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thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, embracing all the passengers on board the vessel at any time during its voyage up to its said arrival, and duly verified by the oath of such master or commander, and by the inspection of the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent previous to or at the landing of the passengers; one of which copies the said Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent shall file in his office, and the other of which he shall transmit, without delay, to the collector of the port in the United States from which the vessel last cleared. And if such master or commander shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of this section, or shall knowingly make a false return of the list of passengers, he, together with the owner or owners of said vessel, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars, and such fine shall be a lien upon the vessel until paid. 896..SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if the owner or owners, master, commander, or other person in charge of any steamboat, or other vessel, shall willfully present, or cause to be presented, any false or fraudulent list or lists of its passengers, or copies thereof, to any Consul, Vice-Consul, Commercial Agent, collector, or other customhouse officer, or of the departure-permit to any pilot, he or they shall be held guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years; and the vessel shall be liable to seizure and forfeiture.

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897..SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all steamers and other vessels belonging to a citizen or to citizens of the United States, and bound from any port in the United States to any other port therein, or to any foreign port, or from any foreign port to any port in the United States, shall, before clearance, receive on board all such bullion, coin, United States notes, and bonds, and other securities as the government of the United States or any department thereof, or any Minister, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial or other Agent of the United States abroad shall offer, and shall securely convey and promptly deliver the same to the proper authorities or consignees on arriving at the port of destination, and shall receive for such service such reasonable compensation as may be allowed to other carriers in the ordinary transactions of business.

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AN ACT further to provide for the verification of invoices. Approved March 3, 1865. [Statutes at Large, voĮ. xiii, p. 532.

898.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all Consular Officers of the United States be, and they are hereby, authorized to require, before certifying any invoice or invoices under the provisions of the first section of the act entitled "An act to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue, to provide for the more certain and speedy

Acts of July 25 and 28, 1866.

collection of claims in favor of the United States, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, satisfactory evidence, either by the oath of the person or persons presenting such invoices or otherwise, that such invoices are correct and true: Provided, That in the exercise of the discretion hereby given, the said Consular Officers shall be governed by such general or special regulations or instructions as may from time to time be established or given by the Secretary of State.

AN ACT making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, and for other purposes. Approved July 25, 1866. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiv, p. 224.]

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The compensation of the Consuls at Malta, Saint John, (Canada East,) Nice, Lisbon, Santa Cruz, Tampico, Prince Edward Island, Barcelona, Saint Catherine's in Brazil, and Nantes, is established at fifteen hundred dollars each annually, and the compensation of the Consul at Hankow is established at three thousand dollars annually.

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For salaries of Commissioners and Consuls General to Hayti, Liberia, and Dominica, nineteen thousand dollars; and the title of these Diplomatic Representatives shall be hereafter Minister Resident and Consul General, with no increase of salary.

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900..SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all fees collected by any Consul or Commercial Agent not mentioned in Schedule B or C, or by any Vice-Consul or Commercial Agent appointed to perform their duties, or by any other person in their behalf, shall be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury in the same mode and manner as is provided for in section eighteen of the act approved August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular system of the United States." And when the fees so collected by any such Consul or Commercial Agent. amount to more than twenty-five hundred dollars in any one year, over and above the expenses of office rent and clerk hire, to be approved by the Secretary of State, of which return shall be made to the Secretary of the Treasury, the excess for that year shall be paid to the Secretary of the Treasury, in the mode provided for by said act."

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AN ACT making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes. Approved July 28, 1866. [Statutes at Large, vol. 14, p. 322.] 901..SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act to carry into effect the treaties between the United States and *See circulars of the Secretary of State No. 62, 1866, and No. 63, March, 1867.

Acts of February 28, 1867, and March 30, 1868.

China, Japan, Siam, Persia, and other countries, giving certain judicial powers to Ministers and Consuls or other functionaries of the United States in those countries, and for other purposes, approved June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty, shall extend to Egypt; and the Consul General at Alexandria shall have the power provided by section twenty-two of such act for the Consul General or Consul residing at the capital of a country where there is no Minister.

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AN ACT making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred aud sixty-eight, and for other purposes. Approved February 28, 1867. [Statutes at Large, vol. xiv, p. 412.]

902..Be it enacted, * * That the salary of the Consul at Chemnitz shall be two thousand dollars per annum. And the salaries of the Consuls at Rome, Quebec, Munich, and Spezzia, respectively, shall be fifteen hundred dollars, and the salary at Spezzia shall take effect from the beginning of the present fiscal year. 903 * No money appropriated by this act shall be applied to the payment of salary or compensation to any Diplomatic Representative of any grade, or to any Consul or Commercial Agent of the United States, who is not a citizen of the United States, native or duly naturalized.

