to the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, when demanded, for the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other purpose, said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond: And provided further, That all charges for storage, cartage, and Payment of charges. labor on goods which are refused admission or delivery shall be paid by the owner or consignee, and in default of such payment shall constitute a lien against any future importation made by such owner or consignee.

Construction of

SEC. 12. That the term "Territory," as used in this Act, shall terms, etc., used. include the District of Alaska and the insular possessions of the United States. The word "person," as used in this Act, shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies, and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association, as well as that of the other person.

SEC. 13. That this Act shall be known and referred to as "The insecticide Act of 1910."

SEC. 14. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and eleven. Approved, April 26, 1910.

Title.

In effect January 1, 1911.

CHAP. 193.-An Act To make Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, a subport of entry, and for other purposes.

April 27, 1910. [H. R. 20823.] [Public, No. 153.]

New Orleans, La., customs district. Baton Rouge, made

support of entry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana, is hereby made a subport of entry in the district of New Orleans, and the necessary customs officers stationed at said port may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, enter Pp. 507, 508, amended. and clear vessels, receive duties, fees, and other moneys, and perform such other service as, in his judgment, the interest of commerce may

require.

R. S., secs. 2568, 2569,

SEC. 2. That the limits of the subport of Baton Rouge, as herein Territory included. created, shall be as follows: Both sides of the Mississippi River, extending from Conrads Point on the south to Scotts Bluff on the north at the point where the west line of section sixty-seven, township six, south of range one west, Greensburg land district, intersects the left bank of the Mississippi River, including all territory comprised within the following boundaries, to wit: North by a due east and west line drawn through said last-named point and extending four miles east and three miles west therefrom; on the south by a due east and west line, drawn through the extreme western point of Conrads Point and extending four miles east and three miles west therefrom; on the east by a straight line connecting the eastern termini of said north and south boundary lines and west by a straight line connecting the western termini of said north and south boundary lines.

Approved, April 27, 1910.

April 27, 1910. [H. R. 23254.]

[Public, No. 154.]

Mississippi River.
Southeast Missouri

Telephone Company
from Cairo, Ill., to Bird

may lay cable across, Point, Mo.

CHAP. 194.-An Act To give a legal status to a submarine cable crossing the Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois, and Bird Point, Missouri.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the crossing of the submarine cable of the Southeast Missouri Telephone Company, of Charleston, Missouri, across the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, to Bird Point, Missouri, be, and the same is hereby, legalized, and the consent of Congress is hereby given to its maintenance by said company, subject, however, to all the provisions of the statutes now or hereafter in force relating to the preservation and protection of navigable waters: Provided, That any changes in the said crossing which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interest of navigation shall be promptly made by the owners thereof at their own Secretary of War to expense: Provided further, That within sixty days from the approval of this Act, the said company shall furnish, for the files of the War Department, a drawing showing the location and plan of the cable crossing with reference to the banks, bed, and low water surface of the river.

Provisos.
Changes.

approve plans, etc.

Amendment.

SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.

Approved, April 27, 1910.

April 29, 1910. [S. 834.] [Public, No. 155.]

Union Station.

damages to property

changes of grade.

Vol. 33, p. 251.

Vol. 34, p. 619.

sion.

CHAP. 196.-An Act For the relief of Walter F. Rogers, executor of the estate of Sarah Edwards.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That under and in accordance Determination of with the terms and provisions of the Act of Congress approved April of Sarah Edwards from twenty-second, nineteen hundred and four, entitled "An Act to provide for payment of damages on account of change of grade due to construction of the Union Station, in the District of Columbia," as amended by the Act of Congress approved June twenty-ninth, nineHearing by commis- teen hundred and six, the commission appointed under said Act is hereby authorized and directed to meet and view the property known as lot numbered one hundred and sixteen, according to the subdivision made by A. B. Kelly, trustee, in square numbered six hundred and twenty-eight, as per plat of said subdivision in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia in Book Fourteen, at page one hundred and ninety-seven, improved by house and premises numbered nineteen McCullough street northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, and hear testimony touching the damages to said property which have resulted from changes in the grade of streets, avenues, or alleys authorized by the Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and three, relating to the construction of a union railroad station in the District of Columbia, and to appraise and determine the amount of damages, if any, to which the owner of said property so affected by change of grade may be entitled. Jury to consider ap- SEC. 2. That if any of the parties interested, their personal representatives, or the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be dissatisfied with the appraisement or award of said commission, the court shall, on motion of the parties so dissatisfied, direct the United States marshal to summon a jury of seven disinterested men, not related to any person in interest, to meet and view the said property and to appraise and determine the amount of damages to which the owner of said property so affected by change of grade may be entitled, as provided in and by the aforesaid Act of Congress, so amended as aforesaid.

