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REGULATIONS

FOR THE

CONSULAR SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES.

ARTICLE I.

Classes of Consular Officers.

1..The Consular Service of the United States consists of Agents and Consuls-General, Consuls-General, ViceConsuls-General, Deputy Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, Deputy Consuls, Consular Agents, Commercial Agents, Vice-Commercial Agents, Consular Clerks, and Office Clerks.

AGENT AND CONSUL-GENERAL.

2.. The only officer of this grade is the Agent and Consul-General at Cairo. He enjoys a quasi-diplomatic position, so far as the Porte may consent thereto.

CONSULS-GENERAL.

Art. I. Classification.

Agent and Consul-General.

Relations to Con

3..Consulates-General are established by law at Ber- Consuls-General. lin, Calcutta, Constantinople, Frankfort-on-the-Main, suls. Havana, Kanagawa, London, Melbourne, Mexico, Montreal, Paris, Rio Janeiro, Rome, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, and Vienna.

4..In Austria, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Italy, China, Egypt, Turkey, Japan, and Cuba all the Consuls will transmit their correspondence to the Department open, under cover to the Consulates-General. The Consuls at Mannheim, Stuttgardt, Munich, Nuremberg, and Sonneberg will transmit their correspondence to the Department open, under cover to the Consul-General at Frankfort. The Consuls at

Art. I

Consul-General.

In Canada.

General duties.

Hamburg, Bremen, Brunswick, Barmen, Leipzic, Stettin, Dresden, and Chemnitz will transmit their correspondence to the Department open, through the Consul-General at Berlin. The Consuls at Rio Grande del Sud and Santos will transmit their correspondence to the Department open, through the ConsulGeneral at Rio de Janeiro; and the other Consuls in Brazil will send copies of their dispatches to the Consul-General at Rio. The Consuls in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand will transmit their correspondence to the Department open, through the Consul-General at Melbourne. These several Consuls-General are charged with the supervision of the Consulates respectively subordinate to them, so far as it can be exercised by correspondence, and will see that the provisions of law, and of these instructions, are complied with.

5..In Cuba the correspondence with the Spanish officials is to be conducted through the medium of the Consulate-General at Havana.

6..In the Dominion of Canada the Consul-General at Montreal exercises a supervision over the Consulates, but the Consular correspondence is to be addressed by the Consuls by mail to the Department, except nominations for subordinate Consular Officers, and requests for leaves of absence, which are to be submitted to him for approval.

7..In Liberia and Hayti the Consuls-General are accredited as full diplomatic representatives.

8..All Consuls General are further charged with the ordinary duties of a Consul within the prescribed limits of their respective districts, and no one is allowed, while he holds office, to be interested in, or to transact, Not to engage in any business as a merchant, factor, or broker, or any other trader, or as a clerk or other agent for any such person, to, from, or within the port, place, or limits of his Consulate-General, directly or indirectly, either in his own name or through the agency of any other per

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9.. Consuls are of two classes: 1st. Those who are not allowed to engage in business, and whose salaries exceed $1,000 per annum; 2d. Those who are allowed to engage in business. The former class is known as those embraced in Schedule B. The occupations in which they may not engage are the same with those forbidden to Consuls-General. The latter class of Consuls is again subdivided into-1st. Those who are salaried, (known as Consuls in Schedule C,) and, 2d. Those who are compensated from the fees which they take.

VICE-CONSULS.

Consuls.

10..Vice-Consuls are defined by the statute to be "Con- Vice-Consuls. sular Officers who shall be substituted temporarily to fill the place of Consuls when they shall be temporarily absent or relieved from duty." It follows that when the Consul is present at his post the Vice-Consul has no functions or powers. [The same remarks apply, mutatis mutandis, to Vice-Consuls-General and Vice-Commercial agents.]

DEPUTY CONSULS AND CONSULAR AGENTS.

Consular Ag. nts.

