FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess., III. CHS. 123, 127,128. 1899. 823 allowances otherwise found due the widow, heirs, or legal representative of the soldier, unless the amount of clothing actually drawn by him is in excess of the clothing allowance for a soldier of his grade for the iirst six months of service. Approved, February 8, 1899. CHAP. 127.-—An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across February 0, 18W. the Missouri River at or near the city of Boonville, Missouri, by the Boonville and -—-·————· Howard County Bridge Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ” States of America in Congress assembled, That section eight of the Act mfggmfqgd lj; of May twenty-filth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, received by the outlay Bridge iz`;. to _ President May thirteenth, entitled "An Act to authorize the construe- f{‘§*§j,f§,*,j~f°‘;{*_f*"“* tion of a bridge across the Missouri River at or near the city of Boon- Vol.2l,p.139. ville, Missouri," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to permit ` the construction of said bridge to be commenced within one year from May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the completion thereof within three years from the same date. Approved, February 9, 1899. CHAP. 128.-An Act Makin appropriati ns for the di lomatic and consular umu service for the fiscal year endinggJu.£gtl1lirtieth, nineteen hmidred. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in 0'ongress assembled, That thefollowing sums be, Diplomsucgnuonand they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for "‘]" """°""‘°‘°"" the diplomatic and consular service for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: SCHEDULE A. sorsauiss. SALABIES or Amnsssmons AND MINISTERS. snmss. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Ambnudm Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy, twelve thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Austria, Bra- Envoy:.} extraordizil, China, Japan, and Spain, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty ',}{‘§`,}],,,§,,,,,,,T}'f*“°°" · thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Turkey, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, seventy thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras, ten thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Denmark, Netherlands, Paraguay and Uruguay, Portugal, Sweden and Norway, and Switzerland, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, forty- five thousand dollars; _ Envoy extraordinary and minister plempotentiary to Boumania, Servia, and Greece, six thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia, Ecuador, and Haiti, at five thousand dollars each and the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Haiti shall also be accredited as charge d’ad'aires to Santo Domingo), fifteen thousand dollars;
