cipal named in said bond will export the spirits as specified in said entry to the port designated in said entry, or to some other port without the jurisdiction of the United States. Collector of port to transmit to col And upon the lading of such spirits, the collector of the port, after proper bonds for the exportation of the same have been completed by lector of internal the exporter or owner at the port of shipment thereof, shall transmit to revenue clearance the collector of internal revenue of the district from which the said spirits certificate and were withdrawn for exportation, a clearance certificate and a detailed gauger's report. report of the gauger, which report shall show the capacity of each cask in wine-gallons, and the contents thereof in wine-gallons, proof-gallons, and taxable gallons. Upon receipt of the certificate and report, and upon payment of tax on deficiency, if any, the collector of internal revenue shall cancel the transportation bond." Transportation bond, when to be canceled. celed. The bond required to be given for the landing at a foreign port of Export bond, distilled spirits shall be cancelled upon the presentation of satisfactory when to be canproof and certificates that said distilled spirits have been landed at the port of destination named in the bill of lading or any other port without the jurisdiction of the United States or upon satisfactory proof that after shipment the same were lost at sea without fault or neglect of the owner or shipper thereof. SEC. 2. That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, for the expense of providing and affixing the stamps to each cask containing distilled spirits for exportation, there shall be charged ten cents for each stamp instead of twenty-five cents as now required by law. [June 9, 1874.] Expense of stamp to be ten cents. R. S., § 3330. 1880, May 28, ch. 108, § 16. CHAPTER 260. AN ACT IN REFERENCE TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE SHIPPING COMMISSIONERS' ACT, APPROVED JUNE SEVENTH EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO. Vessels in coastwise trade, with certain exceptions, exempt from provisions of shipping commission ers' act. June 9, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 64. certain exceptions, act. Be it enacted, &c., That none of the provisions of an act entitled (1) Vessels in coast"An act to authorize the appointment of shipping commissioners by the wise trade, with several circuit courts of the United States to superintend the shipping exempt from proand discharge of seamen engaged in merchant ships belonging to the visions of shipping United States, and for the further protection of seamen" shall apply to commissioners sail or steam vessels engaged in the coastwise trade, except the coastwise trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, or in the lake-going 4501-4520, 4523R. S., § 2174, trade touching at foreign ports or otherwise, or in the trade between the 4529, 4531-4536, United States and the British North American possessions, or in any 4538-4545, 4549case where the seamen are by custom or agreement entitled to partici- 4555, 4565-4572, pate in the profits or result of a cruise, or voyage. [June 9, 1874.] NOTE.-(1) The act of 1872, ch. 322 (17 Stat. L., 262), here referred to, is incorporated into Revised Statutes in the sections noted in the margin. 4592-4597, 4599, CHAPTER 261. AN ACT TO REDUCE THE AREA OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION OF FORT SANDERS, 3. Land outside of reservation open to entry. Be it enacted, &c. SECTION -settlers on, to make proof and payment for [SECTION 1], That the military reservation of Fort Sanders, in the Territory of Wyoming, is hereby reduced in area, and the said reserva made. tion shall, after the passage of this act, be limited and bounded as follows: Beginning at the point where the old stage road to Salt Lake crosses the Big Laramie River, and running thence east four miles; thence south four and five tenths miles; thence in a west southwest direction to the junction of what is known as the Five Mile Creek with the present south line of the reserve; thence along this creek to its junction with the Big Laramie River; thence along said Big Laramie River, to the place of beginning. Fort Sanders; SEC. 2. That immediately after the passage of this act it shall be the survey of, to be duty of the officer commanding the military department of the Platte, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to