11.. Deputy Consuls are defined by the same statute Deputy Consuls. to be Consular Officers, subordinate to their principals, exercising the powers and performing the duties within the limits of their Consulates at the same ports or places at which such principals are located. Consular Agents are defined by the same statute to be Consular Officers, subordinate to their principals, exercising their powers and performing their duties within the limits of the Consulate at ports or places different from those at which such principals are located. Limits of Consular Districts and of Agencies will remain as heretofore established in the different Consulates.

COMMERCIAL AGENTS.

12..Commercial Agents are full, principal, and permanent Consular Officers as distinguished from subor

Commercial

Agents.

Art. I.

Termination of powers of subordi nates.

Consular Clerks.

Their compensa. tion.

dinates or substitutes. These officers are peculiar to the service of the United States, and are not regarded by other powers as entitled to the rank or privileges of Consuls. They are appointed by the President, and may enter upon the duties of their office without an exequatur.

TERMINATION OF POWERS OF SUBORDINATE CONSULAR
OFFICERS.

13.. The functions of Vice-Consuls General, Vice-Consuls, Deputy Consuls-General, Deputy Consuls, ViceCommercial Agents, and Consular Agents will respectively cease and determine at the expiration of ninety days from the day upon which the successor to the Consular Officer under whom they were respectively appointed enters upon the duties of his office, except as follows: If the new Consular Officer shall, within the said term of ninety days, renominate the old incumbent, such renomination shall operate to continue the term of the office, without further commission or certificate, until the pleasure of the Department can be known; or if the said Consular Officer shall, within the said term of ninety days, nominate another person in his place, such nomination, when approved by the Department, shall operate to relieve the imcumbent from office.

CONSULAR CLERKS.

14.. These Clerks, to the number of thirteen in all, are appointed by the President after examination, and can be removed only for cause stated in writing and submitted to Congress at the session first following such removal. Applicants must be over eighteen years of age, and citizens of the United States at the time of their appointment, and must pass examination before an examining board, who shall report to the Secretary of State that the applicant is qualified and fit for the duties to which he shall be assigned.

15..These Clerks, when so appointed, are entitled to a compensation not exceeding $1,000 a year. Those

who shall have remained continuously in service for the period of five years and upward shall receive a salary at the rate of $1,200 a year. All may be assigned to different Consulates from time to time. In case of transfer by order, the traveling expense will be borne by the Department, the Consular Clerk furnishing a proper voucher therefor. When assigned they are subordinate to the Consul-General, Vice or Deputy ConsulGeneral, Consul, or Vice or Deputy Consul at the post, as the case may be.

OFFICE CLERKS.

16.. The Department is authorized to allow for the hire of clerks, when actually expended therefor, as follows: To the Consul-General of Havana and Consul at Liverpool, each a sum not exceeding the rate of three thousand dollars for any one year; and to the ConsulsGeneral of London, Paris, and Shanghai, each a sum not exceeding the rate of two thousand dollars for any one year; to the Consuls-General at Berlin, Vienna, Frankfort, and Montreal, and to the Consuls at Hamburg, Bremen, Leipsic, Lyons, Manchester, Beirut, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Chemnitz, Sheffield, Sonneberg, Dresden, Havre, Marseilles, Fayal, Nuremberg, Leith, Naples, Stuttgart, and Tunstall, each a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in any one year. Νο Clerk will be employed in any Consulate without special instructions from the Department authorizing it.

ARTICLE II.

Art. I.

Office clerks.

Art. II.

By whom appointed

Consuls-General.

How Consular Officers are Appointed and Qualify, 17..Consuls-General and Consuls are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of Consuls and the Senate. They qualify by taking the prescribed oath, (a copy of which is furnished by the Department for the purpose,) and by executing a bond to the United States in the form prescribed by the Department. (For form of oath see Form 1; and for forms of bonds see Forms 2, 3, and 4.)

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