EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 13. 1825.
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For the salaries of ministers or charge d’affaires who have been,or may be, appointed to the governments on the American continent,to wit: Colombia , nine thousand dollars; Chili, nine thousand dollars;Mexico , nine thousand dollars; Buenos Ayres, four thousand five hun-dred dollars; Guatemala, four thousand five hundred dollars; and Brazil ,four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty thousand five hundreddollars.
For outfits of a minister to Mexico, and to charge d’affaires at Gua-temala, Buenos Ayres, and Brazil , twenty-two thousand five hundreddollars.
For the salaries of the secretaries of legation, fourteen thousand dol-lars.
For the contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, twenty thousanddollars.
For the salaries of agents of claims at Paris and London , four thou-sand dollars.
For the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, forty thousanddollars.
For the relief and protection of distressed American seamen in for-eign countries, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, thirty thou-sand dollars.
For the salaries of the commissioner and arbitrator under the first ar-ticle of the treaty of Ghent , one half the salary of the secretary, andhalf the contingent expenses of the commission, twelve thousand dol-lars.
For expenses of carrying into effect the sixth and seventh articles ofthe treaty of Ghent , including the compensation of the commissioner,agent, and surveyor, and their contingent expenses, sixteen thousanddollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums hereby ap-propriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury, not otherwiseappropriated: Provided, however, That no money appropriated by thisact, shall be paid to any person for his compensation, who is in arrearsto the United States , until such person shall have accounted for, andpaid into the treasury, all sums for which he may be liable: Provided,also, That nothing in this section contained shall be construed to extendto balances arising solely from the depreciation of treasury notes receivedby such person to be expended in the public service; but in all caseswhere the pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance of thisact, it shall be the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by theparty, his agent, or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Trea-sury Department , the balance due; and it shall be the duty of the saidagent, within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced againstsuch delinquent and his sureties.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay, out of anymoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum or sums ofmoney, to which any person, or the legal representatives of any person,may be entitled, by virtue of the act authorizing repayment for landserroneously sold by the United States , approved the twelfth day of Jan-uary, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, upon such person, orhis or her legal representatives, complying with the requisitions of thatact.
Approved, February 25, 1825.
Outfits ofministers.
Secretaries oflegation.
Contingent
expenses.
Salaries ofagents, &c.
Contingent ex-penses, &c.
Seamen.
Carrying intoeffect the 6thand 7th arti-cles of treaty.
Paid out ofthe treasury.
Proviso.
Proviso.