year, but 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 officer to the United States, may be allowed in addition to the sixty days. A salaried officer may accordingly receive the salary of his office for sixty days while absent from his post on leave, and also for the time of transit both to and from his residence, in case he visits the United States, as explained in paragraph 470. This compensation is, however, subject to the agreement with the vice-consul-general, vice-consul, or vice-commercial agent, as the case may be, or, if there be no agreement between them, to the regulations providing for the compensation of these substitute officers in paragraph 506. In case the officer does not visit the United States no salary will be allowed after the expiration of sixty days.-R. S., sec. 1742; 12 Op. Att. Gen., 410.

This limitation as to salary does not apply to marshals. They are entitled to salary whether present or absent, so long as they remain in office.-2 Bowler's Comp. Dec., 455. (Paragraph 476.)

503. Absence for more than ten days. When a salaried principal officer is absent from his post for a period exceeding ten days at any one time, without permission previously obtained from the President through the Department of State, no portion of the salary or compensation of the office will be allowed for any time in excess of the ten days, unless the propriety and necessity of the absence shall be made clear to the Department.-R. S., sec. 1741; 18 Stat. L., 77. (Paragraph 466.)

504. Resignation or recall for malfeasance. A consular officer will not be entitled to the compensation of his office in case he is recalled for malfeasance, or resigns in anticipation of such recall, except to the date of such resignation, or of the receipt by him, or at the consulate, of the notification of the

recall. In neither case will compensation be allowed for the time occupied in the transit to the United States.-R. S., sec. 1740; 9 Op. Att. Gen., 89.

505. Resignation in the United States. The right to compensation of a principal consular officer who resigns while in the United States on leave of absence terminates with the date of the acceptance of the resignation, the lapse of his statutory leave, or the entrance of his successor in office upon his duties at the post, whichever first occurs.

506. Compensation of vice-consular officers.-The compensation of a vice-consul-general, vice-consul, or a vice-commercial agent is provided for only from that of the principal officer.— R. S., sec. 1703; 7 Op. Att. Gen., 714; 15 C. Cls. R., 64.

The rules in respect to his compensation are as follows: 1. In case a principal officer is absent on leave for sixty days or less in any one calendar year and does not visit the United States, the vice-consular officer acting in his place is entitled to one-half of the compensation of the office from the date of assuming its duties, unless there is an agreement for a different rate, the principal officer receiving the remainder. (Paragraph 571.) But after the expiration of the sixty days, or after the expiration of the principal officer's leave of absence (if less than sixty days), the vice-consular officer is entitled to the full compensation of the office.

2. If the principal officer visits the United States on such leave of absence and returns to his post, the foregoing rule will include the time of transit both from and to his post, as explained in paragraph 492. But if the principal officer does not return to his post, either because of resignation or otherwise, the rule will embrace only the time of absence, not exceeding sixty days, together with the time of transit from his post to his residence in the United States.

3. If a principal officer absents himself from his post for a longer period than ten days without leave, the vice-consular

officer will be entitled to the full compensation of the office for the excess over ten days, unless the absence shall have been subsequently approved by the Department of State. If the absence shall have received such approval, the compensation will be regulated by the rules herein laid down as to other leaves of absence.

4. If a principal officer dies at his post, or if he resigns or is recalled for malfeasance, the vice-consular officer is entitled to the full compensation from the date of entering upon the duties of the office.

5. When a principal officer resigns while at his post and delivers the office to the vice-consular officer, the latter will receive the full compensation of the office from the date of entering upon its duties. When, however, the resignation is tendered while the principal officer is in the United States on leave of absence, the vice-consular officer will receive the full compensation from the date of its acceptance by the Department of State; but in this case his compensation for the period between the date of assuming the duties and that of the acceptance of the resignation will be in accordance with the foregoing rules respecting compensation during leaves of absence.

6. A vice-consul-general, vice-consul, or a vice-commercial agent designated by the diplomatic representative to fill a vacaney, as provided for in paragraphs 107 and 108, is entitled to the compensation of the office from the date of assuming its duties.

7. No allowance has been provided by law for the compensation of a vice-consul-general, vice-consul, or vice-commercial agent, or of any subordinate officers (except consular clerks), while receiving instructions, or during transit to or from his post, or for traveling expenses.-R. S., sec. 1740,

507. Drafts of vice-consular officers.- When a vice-consular officer is authorized by his principal officer to draw the salary of the office, or any part thereof, during the absence, on leave or

otherwise, of the latter, the Auditor for the State and other Departments should at once be advised, in order that any drafts therefor may be duly protected. (Paragraph 566.) No drafts of a vice-consular officer, when in charge of a consulate, will be honored at the Treasury until the bond prescribed in paragraph 43 shall have been filed.

508. Not entitled to two salaries. When a vice-consular officer draws for and receives the salary of the principal officer on the latter's authority, he is precluded from afterwards electing to receive a salary in a subordinate capacity in order to secure the payment of both the salaries. The principal officer, by his act of authorization, relinquishes his right to the salary, although it may have been done for convenience and the money appropriated to his use.

509. Deputy consular officers.-No provision has been made for the compensation of deputy consuls-general, or deputy consuls, except from the allowance made by law for the principal consular officer. They are therefore not entitled in that character to any compensation from the Government, except as thus provided for; but their services must be paid for by the principal officer.

510. Corзular agents.-Consular agents are entitled, as compensation for their services, to such pay from the Government as their official services to American vessels and seamen may entitle them (paragraph 520) and to such fees as they may collect under these Regulations or to so much thereof as shall be determined by the President, not to exceed $1,000 a year. And the principal officer of the consulate or commercial agency within the limits of which such consular agent is appointed is entitled only to the residue, if any, in addition to any other compensation allowed him by law for his services therein. But all moneys received for fees at any vice-consulates or consular agencies of the United States beyond the sum of $1,000 in any one year, and all moneys received by any

consul-general or consul from consular agencies or viceconsulates in excess of $1,000 in the aggregate from all such agencies or vice-consulates must be accounted for to the Secretary of the Treasury and held subject to his draft or other directions.-R. S., secs. 1703, 1733; 23 Stat. L., 56, sec. 12: 71 Fed. Rep., 496.

511. Consular clerks.-Consular clerks appointed by the President receive a salary of $1,000 a year. Those who remain continuously in service for a period of five years and upward are entitled to a salary of $1,200 a year. They are also paid the actual and necessary expenses of travel between their residences and their posts of duty on appointment and return and during a transfer under orders from one post to another. They receive their salaries from the date they begin to discharge the duties to which they are assigned by the President, which date is usually simultaneous with that on which they take the oath of office.-R. S., secs. 1704, 1705; 18 Stat. L., 70, sec. 5.

512. Consular clerk as vice-consul.-When a consular clerk appointed vice-consul acts in that character in the absence of the consul, he is entitled to the compensation of a viceconsular officer, but not in addition to the salary of consular clerk. He may in such a case elect which of the twocompensations he will take.

513. Vouchers to be for actual amount paid. When, under authority of law, or by direction of the Secretary of State, an officer employs any clerk, dragoman, interpreter, messenger, or like subordinate at the expense of the Government, the vouchers presented with the officer's quarterly accounts must show the amount actually paid to the employees. The same rule applies to all vouchers for moneys expended for any official purpose whatever; they must represent the amounts actually and necessarily paid for the purposes specified, to the exclusion of any pecuniary or material benefit directly