DEPOSITIONS

See EVIDENCE, and consult the General Index

DERELICTS

See WRECKS AND WRECKERS

DESERTERS

See NAVY; PENSIONS; SEAMEN; WAR DEPARTMENT AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT; and consult the General Index

DESERTION ACT

See NAVY

DESERT LANDS

See PUBLIC LANDS

DESIGN PATENTS

See PATENTS

DICK ACT

See MILITIA

DINGLEY ACT

See CUSTOMS DUTIES

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS

I. DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS, 9.

II. CONSULAR OFFICERS, 18.

III. PROVISIONS COMMON TO DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS, 45. IV. FOREIGN RELATIONS, 55.

I. Diplomatic Officers, 9.

R. S. 1674. Definition of Official Designations Employed in This
Title, 9.

R. S. 1675. Salaries, 10.

R. S. 1676. Agent and Consul-general at Cairo, 12.

R. S. 1677. Secretary of Legation to Turkey, 12.

R. S. 1678. Interpreter of Legation to Turkey, 13.

R. S. 1679. Interpreter of Legation to Japan, 13.

R. S. 1682. Minister to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua, 13.

R. S. 1683. Representatives to Hayti, Liberia, etc., 14.

R. S. 1684. Condition of Compensation of Chargé d'Affaires or Secre-
tary, 14.

R. S. 1685. Compensation of Secretary of Legation or Vice-consul
Temporarily Occupying Higher Office, 14.

R. S. 1686. Compensation of Persons Filling Two Offices, 15.

R. S. 1687. Fees at Legation to Be Accounted For, 15.

R. S. 1688. Uniforms and Official Costumes, 16.

Res. of Jan. 8, 1874, No. 1, 16.

Agent and Counsel-general at Cairo, Title of, 16.

Act of June 11, 1874, ch. 275, 16.

Sec. 1. Allowance to Secretaries of Legation and Messenger at Paris,

16.

Act of March 3, 1875, ch. 130, 16.

Sec. 1. Buildings at Peking for Legation, 16.

Act of Aug. 5, 1882, ch. 399, 16.

Chargé d'Affaires and Consul-general at Teheran, 16.

Act of March 2, 1909, ch. 235, 17.

Sec. 1. Creation of New Ambassadorships, 17.

Act of Sept. 4, 1913, ch. 10, 17.
Ambassador to Spain, 17.

Act of Dec. 6, 1913, ch. 1, 17.

Sec. 1. Minister to Paraguay, 17.
2. Minister to Uruguay, 17.

Act of May 16, 1914, ch. 91, 18.
Ambassador to Argentina, 18.
Act of May 16, 1914, ch. 92, 18.
Ambassador to Chile, 18.

Act of Feb. 5, 1915, ch. 23, 18.

Sec. 2. Secretaries - Classification and Salaries, 18.
Act of March 4, 1915, ch. 145, 18.

Sec. 1. Citizenship of Clerks at Embassies and Legations, 19.

II. Consular Officers, 18.

R. S. 1689. Application of General Provision in This Title, 18.
Act of April 5, 1906, ch. 1366 ("Lodge Act" or the "Consular Reorgan-
ization Act "), 19.

Sec. 1. Consular Service Reorganized, 19.

2. Classification of Consuls-general and Consuls - Salaries, 19.

3. Vice and Deputy Officers - Temporary Service of Consuls Time Limit - Commercial Agencies Abolished, 21.

4. Inspectors of Consulates - Appointment of Consuls-general at Large Authorized Salaries Duties

Bonds, 21.

5. Citizenship of Consular Clerks, 22.

7. Notarial Acts Required - Fees, 22.

Powers

8. Fees, Official and Unofficial, to Be Paid into the Treasury Consular Agents Allowed Fees Maximum Amount Additional Compensation of Vice-consular Officers, 22.

9. Invoice Fees to Be Prescribed by the President, 23.
10. Consulates to Be Supplied with Documentary Stamps
to Be Affixed to Documents Requiring Notarial, etc.,
Acts - Invalidity of Unstamped Documents, 23.

11. Effect, 23.

12. Repeal, 23.

R. S. 1691. Consuls, etc., Not to Hold Office at Different Consulates,

23.

R. S. 1693. Salary of Interpreter at Bangkok, 24.

R. S. 1694. Consul at Trinidad de Cuba, 24.

R. S. 1695. Extent of Consulates, and Appointment of Vice-consular

Officers, 24.

R. S. 1696. Expenses of Vice-consulates and Consular Agencies, 25. R. S. 1697. Bonds of Consular Officers to Be Furnished and Deposited with Secretary of the Treasury, 25.

R. S. 1698. Bonds of Vice-consuls, 26.

R. S. 1699. Consular Officers Not to Transact Business, 27.

R. S. 1700. Extension of Prohibition upon Transacting Business, 28.

R. S. 1701. Penalty for Illegally Transacting Business, 28.

R. S. 1704. Appointment of Consular Clerks, 29.

R. S. 1705. Examination and Removal of Consular Clerks, 29.

R. S. 1706. Actual Expenses May Be Allowed to Consuls-general, etc.,
Who Are Not Allowed to Trade, 30.

R. S. 1707. Protests, 30.

R. S. 1708. Lists and Returns of Seamen, Vessels, etc., 30.

R. S. 1709. Estates of Decedents Auditor for State or Other Department as Conservator, 30.

R. S. 1710. Notification of Death, 31.

R. S. 1711. Decedent's Directions to Be Followed, 31.

R. S. 1712. Commercial and Agricultural Information to Be Procured,

R. S. 1713. Prices Current, 32.

R. S. 1714. Construction of Powers, 33.

R. S. 1715. Certifying Invoices, 33.

R. S. 1716. Exacting Excessive Fees for Verifying Invoices, 33.
R. S. 1717. Certificate for Goods from Countries Adjacent to United

States, 34.

R. S. 1718. Fees Allowed for Official Service - Retention of Vessel's
Papers, 34.

R. S. 1719. No Profit from Discharged Seamen, 34.
R. S. 1722. Tonnage Fees in Canada, 35.

R. S. 1723. Exacting Excessive Fees, 35.

R. S. 1724. Penalty for Omission to Collect Fees, 36.
R. S. 1725. Returns of Fees, 36.

R. S. 1726. Receipts for Fees, 36.

R. S. 1727. Registering Receipts for Fees, 37.
R. S. 1728. Verification of Account of Fees, 37.

R. S. 1731. Rates of Fees to Be Posted Up, 37.
R. S. 1732. Excess of Fees above $2,500, 38.

R. S. 1733. Excess of Fees above $1,000, 38.

R. S. 1734. Embezzlement, 38.

R. S. 1735. Neglect of Duty, etc., 39.

R. S. 1736. Neglect of Duty to Seamen; Corrupt Conduct, 39.

R. S. 1737. False Certificate of Property, 40.

R. S. 1738. When Consular Officers May Perform Diplomatic Functions,

40.

R. S. 1739. Compensation of Consular Officer Performing Diplomatic Functions, 40.

Act of June 11, 1874, ch. 275, 40.

Sec. 3. Interpreters to Consulates in China and Japan, 40.

6. Vice-consuls Acting as Consuls to Receive Compensation Though Aliens, 41.

Act of Jan. 27, 1879, ch. 28, 41.

Sec. 1. Statements as to Exports, Imports, Rates of Wages, etc., 41.

Act of June 26, 1884, ch. 121, 42.

Sec. 12. Consular Fees for Services to American Vessels and Seamen
Not Permitted, 42.

Act of Feb. 25, 1885, ch. 150, 42.

Sec. 1. Consuls, etc., Not to Receive Salary of Secretary or Interpreter, 42.

Act of July 31, 1894, ch. 174, 42.

Sec. 5. Returns to Be Prescribed by Comptroller of Treasury, 42.

Act of June 30, 1902, ch. 1331, 42.

Sec. 1. Consular Officers Accepting Positions of Trust Bond, etc., 42.

2. Breach of Trust - Embezzlement Penalty, 43.

Act of March 12, 1904, ch. 543, 43.

Sec. 1. Payment to Consular Officers Not Citizens, 43.

Act of Feb. 22, 1907, ch. 1184, 44.

· Sec. 1. Consular Clerks - Increased Compensation No Reduc tion of Salary, 44.

Sec. 1. Judicial Authority of Vice-consul at Shanghai, China, 44. Act of Feb. 5, 1915, ch. 23, 45.

Sec. 2. Salaries of Consuls-general and Consuls, 45.

6. Vice-consul-general, Deputy Consul-general, Deputy Con-
sul-Offices Abolished, 45.

III. Provisions Common to Diplomatic and Consular Officers, 45.
R. S. 1740. Term During Which Salary Is Payable, 45.

R. S. 1741. Absence, 46.

R. S. 1742. Salary in Case of Absence, 47.

R. S. 1743. Extra Compensation Prohibited, 47.

R. S. 1744. Compensation to Citizens Only, 47.
R. S. 1745. President to Regulate Fees, 48.

R. S. 1746. Fees to Be Collected in Coin, 49.

R. S. 1747. Officers to Account for Fees, 49.

R. S. 1748. Expenses of Legations, Consulates, etc., 49.

R. S. 1749. Allowance to Widow of Consular Officer Deceased in a
Foreign Country, 49.

R. S. 1750. Depositions - Penalty for Perjury - Evidence of Taking
Penalty for Forging Certificate of Oath, 49.

the Oath

R. S. 1751. Certain Correspondence by Officers Prohibited, 51.

R. S. 1752. Regulations, 51.

Act of June 11, 1874, ch. 275, 52.

Sec. 4. Time of Transit Allowed to Diplomatic and Consular
Officers to Be Established by Secretary of State, etc., 52.

Act of June 17, 1874, ch. 294, 52.

Absence without Leave-Correspondence on Public Affairs -
Recommending Persons for Employment - Accepting Presents

52.

Act of July 1, 1882, ch. 262, 53.

Sec. 1. Estimates of Annual Expenditures, 53.

Act of March 3, 1905, ch. 1484, 53.

Sec. 1. Estimates for Rent and Expenses, 53.

Act of Feb. 17, 1911, ch. 105, 53.

Buildings for Diplomatic and Consular Establishments, 53.

Act of Feb. 5, 1915, ch. 23 (Consular Reorganization Act of 1915), 54.
Sec. 1. Regulation of Appointments-Secretaries and Consuls
Assignment for Duty in Department of State Promo-
tions, 54.

4. Expenses Secretary or Consul Detailed for Special Duty,

54.

5. Recommendations for Promotions, 54.

7. Diplomatic Officers Prohibited from Transacting Private Business, 55.

R. S. 4062. Penalty for Violating Safe-conduct or Assaulting Public

R. S. 4063.

Minister, 55.

Process against Ministers and Their Domestics Void, 56.