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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 57. 1928 . RET,IEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN can seamen ., of Ameri- For relief, protection, and burial of American seamen in foreign countries, in the Panama Canal Zone, and in the Philippine Islands, and shipwrecked American seamen in the Territory of Alaska, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Porto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands, Foreign Service $100 ,000 . officers .
SALARIES OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS Salaries . Vol.43,p.140. Diplomatic and con- sular. Instruction and tran- sit pay. R.S.,see.1740, p.309. Emergencies . Neutrality Act ex- p enses . R.S.,sec. 291, p.49. Allowance for officers dying abroad . R. S.,see.1749,p.311. For salaries of Foreign Service officers as provided in the Act approved May 24, 1924, entitled "An Act for the reorganization and improvement of the Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes," $3,001,000 . DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SALARIES, DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS WHILE RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND IN TRANSIT To pay the sa laries of am bassad ors, m inister s, con suls, vice c on- suls, and other officers of the United States for the period actually and nece ssari ly oc cupi ed in rece iving ins truct ions and in ma king transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and autho rity t o act in pur suance with the pro vision s of s ection 1740 of the Revised Statutes, $20,000 . TRANSPORTATION OF DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS Transportation, etc ., expenses . To pay the traveling expenses of Diplomatic, Consular, and For- eign Service officers, and clerks to embassies, legations, and con- sulates, including officers of the United States Court for China, and th e item ized a nd ver ified statem ents of the a ctual and ne cessar y expenses of transportation and subsistence, under such regulations as the Secretar y of Stat e may pre scribe, o f their f amilies a nd effect s, On leaves of absence' in going to and returning from their posts, including not to exceed Proviso .
$45,000 incurred in connection with leaves of absence, $335,000 : Passage on for ei g n Provided, That no part of said sum shall be paid for transportation ships restricted . on for eign v essels witho ut a c ertifi cate fr om the Secre tary o f Stat e that t here a re no Americ an ves sels o n which such office rs and clerk s may be tr anspo rted . EM ERG ENC IES AR ISI NG IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SER VIC E To enabl e the Presid ent to meet unfore seen em ergenc ies ar ising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States and to meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes, $400,000 . ALLOWANCE TO WIDOWS OR HEIRS OF DIPLOMATIC, CONSULAR, AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS WHO DIE ABROAD For payment under the provisions of section 1749 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to the widows or heirs at law of Diplo- matic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers of the United States dying in foreign countries in the discharge of their duties, $2,000 .
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