cause a direct survey of said reservation to be made in conformity with the provisions of the first section of this act, and to have posts or monuments planted at each of the corners thereof, and so marked that they will indicate the boundaries of said reservation. Land outside of SEC. 3. That the lands heretofore constituting the Fort Sanders milireservation open tary reservation outside of the limits of the new reservation, as defined to entry. in section one of this act, shall be held to be and have been subject and R. S. 2257, liable to the operation of the laws of the United States, in the same &c., 2289, &c. manner and to the same extent as if the same had never been included within the limits of said reservation: make proof and payment for preemption and homestead within six -settlers on, to Provided, That in all cases where any of said last mentioned lands would be subject to entry under the pre-emption and homestead laws of the United States, the actual settlers on said lands shall have the right and privilege to make proof and payment for their respective claims, under the provisions of the pre-emption and homestead laws, by filing their declaratory statements, as provided by existing laws, at any time within six months from the passage of this act. [June 9, 1874.] months. June 11, 1874. 18 Stat. L., 66. Secretaries of legation and messenger at Paris to have allowance from moneys collected for transmis sion of invoices. R. S., § 1687. on Sureties bonds of certain CHAPTER 275. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF Kanagawa, Montreal, Berlin. Vienna, Frankfort, Rome, Con- St. Petersburg, Mexico. - Liverpool. Be it enacted, &c. Par. 1.] The Secretary of State is authorized to allow and pay to the secretary of legation and to the second secretary of legation and to the messenger of the legation in Paris, from the moneys collected at the legation for the transmission of consular invoices, an amount not to exceed in the aggregate six hundred dollars in any one year, to be divided and distributed as the Secretary of State may direct, (1) provided that the surplus receipts are sufficient for that purpose. Par. 2.] The bonds which consular officers who are not compensated NOTE.-(1) Under this provision the Secretary of State directed the money to be divided equally consuls to be such among the three persons ñamed. prove. by salaries are required by the thirteenth section of the act of August as Secretary of eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, (2) to enter into, shall here. State may apafter be made with such sureties as the Secretary of State shall approve. R. S., § 1697. [Par. 3.] That Schedules B and C in section three of the act entitled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, (2) shall, from and after the first day of July next, read as follows: SCHEDULE B. The agent and consul-general at Cairo shall be entitled to compensation for his services at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum. Schedules of con sular salaries. See 1879, Jan. 27, ch. 28. Consul-general at Cairo. R. S., § 1676. 1875, March 3, ch. 153. 1878, June 4, ch. 155. The consuls-general at London, Paris, Havana, and Rio Janeiro shall - London, Paris, each be entitled to compensation for their services at the rate of six Havana, Rio Janeiro. thousand dollars per annum. The consuls-general at Calcutta and Shanghai shall each be entitled - Calcutta, to compensation for their services at the rate of five thousand dollars Shanghai. per annum. The consul-general at Melbourne shall be entitled to compensation for his services at the rate of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The consuls-general at Kanagawa, Montreal, and Berlin shall each be entitled to compensation for their services at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum. Melbourne. Kanagawa, Montreal, Berlin. The consuls-general at Vienna, Frankfort, Rome, and Constantinople Vienna, Frankshall each be entitled to compensation for their services at the rate of fort, Rome, Constantinople. three thousand dollars per annum. The consuls-general at Saint Petersburg and Mexico shall each be -Saint Petersentitled to compensation for their services at the rate of two thousand burg, Mexico. dollars per annum. The consul at Liverpool shall be entitled to compensation for his serv- - Liverpool. ices at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum. The following consulates shall be divided into seven classes, to be Consuls divided known, respectively, as classes one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven, into classes. and the consuls at such consulates shall each be entitled to compensation for their services per annum at the rates respectively specified herein, to wit: CHINA.