1070 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 21. 1923. onmuzs yr nmnassms nm nncymoxs. <§<;¤¤,_,·= ¤¤b•¤i¤ For the employment of necessary clerks at the embassies and °° °g° °°°` legations, who shall be citizens, whenever hereafter appointed, of the United States, $350,000; and so far as practicab e shall be appointed under civil-service rules and regulations. 1 ·ro nmsassms nm LEGATIONS. i?$§¥£Y°t"" Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Persia, $2,000; sum. $2Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Bangkok, Siam, 000; §,°$g***;}_*,f“9'*f’-na lior fifteen student interpreters at the leggtion to China and the ’1*¤rk¤y·' embassies to Japan and Turkey, who shall citizens of the United States and whose dnt it shall be to study the language of the country to which assigned with a view to supplying interpreters to the legation or embassy and consulates in suc country, at $1,500 each,
ww $22,500: Provided, That the method of selecting said student in-
¤¤¤· of terpreters shall be nonpartisan: And provided further That upon T"' ’°"*°°‘ receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as an interpreter at the legation, embassy, or consulate in the country to which assigned so long as his services may be uired within a period of five years; mm For the paymentrdil the cost of tuition of student interpreters in ghina, Japan, and Turkey, at the rate of $350 per annum each, 50• 8““"’”"‘°“°"· No person drawinglthe salaiiiy of interpreter or student interpreter as above provided s all be a owed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer; Total, $31,750. quamnns ron srunrm mzrnnrimrnns xr mmassms. m3,'§p°P§"J,{°* ’°°d°" For rent of quarters for the student interpreters attached to the embassy to Japan, $1,200; _ For rent of tliiuarters for the student mterpreters attached to the °“i*“$i' $*135 °"’ $°°°‘ o , , . c0N·r1Nonm· nxrmvsns, roamen inssxoxs. $,*§§F°“‘°"’“"”· To enable the President to provide, at the public expense, all such stationer , blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, flags, and signs as lie shall think necessary for the several embassies and legations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, repairs, postage, telegrams, furniture, typewriters, including exchange of same, messenger service, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragommm mans, and porters, including compensation of interpreters, trans- °“°'°" lators, and the comgensation of and rent for dispatch agents at London, New York, an Francisco, and New Orleans, and for travel- Imb _: mg and miscellaneous expenses of embassies and legations, and for Y loss on bills of exchange to and from embassies and legations, including such loss on bills of exchange to officers of the United States Court for China and payment in advance of subscriptions for news- ,,,0,,,,0 papers (foreign and domestic) under this appropnation is hereby so pafment forcler· authorized: Provided, That no part of this sum aplpropriated for L3, ,i‘i‘§,Y,‘,,°‘K,§,§*,°_*""”"“' `contmgent expenses, foreign missions, shall be expen ed for salaries or wages of persons not American citizens performing clerical serv- 1ces,_whether officially designated as clerks or not, in any foreign mission, $7 30,000.
