may affirm, modify, or reverse such decision of such circuit court and remand the case with such orders as may seem to it proper in the premises, which shall be executed accordingly.

"The decision of such circuit court of appeals may be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States in any of the ways provided in cases arising under the revenue laws by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled 'An Act to establish circuit courts of appeals, and to define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes.'

"All final judgments, when in favor of the importer, shall be satisfied and paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from the permanent indefinite appropriation provided for in section twenty-four of this Act.

"For the purposes of this section the circuit courts of the United States shall be deemed always open, and said circuit courts, respectively, may establish, and from time to time alter, rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith for the procedure in such cases as they shall deem proper.

"Where cases arise at ports within any jurisdiction having no circuit court, applications for review of the decisions of the board of general appraisers provided for in section fifteen of this Act shall be filed with the clerks of the courts having cognizance of the same classes of cases as circuit courts, and such cases shall be heard and determined by such courts, with the same powers and in like manner as herein provided for the hearing and determination of such cases in circuit courts, and such decisions shall be subject to review in the manner provided by law." [35 Stat. L. 404.]

Section 15 of the Act of June 10, 1890, as The Circuit Court of Appeals Act of March originally enacted, is given in 2 Fed. Stat. 3, 1891, is given in 4 Fed. Stat. Annot. 395.

Annot. 627.

SEC. 3. [General appraisers — term of office - salaries increased - powers of, etc.] That said Act be, and the same is hereby, further amended by adding thereto, after said section thirty thereof, a new section to read as follows:

"SEC. 31. That all of the general appraisers of merchandise heretofore or hereafter appointed under the authority of said Act shall hold their office during good behavior, but may, after due hearing, be removed by the President for the following causes, and no other: Neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or inefficiency.

"That hereafter the salary of each of the general appraisers of merchandise shall be at the rate of nine thousand dollars per annum.

"That the said boards of general appraisers and the members thereof shall have and possess all the powers of a circuit court of the United States in preserving order, compelling the attendance of witnesses, and the production of evidence, and in punishing for contempt." [35 Stat. L. 406.]

SEC. 4. [Repeal.] That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. [35 Stat. L. 406.]

SEC. 5. [Effect.] That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [35 Stat. L. 406.]

An Act Extending the provisions of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, concerning transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement.

[Act of Feb. 23, 1909, ch. 171, 35 Stat. L. 643.]

[SEC. 1.] [Blaine and Sumas, Wash., granted immediate transportation facilities.] That the privileges of the first section of the Act, approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation

of dutiable merchandise without appraisement, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the subports of Blaine and Sumas, in the State of Washington. [35 Stat. L. 643.]

Section 1 of the Act of June 10, 1880, is given in 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 712.

SEC. 2. [Repeal.] That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. [35 Stat. L. 643.]

An Act For the establishment of a subport of entry at Ranier, Minnesota.

[Act of Feb. 27, 1909, ch. 226, 35 Stat. L. 659.]

[Ranier, Minn., made subport of entry-immediate transportation facilities granted.] That Ranier, Minnesota, be, and is hereby, established as a subport of entry in the customs collection district of Minnesota, and that the privileges of the first section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," being chapter one hundred and ninety, volume twenty-one, of the Statutes at Large, be, and the same are hereby, extended to said subport. [35 Stat. L. 659.]

Section 1 of the Act of June 10, 1880, is given in 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 712.
For collection district of Minnesota, see 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 568.

An Act To make Corry, Pennsylvania, a port of delivery in the district of Erie, Pennsylvania, and extending to it the privileges of section seven of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

[Act of March 3, 1909, ch. 261, 35 Stat. L. 780.]

[Corry, Pa., made a port of delivery and granted immediate transportation facilities.] That Corry, Pennsylvania, be, and the same is hereby, made and constituted a port of delivery in the district of Erie, Pennsylvania, and that the privileges of section seven of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement be, and the same are hereby, extended thereto. [35 Stat. L. 780.]