-Fowchow, Hankow, Canton, Amoy, Chiu-Kiang, Tien-Tsin, — of class 2. PERU.-Callao. CLASS III. GREAT BRITAIN.-Manchester, Glasgow, Bradford, Demerara. FRENCH DOMINIONS.-Havre. (2) The provisions here referred to of the act of 1856, ch. 127 (11 Stat. L., 52), are incorporated into the Revised Statutes in the sections noted in the margin. - of class 3. SPANISH DOMINIONS.-Matanzas. -of class 4. BARBARY STATES -Tripoli, Tunis, Tangiers. JAPAN.-Nagasaki, Osako, and Hiogo. MEXICO.-Vera Cruz. SIAM.-Bangkok. UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA.-Panama, Colon, (Aspinwall.) CHILI.-Valparaiso. CLASS IV. GREAT BRITAIN.-Birmingham, Sheffield, Belfast, Singapore, Tunstall. SPANISH DOMINIONS.-Trinidad de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba. BELGIUM.-Antwerp, Brussels. DANISH DOMINIONS.-Saint Thomas. GERMANY.-Hamburg, Bremen, Dresden. CLASS V. ― of class 5. GREAT BRITAIN.-Leeds, Southampton, Dundee, Leith, Cork, Dublin, 1875, March 3, RUSSIA.-Odessa, Amoor River. ch. 157. 12. SPANISH DOMINIONS.-San Juan, (Porto Rico.) PORTUGAL.-Lisbon. DOMINION OF THE NETHERLANDS.-Rotterdam. 1876, Feb. 18, ch. GERMANY.-Sonneberg, Nuremberg, Barmen, Chemnitz, Leipsic, Aix - of class 6. CLASS VI. GREAT BRITAIN.-Bristol, New Castle, Auckland, Gibraltar, Malta, FRENCH DOMINIONS.-Nantes, Nice, La Rochelle, Algiers, Martinique. PORTUGUESE DOMINIONS.-Fayal, (Azores,) Oporto, Funchal. DOMINIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS.-Amsterdam. DANISH DOMINIONS.-Santa Cruz, Copenhagen. GERMANY.-Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart. SWITZERLAND.-Geneva. ITALY.-Genoa, Leghorn, Florence, Palermo, Messina, Naples. MEXICO.-Tampico. VENEZUELA.-Laguayra. BRAZIL.-Bahia. SAN DOMINGO.-San Domingo. SCHEDULE C. [See Schedule C, in act of 1878, June 4, ch. 155.] CLASS VII. GREAT BRITAIN.-Ceylon, Gaspe Basin, Windsor, (Nova Scotia.) PORTUGUESE DOMINIONS.-Santiago, (Cape Verde Islands.) SOCIETY ISLANDS.-Tahiti. CHILI.-Talcahuano. FRIENDLY AND NAVIGATOR'S ISLANDS.-Apia. Madagascar, San Juan del Norte. SEC. 2. That there shall be allowed for the hire of clerks, when actually expended therefor, as follows: To the consul general of Havana and consul at Liverpool, each a sum not exceeding the rate of three thousand dollars for any one year; And to the consuls general of London, Paris, and Shanghai, each a sum not exceeding the rate of two thousand dollars for any one year; To the consuls-general at Berlin, Vienna, Frankfort, and Montreal, and to the consuls at Hamburg, Bremen, Leipsic, Lyons, Manchester, Beirut, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Chemnitz, Sheffield, Sonneberg, Dresden, Havre, Marseilles, Fayal, Nuremberg, Leith, Naples, Stuttgart, and Tunstall, each a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars for any one year. SEC. 3. That the President shall be, and is hereby, authorized to appoint interpreters to the consulates at Shanghai, Tien Tsin, Fowchow, and Kanagawa, and to allow them salaries not to exceed, in either case, the rate of two thousand dollars a year; And to appoint interpreters to the consulates at Hankow, Amoy, Canton, and Hong-Kong, and to allow them salaries not to exceed, in either case, the rate of seven hundred and fifty dollars a year; And also to allow, at his discretion, a sum not exceeding the rate of five hundred dollars for any one year to any one consulate in China or Japan, respectively, not herein named, for expenses of interpretation; and that section six of the act entitled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, is hereby repealed. (1) Time of transit officers to be estab SEC. 4. That the Secretary of State (2) shall, as soon as practicable, establish and determine the maximum amount of time actually neces- allowed to diplosary to make the transit between each diplomatic and consular post and the city of Washington, and vice versa, and shall make the same public. He may also, from time to time, revise his decision in this respect; but in each case the decision is to be in like manner made public. ̄ (2) NOTES-(1) Section 6 of the act of 1856, ch. 127 (11 Stat. L., 55), here repealed, forms § 1692 of the Re- matic and consular |