904** For the salary of Consul at Mahè (Seychelle Islands) and at San Domingo, which Consulates are hereby established and added to Schedule B, fifteen hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars.

AN ACT making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other purposes. Approved March 30, 1868. [Statutes at Large, vol. xv, p. 57.) 905..

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Amoor River, Apia, Gaboon, Saint Paul de Loando, [Loanda,] including loss by exchange, thereon, four hundred thousand dollars, and the salary of the Consul at Guaymas shall be one thousand dollars per annum: Provided, That all moneys received for fees at any Vice-Consulates or Consular Agencies of the United States, beyond the sum of one thousand dollars in any one year, and all moneys received by any Consul or Consul General from Consular Agencies or Vice-Consulates in excess of one thousand dollars in the aggregate from all such Agencies or Vice-Consulates, shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury of the United States, and no greater sum than five hundred dollars shall be allowed for the expenses of any

Acts of July 27, 1868, and January, 8, 1869.

Vice-Consulate or Consular Agency for any one year: Provided, That hereafter the compensation of Consuls whose annual salaries do not, under existing law, exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, and the fees collected at the Consulates where they are located and paid into the treasury of the United States amount to three thousand dollars, shall be two thousand dollars per annum.

906..SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any officer of the army or navy of the United States who shall, after the passage of this act, accept or hold any appointment in the diplomatic or consular service of the government, shall be considered as having resigned his said office, and the place held by him in the military or naval service shall be deemed and taken to be vacant, and shall be filled in the same manner as if the said officer had resigned the same.

907..SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no Diplomatic or Consular Officer shall receive salary for the time during which he may be absent from his post by leave or otherwise, if such absence shall exceed sixty days in any one year.

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AN ACT to amend section one of "An act to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue, and for other purposes." approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved July 27, 1868. [Statutes at Large, vol. xv, p. 226.]

908.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue, to provide for [the] more certain and speedy collection of claims in favor of the United States, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to section one thereof an additional proviso, as follows: And provided further, That in case of goods, wares, and merchandise imported from a foreign country adjacent to the United States, the declaration in this section herein before required may be made to, and the certificate indorsed by, the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent, at or nearest to the port or place of clearance for the United States.

AN ACT authorizing the admission in evidence of copies of certain papers, documents, and entries. Approved January 8, 1869. [Statutes at Large, vol. xv, p. 266.]

909.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That copies of all official papers and documents belonging to, and filed or remaining in the office of any Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent of the

Act of March 3, 1869.

United States, and of all official entries in the books or records of any such office, shall, when certified under the hand and official seal of the proper Consul, Vice-Consul, or Commercial Agent, be admissible in evidence in all the courts of the United States.

AN ACT making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for other purposes. Approved March 3, 1869. [Statutes at Large, vol. xv, p. 319.]

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910..SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no Diplomatic or Consular Officer shall receive salary for the time during which he may be absent from his post (by leave or otherwise) beyond the term of sixty days in any one year: Provided, That the time equal to that usually occupied in going to and from the United States in case of the return, on leave, of such Diplomatic or Consular Officer to the United States, may be allowed in addition to said sixty days; and section three of act of March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, is hereby repealed.

911..SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the fee provided by law for the verification of invoices by Consular Officers shall, when paid, be held to be a full payment for furnishing blank forms of declaration to be signed by the shipper, and for making, signing, and sealing the certificate of the Consular Officer thereto; and any Consular Officer who, under pretense of charging for blank forms, advice, or clerical services in the preparation of such declaration or certificate, shall charge or receive any fee greater in amount than that provided by law for the verification of invoices, or who shall demand or receive for any official services, or who shall allow any clerk or subordinate to receive for any such service any fee or reward other than the fee provided by law for such service, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be dismissed from office, and on conviction before any court of the United States having jurisdiction of like offenses be punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding two thousand dollars. And hereafter no Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent in the dominion of Canada, shall be allowed tonnage fees for any services, actual or constructive, rendered any vessel owned and registered in the United States that may touch at a Canadian port; and that in the collection of official fees they shall receive foreign moneys at the rate given in the treasury schedule of the value of foreign coins. And hereafter, in cases of vessels making regular daily trips between any port of the United States and any port in the dominion of Canada, wholly upon interior waters not navigable to the ocean, no tonnage or clearance fees shall be charged against such vessels by the officers of the United States, except upon the first clearing of said vessel in each year.

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