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826 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 128. 1899. RESCUING SHIPWBECKED AMERICAN SEAMEN. Lif¤i¤¤vi¤e ¢<>¤ti· Expenses which may be incurred in the acknowledgment of the serv- “‘°‘"“ °‘ ices of masters and crews of foreign vessels in rescuing American seamen or citizens from shipwreck, four thousand five hundred dollars. EXPENSES UNDER THE NEUTRALITY ACT. Expeusmumminy To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the “"{;_ S__m_2,,1,,,_,,9_ neutrality Act, to be expended under the direction of the President, pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE. mg¤£¤r¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤<·rg- To enable the President to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the R. S:,sec.291,p.49. diplomatic and consular service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, sixty-three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. PROTECTING INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE SAMOAN ISLANDS. sramgzn Ipyls- For the execution of the obligations of the United States and the °· *"‘ " protection of the interests and property of the United States in the Samoan Islands, under any existing treaty with the Government of said islands and with the Governments of Germany and Great Britain, six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the President. ALLOWANCE TO WIDOWS OR HEIRS OF DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS WH0 DIE ABROAD. _r»ymsn to heirs Payment, under the provisions of section seventeen hundred and j’dQ;gQ;°g5,;j2"g{j§§;$,f forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to the widows R. S.,sec.l749,p·3lr or heirs at law of diplomatic or consular officers of the United States dying in ioreign countries in the discharge of their duties, five thousand dollars. TRANSPORTING REMAINS on DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS, CONSULS, AND CONSULAR GLERKS TO THEIR HOMES POR INTERMENT. mggsrign r:{»£sm;;· Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic touruisns, ’ and consular officers oi the United States, including consular clerks, who have died or may die abroad or in transit, 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 tive thousand dollars. ’ INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. immqtrmi nu- Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of ,'j’,j§ljSQ{§eQl °‘g““‘ *“‘“ \Veights and Measures for the year ending `June thirtieth, nineteen I»L2v,p."¤4· hundred, in conformity with the terms ot the convention of Llgy twentylourth, eighteen hundred and seventyfive, 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 BUREAU FOR PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS m;;t¥;.;§;r;;.lrmg:;s- To megt theéhaiie of the United States in the annual expense for the V0L,,,,_p,,m_ year en .ing I arc thirty-nist, nineteen hundred, of sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of