Section 7 of the Act of June 10, 1880, is given in 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 715.

For the collection districts of Pennsylvania, see R. S. sec. 2543, 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 536.

An Act Fixing the compensation of certain officials in the custom service, and for other

purposes.

[Act of March 4, 1909, ch. 314, 35 Stat. L. 1065.]

[SEC. 1.] [Pay of laborers.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase and fix the compensation of laborers in the customs service, as he may think advisable, to a rate not exceeding eight hundred and forty dollars per annum. [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

SEC. 2. [Pay of inspectors.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase and fix the compensation of inspectors of customs, as he may think advisable, not to exceed in any case the rate of six dollars per diem, and in all cases where the maxium compensation is paid no allowance shall be made for meals or other expenses incurred by inspectors when required to work at unusual hours. [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

SEC. 3. [Pay of deputy collectors, assistant appraisers, examiners, etc.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase and fix the compensation of deputy collectors, assistant appraisers and examiners of merchandise, examiners of tea, and examiners and special examiners of drugs, in the customs service, as he may think advisable, not to exceed in any case three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

SEC. 4. [Pay of deputy naval officers and surveyors.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase and fix the compensation of deputy naval officers and deputy surveyors of customs, as he may think advisable, not to exceed in any case three thousand dollars per annum. [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

SEC. 5. [San Francisco additional pay to appraisers at.] That section twenty-seven hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows, to wit:

"Sec. 2746. An additional compensation of twenty-five per centum may be continued, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the appraisers, deputy collectors, deputy surveyors, deputy naval officers, and weighers at the port of San Francisco: Provided, however, That the compensation so fixed shall not exceed the maximum amounts fixed by law." [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

For R. S. 2746 as originally enacted and as first amended, see 2 Fed. Stat. Annot. 608.

SEC. 6. [Pay of assistant weighers.] That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to increase and fix the compensation of assistant weighers in the customs service as he may think advisable, not to exceed in any case the rate of four dollars per diem. [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

SEC. 7. [Treasurer of United States-salary.] That hereafter the salary of the Treasurer of the United States shall be eight thousand dollars per annum. [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

Formerly the salary was fixed by R. S. sec. 301, 7 Fed. Stat. Annot. 393, at six thousand five hundred dollars.

SEC. 8. [Repeal.] That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. [35 Stat. L. 1065.]

DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.

See EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

DERELICTS.

See WRECKS AND WRECKERS.

DESERT LANDS.

See PUBLIC LANDS.

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
OFFICERS.

Act of April 5, 1906, Ch. 1366, 115.

Sec. 1. Consular Service, Reorganization of, 115.

2. Classification of Consuls-General and Consuls - Salaries, 115.

3. Vice and Deputy Officers - Temporary Service of Consuls as - Time Limit-Commercial Agencies Abolished, 116.

4. Inspectors of Consulates - Appointment of Consuls-General at Large for, Authorized — Salaries · Duties - Powers Bonds, 116.

5. Clerks Receiving More than $1,000 a Year to Be American Citizens, 117. 6. R. S. Secs. 1699, 1700, Amended - Business Prohibitions Extended to Legal Practice by Salaried Officers - May Include Feed Officers, etc.— Bond, 117.

7. Notarial Acts Required-Fees, 117.

8. Fees, Official and Unofficial, to Be Paid into the Treasury Consular Agents Allowed Fees. Maximum Amount· · Additional Compensation of Vice-Consular Officers, 118.

9. Invoice Fees to Be Prescribed by the President, 118.

- Unstamped Documents

10. Consulates to Be Supplied with Documentary Stamps To Be Affixed to
Documents Requiring Notarial, etc., Acts
Invalid, 118.

11. Effect, 118.

12. Inconsistent Laws Repealed, 118.

Act of June 16, 1906, Ch. 3337, 118.
Clerks at Embassies, etc., 118.

Act of Feb. 22, 1907, Ch. 1184, 119.

