SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 204. 1924. 207 United States, $350,000; and so far as practicable shall be appointed under civil—service rules and regulations. mrnnrnnrnns TO nmsassms AND m:sA·r1oNs I¤*°*P*¤*m- Interpreter to legation and consulate general to Persia, $2,000; P°’S*°· $2Igg§rpreter to legation and consulate general to Bangkok, Siam, Sim- 7 ! For lifteen student interpreters at the legation to China and the ,,,§‘“g§,‘j,‘ ‘“§°'¥"°‘ embassies to Japan and Turkey, who shall be citizens of the United ¤¤d"1‘¤rk¤vl' Bpmi States and whose dut it shall be to study the language of the coun- ‘m°’p' m' try to which assigned, with a view to supplying interpreters to the legation or embassy and consulates in such country, at $1,500 each, . $22,500: Provided, That the method of selecting said student in- lgboriggtisan mscterpreters shall be nonpartisan: Ami provided further, That upon “‘Z}%,;,m 0,m,v,°_, receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an i agreement to continue in the service as an interpreter at the legation, embassy, or consulate in the coimtry to which assigned so long as his services may be required within a period of five years; For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters '1‘¤i¤¤¤· gg China, Japan, and Turkey, at the rate of $350 per annum each, ,250; No person drawin the salary of interpreter or student interpreter salary nsmcmm. as above provided giall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer; Total, $32,250. qumrrnns ron srunnmr 1 s AT mmassms For rent of quarters for the student interpreters attached to the ,,,§,‘Q3§§‘@§‘,S{°' °"“"°“* embassy to Japan, $1,200; For rent of quarters for the student interpreters attached to the emba to Turkey, $600; Togdl; $1,800. coN·r1Non1~rr nxrmrsns, ronmon Missions To enable the President to provide, at the public expense all such f$¤Q_;§¤¤¤=•=v¢¤¤¤¤» stationer , blanks, records, and other books, seals, presses, lla , and m ° ` signs as lie shall think necessary for the several embassies andslegations in the transaction of their business, and also for rent, repairs, postage, telegrams, furniture, typewriters, including exchange of same, messenger service, operation and maintenance of laune for u0Il;;’_;{¤°”· C°°S°°¤“‘ embassy at Constantinople not exceeding $2,500, compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans, and porters, including compensation of interpreters, translators, and the compensation of and rent for _ dispatch agents at London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and D‘s¥’°‘°‘“ °g°“‘S· New Orleans, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of embassies and legations, and for loss on bills of exchange to and from L°“bY ¤¤¤h¤¤¤¤· embassies and legations, including such loss on bills of exchange to officers of the United States Court for China, and payment in advance of subscriptions for newspapers (foreign and domestic) under this appropriation is hereby authorized, $720,000: Provided, That §;°gf°y;nm,,0tdm_ no part of this sum appropriated for contingent expenses, foreign eaisemess to persons missions, shall be expended for salaries or wages of persons not “°° mmm American citizens performing clerical services, whether oiHc1ally designated as clerks or not, in any foreign mission. enourm nnrrr or mmassr sr croxro, Juan For annual ground rent of the embassy at Tokyo, Japan, for the °'°°°°"°°"°°°°` year ending Mamh 15, 1925, $250. 45822°-·251’·——-·16
