142 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1924. Classes- Secretaries of class three, consuls of class live, and Chinese, Japanese, and Turkish assistant secretaries as Foreign Service officers of class six. cies S¢v¤¤- Consuls of class six as Foreign Service officers of class seven. _ €1=>S¤¢i¢¤*· Secretaries of class four and consuls of class seven as Foreign Service officers of class eight. _ _ €1¤¤¤¤*¤¤- Consuls of classes eight and nine as Foreign Service officers of · class nine. U¤d¤=si¤¢d°m°¢¤- Vice consuls of career, consular assistants, interpreters, and student interpreters as Foreign Service officers, unclassified. de§gug§ga’§,g*,‘gg;f“ °’ h 8. ghat cegésuls geigxiallpftclasis onpf anzdsliogsulst of class Ola? . 0 invoceat etime s c areseec a no,asaresu of their recommissioning or reclassification, suffer a reduction in
to ,,mm_ salary below that which they are then receiving: Provided, however,
ima. That this provision shall apply only to the incumbents of the offices mentioned at the time this Act becomes effective. mgg,”§‘§;,'mj%‘§$d‘?H'§ That the grade of consular assistant is hereby abolished, and ces. that all consular assistants now in the service shall be recommissioned as Foreign Service officers, unclassified. p_§63*};;ms°g’,;;,{,'f,’7· 1°°8· Sec. 9. That sections 1697 and 1698 of the Revised Statutes are Frquds mviggmgf hegiiijgreriyxlzldhiriiiiatiiyfeciriiisldlfggiigzl, consul, vice consul of career, mm `or Foreign Service officer, before he receives his commission or enters upon the duties of his office, shall give to the United States a bond, in such form as the President shall prescribe, with such mmm md mdb sureties, who shall be permanent residents of the United States, mins. as the Secretary of State shall approve, in a penal sum not less than the annual com ensation allowed to such officer, conditioned for the true and faithijul accounting for, pa ing over, and delivering up of all fees, moneys, goods, effects, booics, records, papers, and other property which shall come to his hands or to the hands of any other person to his use as such officer under any law now or hereafter enacted, and for the true and faithful performance of
,,0,,,,, ,,0, all other duties now or hereafter lawfully imposed upon him as
impaired- such officer: Provided, That the operation of no existing bond _ shall in any wise be impaired by the provisions of this Act: GQ} °m"'“‘ "“’ °°"° Provided further, That such bond shall cover by its stipulations all official acts of such officer, whether as Foreign Service officer or as _ _ secretary in the Diplomatic Service, consul general, consul, or vice zagwiiit iii»L¤i$°y°i°` consul of career. The bonds herein mentioned shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury." laéggrcvtee of ¢¤¤=*¤· Src, 10. _That the provisions of section 4 of the Act of April 5, edv·0i.c4,p.im,¤me¤a- 1906, relative to the powers, duties, and prerogatives of consuls _i>¤ue5 applicable to general at larige are hereby made_app11c_a le to Foreign Service inspecmn <>¢¤¤¤¤‘·· officers detailc for the purpose of inspection, who shall, under the direction of the Secretary of State, inspect the work of offices in the Foreign Service, both in the diplomatic and the consular branches. }[_‘;$;,g§§;0¤ of pm, Sac, 11. That the provisions of sections 8 and 10 of the Act of viggpsg pp mm April 5, 1906, relative to official fees and the method of accounting ` ’ therefor shall include both branches of the Foreign Service. I Reprexnligéogc dim- Sec. 12. That the President is hereby authorized to grant xgiiiiiiiniiasion. p` to diplomatic missions and to consular offices at capitals of countries where there is no diplomatic mission of the United States repre- Amumng sentation allowances out of any money) which may be appropriated for such purpose from time to time y Congress, the expenditure of such representation allowance to be accounted for in detail to the Department of State quarterly under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe.
