 182. 1893. TRANSPORTING REMAINS OF DIPLCMATIC OFFICERS, CONSULS, AND CONSULAR CLEBKS T0 THEIR HOMES FOR INTERMENT. ”°"“i"' °‘ m*”*°‘ Defrathe ex enses of transporting the remains of diplomatic an ummm ow and congrdair officerspof the United States including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad, while in the discharge of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, ten thousand dollars. _ INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. N{:**;j.¤*g};¤¤,}m *1;; Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of umums. g Weights and Measures for the year ending JuI1e thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, in conformity with the terms of the convenvn. 20, p. 714. tion of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said Bureau, on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICAN REPURLICS. Am Rglfublty Commercial Bureau of the American Republics, for the prompt col- ' lection and distribution of commercial information, as recommended by the International American Conference, thirty thousand dollars. And of the sums heretofore, or which may be hereafter, contI·ibuted by the other American Republics for this purpose, there shall be covered into the Treasury the amount necessary to reimburse the United States for the sum advanced beyond its contributive share for the maintenance of the Bureau of the American Republics. UNITED STATES AND CHILEAN CLAIMS COMMISSION. umm seas md To mrry into effect the convention between the United States and

 °"’“““ °°‘“‘ Chile for the settlement of certain claims of the citizens of either counpm, p. ssc. try against the other, signed at Santiago on the seventh day of August,

Amour. eighteen hundred and ninety-two, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so Immanmiy wm. much thereof as may be necessary, this appropriation to be immediately "’},xN,,,m,m,_ available, and to be expended under the direction of the President, in such manner as he shall deem reasonable and proper, for the compensation of the commissioner, secretary, and agent, on the part of the United States, and for the contingent expenses of the commission, including the moiety of the compensation of the third commissioner and the MMO- taking of testimony on behalf of the United States: Provided, That the cnmmammm. compensation of the commissioner on the part of the United States shall S¤¤¤¤¤¤y- not exceed the rate of five thousand dollars a year, that of the secretary on the part of the United States, two thousand five hundred dollars a Ama. year, and that of the agent of the United States, four thousand dollars Ratable ummm a year; and that the ratable deduction on the amount of the sums °° “*""‘*“· awarded by the Commissioners, not exceeding the rate of live per centum on the sums so awarded, which, in accordance with the provisions of the tenth article of said convention, is to be retained in reimbmsement of the expenses of the commission, shall be covered into the Treasury. scumms rs. SCHEDULE B. sinuses. SALARIES, CONSULAR SERVICE. ctusungenmi. Consul-general at Havana, six thousand dollars; Consuls-general at London, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro, at [ive thousand dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars. Consulsgeneral at Shanghai and Calcutta, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars;