That it shall not be lawful for the head of any Executive Department or of any Bureau, branch, or office of the Government, to cause to be printed, nor shall the Public Printer print, any document or matter of any character whatever except that which is authorized by law and necessary to administer the public business, nor shall any Bureau officer embrace in his annual or other report to be printed any matter not directly pertaining to the duties of his office as prescribed by law,

That the Joint Committee on Public Printing is hereby instructed to examine into the numbers printed of the various documents, reports, bills, and other papers published by order of Congress, or of either House thereof, and of the Congressional Record, and to report a bill in December next, making such reductions in the numbers and cost of printing, and such changes and reductions in the distribution of said publications, as they may deem expedient with a report giving their reasons therefor; and that the said committee is also instructed to investigate the printing and binding for the Executive Departments, executed at the Government Printing Office and at the branch printing offices and binderies in the various Departments and report a bill in December next making such reductions in expenses and imposing such checks as they may deem expedient, with a report giving their reasons therefor; and said committee is further instructed to make any other investigations calculated in their opinion to reduce the cost of the public printing, and report the result thereof; and the said committee is hereby authorized to summon and to examine experts and witnesses, and to call upon the heads of Executive Departments and the Public Printer for such information regarding the preceding matters as they may desire; and any expenses necessarily incurred in making the investigations aforesaid shall be defrayed equally from the contingent funds of the two Houses of Congress.

Approved, July 7, 1884.

[PUBLIC-No. 111.]

AN ACT making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and for other purposes.

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 for the consular and diplo matic service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, seventy thousand dollars.

For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Japan, China, Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico, at twelve thousand dollars each, in all eighty-four thousand dollars.

For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Chili and Peru, at ten thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars. For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the United States of Colombia and Turkey, at seven thousand five hundred dollars earch, fifteen thousand dollars.

For salary of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to be accredited to the several Central American states of Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Salvador, and Nicaragua, and to reside at such place in either of said states as the President may direct, ten thousand dollars For salaries of ministers resident in Belgium, Netherlands, Hawaiian Islands, and Sweden and Norway, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty thousand dollars.

For salaries of ministers resident and consuls-general in Venezuela, and Argentine Republic, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.

For salaries of ministers resident and consuls general in Switzerland, Denmark, Portugal, Liberia, Bolivia, Hayti, Persia, Corea, and Siam, at five thousand dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars; and the minister resident and consul-general at Hayti shall also be accredited as charge d'affaires to Santo Domingo.

For salary of charge d'affaires to Paraguay and Uruguay, five thousand dollars.

For charges d'affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, twelve thousand dollars.

For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in London, Paris, Berlin, and Saint Petersburg, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars.

For salary of the secretary of legation in China, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.

For salary of the secretary of legation in Japan, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.

For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in Spain, Turkey Austria, Italy, Brazil, and Mexico, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, five thousand four hundred dollars. For salary of a clerk to the legation in Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars.

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For salaries of the secretaries of the legations in Chili, and Peru, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars.

For salaries of the second secretaries to the legations at London, Paris, and Berlin, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars. And no secretary or second secretary of any legation shall be entitled to or receive any compensation over and above his salary as such secretary for acting as charge d'affaires during the temporary or other absence without leave of the minister to whose duties he may succeed.

For salaries of second secretaries of the legations in Japan and China, who shall be American students of the language of the court and country to which they are appointed, respectively, and shall be allowed and required, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to devote their time to the acquisition of such language, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars.

For the salaries of interpreters to the legations in China, at three thousand dollars, and in Japan and Turkey, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, eight thousand dollars. But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided shall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer.

For secretary of legation and consul general at Bogota, two thousand dollars.

For secretary of legation in Central American states and consulgeneral at Guatemala, two thousand dollars.

SCHEDULE B.

For salaries of the consuls-general at London, Paris, Havana, and Rio de Janeiro, at six thousand dollars each, twenty-four thousand dollars.

For salaries of the consuls-general at Calcutta and Shanghai, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars.

For salary of the consul-general at Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For salaries of the consuls-general at Berlin, Panama, Montreal, and Kanagawa at four thousand dollars each, sixteen thousand dollars.

For salaries of the consuls-general at Frankfort, Vienna, Bucharest, Saint Petersburg, and Halifax at three thousand dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars.

For salary of consul-general at Ecuador, to reside at such place as the President may direct, three thousand dollars.

For salaries of the consuls-general at Constantinople and Rome, at two thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars.

For salary of the consul-general at Mexico, at two thousand five hundred dollars.

For salary of the consul at Liverpool (Great Britain), six thousand dollars.

For salary of the consul at Hong Kong (Great Britain), five thousand dollars.

For salaries of consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, and thirteen consular clerks, three hundred and thirty-five thousand six hundred dollars, namely:

CLASS I.-At four thousand dollars per annum

Honolulu.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.