266 FIFTY—I•‘IFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 55. 1898. i of their official duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, five thousand dollars. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU on wE1G1rTs AND 1xiEAsU12.Es. I¤¤¤¤;¤•“ti¤=_1“B¤_i Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of .'f§:,{,,,_ °i' “Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun- "¤l-”°·P·7“· dred and ninety-nine, in conformity with the terms of the convention of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-tive, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said Bureau, on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. 1NTEnNAT10NAL BUREAU Fon PUBLICATION OF cusroms TAEIFFS. t 1¤r¤,F~¤g¤g•1 0¤¤· To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for the '"€§;_2§,"p_;;P§”°‘ year ending March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, ot sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariffs, one thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-six cents; this appropriation to be available on April iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, pursuant to convention proclaimed December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety. INTERNATIONAL (WATER) BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND mexico. B“°,*,*°““ (,wm“,‘°, ’ To enable the International (water) Boundary Commission United nm. States and Mexico, to meet the share of the United States, for the expenses and salaries of the Commission, ten thousand dollars. mV¤¤i,f3_r¤- 1°¤= Wi- To enable the Commission to continue its work under the treaties of P' eighteen hundred and eighty-four and eighteen hundred and eighty- nine, fifteen thousand dollars. HITERNATIONAL BUREAU AT Biwssmns Fon 1zE1>nEss10N or THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. ,ng¤¤,{;*r,Q_'u"1;*,';•v•; To meet the share of the United States in the expenses of the special mas. bureau created by article eighty-two of the general act concluded at v°‘·”·’·°"· Brussels July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the repression of the African slave trade and the restriction of the importation into and sale, in a certain defined zone of the African continent, of firearms, ammunition, and spirituous liquors, for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, one hundred dollars. · INTERNATIONAL PRISON commission °¤I{:*,f,mf·‘}{',j',{ P'"' For subscription of the United States as an adhering member of the International Prison Commission, and the expenses of a Commissioner, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. INTERNATIONAL anonmrrc ASSOCIATION Fon THE MEASUREMENT or THE EARTH. 1¤r¤r¤¤¢i•9¤¤e1 Gw To enable the Government of the United States to pay through the °°°° A”°°"°’°"‘ American embassy at Berlin, its quota as an adhering member of the International Geodetic Association for the Measurement of the Earth, one thousand five hundred dollars. REPAIRS T0 LEGATION AND CONSULAB Punmsns. mréepairwéemuonn To enable the Secretary of State to keep in repair the legation and °°“” ‘“ consular premises owned by the Government of the United States and occupied by its agents, three thou and dollars.
