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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 113. 1921. 1215 made, the government from which made, and that a part or all of the purchase price is to be paid by crediting the same upon obligptions or debts of said government then held by or owing to the nited States, the date as of which said payment 1s_to be made and the amount in United States dollars so to be credited, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to credit the amount so certified upon unpaid principal or mterest of obligations or debts of said foreign government he d by the United States; And provided Am mm of my further, That the President is hereby authorized in his discretion to ¤mam%¤s1g¤as,ae. acce t on behalf of the United States unconditional gifts of land, buildings, furniture, and furnishings, or any of them, for the use of diplomatic and consular offices an residences. 1N’rnnNAT10NAL HYDBOGRAPHIC BUREAU. To enable the United States to become a member of the Inter- d§,"g’,§Q,“,;§i‘}§‘,§},aul*" national Hydrographic Bureau, and for the first annual contribution of the United tates toward the creation and maintenance of such bureau, $2,500, or so much thereof as may be necessax, to be paid by the Secretary of State when the exact quota sh have een ascertained. sanamns or rim CONSULAB. snnvron. C°“’“1“’S“"‘°°· For salaries of consuls gpneral, consuls, and vice consuls, as pro- sos. vided in the Act approved ‘_ ebruary 5, 1915, entitled "An Act for the _ _ _ _ improvement of the foreign S8I'V1C8," $1,87#l,500. Every consul m§,§?T°“sh‘*’ '°‘“‘"°` general, consul, vice consul, and,wherever practicable, every consular agent shall be an American citizen. For salaries of seven consular mspectors, at $5,000 each, $35,000; C°¤—*u1°’ i¤$P°°*°'S· Total, $1,909,500. nxrnnsns or c0NsULAn msrncrrons. For the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses of I,,?§,‘?§'§§$?,,§' °°"5“` consular inspectors while traveling and inspectinlglunder instructions ,,m_m from the Secretarly of State, $25,000: Provided, at inspectors shall sussatbuce allow— be allowed actua and necessary expenses for subsistence, itemized, “”°°‘ not exceeding an average of $8 per day. SALARIES or CONBULAR ASSISTANTS. For twenty consular assistants, $35,000. "°"’“’“' "~°""‘““‘$· rosr Annowaxons TO nrrnomarxo AND consmauz orrrcnns. P°S‘°"°‘“‘”°°$· To enable_tbe President, in his discretion, and in accordance with m§g¤°i$éiis.:l»`ii)r;$iixii such regulations as he may prescribe, to make special allowances by i°‘°"’°‘"“‘ waly of additional compensation to diplomatic and consular officers an consular assistants and officers o the United States Court for China in order to adjust their oihcial income to the ascertained cost of living at the posts to which they may be assigned, $250,000. Annowarten Fon cLBBK mma AT UNITED srarns CONSULATES. _Allowance for clerk hire at consulates, to be expended under the °“""“°‘°°“"”°‘°’ direction of the Secretary of State, $1,400,000. Clerks, whenever hereaftenappomted, shall, so far as practicable, be appointed under civil-service rules and regulations.