general expenses of said District, as authorized by Congress, and to reimburse the Treasury for the portion of said advances payable by the District of Columbia out of the taxes and revenues collected for the support of the government thereof: Provisos.
Interest on advances.
Vol. 31, p. 766; Vol. 32, pp. 616, 981.
Ante, p.390.Provided, That all advances made under this Act and under the Acts of February eleventh, nineteen hundred and one, June first, nineteen hundred and two, March third, nineteen hundred and three, and April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four, not reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, shall be reimbursed to said Treasury out of the revenues of the District of Columbia from time to time, within five years, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and six, together with interest thereon at the rate of two per centum per annum until so reimbursed: Provided further, Report.That the Auditor for the State and other Departments and the auditor of the District of Columbia shall each annually report the amount of
such advances, stating the account for each fiscal year separately, and also the reimbursements made under this section, together with the balances remaining, if any, due to the United States: And provided further, Street extensions.That nothing contained herein shall be so construed as to require the United States to bear any part of the cost of street extensions, and all advances heretofore or hereafter made for this purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be repaid in full from the revenues of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 9. That all laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are inconsistent with this Act are repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1905.
March 3, 1905.
[H. R. 18468.]
[Public, No. 140.]
Diplomatic and consular appropriations.
Chap. 1407.—An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
SCHEDULE A. Schedule A.
Ambassadors.Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;
Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Brazil, Italy, and Austria-Hungary, at twelve thousand dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars;
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, China, Japan, Cuba, and Spain, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars;
Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Belgium, Chile, Colombia, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, Panama, Peru, Turkey, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, eighty thousand dollars;
Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, ten thousand dollars;