Consular Clerks - Increased Compensation -No Reduction of Salary, 119.

Act of March 2, 1909, Ch. 235, 119.

Sec. 1. Diplomatic Representatives - Authority to Change Rank Annulled

Creation of Ambassadorships, 119.

Secretary of Embassy, etc., Acting as Chargé a'Affaires — Compen-
sation, 119.

Consul-General, Shanghai-Judicial Authority of, Transferred to a Vice-
Consul-General, 120.

An Act To provide for the reorganization of the consular service of the United States.

[Act of April 5, 1906, ch. 1366, 34 Stat. L. 99.]

[SEC. 1.] [Consular service reorganization of.] That the consular system of the United States be reorganized in the manner hereinafter provided in this act. [34 Stat. L. 99.]

SEC. 2. [Classification of consuls-general and consuls - salaries.] That the consuls-general and the consuls of the United States shall hereafter be classified and graded as hereinafter specified, with the salaries of each class herein affixed thereto.

CONSULS-GENERAL.

Class one, twelve thousand dollars: London, Paris.

Class two, eight thousand dollars: Berlin, Habanna, Hongkong, Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai.

Class three, six thousand dollars: Calcutta, Cape Town, Constantinople, Mexico City, Montreal, Ottawa, Vienna, Yokohama.

Class four, five thousand five hundred dollars: Antwerp, Barcelona, Brussels, Canton, Frankfort, Marseilles, Moscow, Panama, Rotterdam, Seoul, Sydney (Australia), Tientsin.

Class five, four thousand five hundred dollars: Auckland, Beirut, Boma, Buenos Ayres, Callao, Coburg, Dresden, Genoa, Guayaquil, Halifax, Hankau, Mukden, Munich, Singapore, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Zurich.

Class six, three thousand five hundred dollars: Adis Ababa, Bogota, Budapest, Guatemala, Lisbon, Monterey, San Salvador, Smyrna, Stockholm, Tangier.

Class seven, three thousand dollars: Athens, Christiania, Copenhagen.

CONSULS.

Class one, eight thousand dollars: Liverpool.

Class two, six thousand dollars: Manchester.

Class three, five thousand dollars: Amsterdam, Bremen, Dawson, Belfast, Havre, Johannesburg, Kobe, Lourenço Marquez, Lyon.

Class four, four thousand five hundred dollars: Amoy, Birmingham, Chefoo, Cienfuegos, Fuchau, Glasgow, Kingston (Jamaica), Newchwang, Nottingham, Saint Gall, Santiago, Southampton, Veracruz, Valparaiso.

Class five, four thousand dollars: Bahia, Bombay, Bordeaux, Colon, Dublin, Dundee, Harbin, Leipzig, Milan, Nanking, Naples, Nuremberg, Para, Pernambuco, Plauen, Reichenberg, Santos, Stuttgart, Toronto, Tsingtau, Victoria, Warsaw.

Class six, three thousand five hundred dollars: Alexandria, Apia, Barmen, Barranquilla, Basel, Berne, Bluefields, Bradford, Chemnitz, Chunking, Cologne, Dalny, Durban, Edinburgh, Fiume, Geneva, Georgetown, Guadelajara, Mannheim, Montevideo, Nagasaki, Odessa, Palermo, Port Elizabeth, Prague, Quebec, Rangoon, Rheims, Rimouski, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Saloniki, Sherbrooke, Vladivostok.

Class seven, three thousand dollars: Aix la Chapelle, Aleppo, Barbados, Batavia, Belgrade, Burslem, Calais, Calgary, Carlsbad, Catania, Colombo, Corinto, Dunfermline, Florence, Frontera, Ghent, Hamilton (Ontario), Hanover, Harput, Huddersfield, Iquitos, Iquique, Jerusalem, Karachi, Kehl, La Guaira, Leghorn, Liege, Madras, Malaga, Managua, Melbourne, Nantes, Nassau, Newcastle (New South Wales), Newcastle (England), Port Antonio,