Vol. 32, p. 912.

peal from award.

Appropriation from District revenues.

SEC. 3. That a sufficient sum to pay the compensation and expenses of said commission and the compensation of said jurors and the amount

of any appraisement or award of damages made in favor of the owner
of said property is hereby appropriated out of the revenues of the
District of Columbia, and fifty per centum thereof shall be refunded Refund.
to said District of Columbia by the United States.
Approved, April 29, 1910.

CHAP. 199.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year endi..g June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven.

May 6, 1910. [H. R. 19255.] [Public, No. 156.]

Diplomatic and con

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, sular appropriations. and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

SALARIES OF AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS.

Salaries.

Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Austria- Ambassadors. Hungary, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and Turkey, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars;

nary and ministers

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the Argen- Envoys extraordi tine Republic, Belgium, Chile, China, Cuba, the Netherlands and plenipotentiary. Luxemburg, and Spain, at twelve thousand dollars each, eightyfour thousand dollars;

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Greece and Montenegro, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Morocco, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay, Persia, Peru, Portugal, Salvador, Siam, Sweden, Switzerland, and Venezuela, at ten thousand dollars each, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars;

Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Roumania, Servia, and Bulgaria, ten thousand dollars;

Minister resident and consul-general to the Dominican Republic, ten thousand dollars;

Minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, five thousand dollars;

Ministers resident

and consuls-general.

Agent and consul-general at Cairo, six thousand five hundred Agent, etc., Cairo. dollars:

Provided, That no salary herein appropriated shall be paid to any official receiving any other salary from the United States Govern

Proviso.
Salary restriction.

ment;

Chargés d'affaires ad interim, forty thous nd dollars;

Total, five hundred and fifty thousand five hundred dollars.

Chargés d'affaires.

SALARIES OF SECRETARIES OF EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS.

Secretaries of em. bassies and legations.

Embassies.

Secretaries of embassy to Austria-Hungary, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and Turkey, at three thousand dollars each, thirty thousand dollars; Secretaries of legation to the Argentine Republic, Belgium, Chile, Legations. China, Cuba, the Netherlands and Luxemburg, and Spain, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars;

Secretaries of legation to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Liberia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Sweden,

Second secretaries.

Third secretaries.

Instruction and transit pay

Switzerland, and Venezuela, at two thousand dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars;

Secretary of legation to Salvador and consul-general to San Salvador, two thousand dollars;

Secretary of legation to Siam and consul-general at Bangkok, two thousand dollars;

Secretary of legation to Greece and Montenegro, two thousand dollars;

Secretary of legation to Paraguay and Uruguay, two thousand dollars;

Secretary of legation and consul-general to Roumania, Servia, and Bulgaria, two thousand dollars;

Secretary of legation to Persia, who shall be an American student of the language of that country, two thousand dollars;

Second secretaries of embassy to Austria-Hungary, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Russia, at two thousand dollars each, eighteen thousand dollars;

Second secretaries of legation to China and Cuba, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; Second secretary of embassy to Turkey, who shall be an American student of the language of that court and country, two thousand dollars;

Third secretaries of embassy to Great Britain, France, Mexico, Germany, and Russia, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, six thousand dollars;

Third secretary of embassy to Japan, who shall be an American student of the Japanese language, one thousand two hundred dollars; Third secretary of embassy to Turkey, who shall be an American student of the Turkish language, one thousand two hundred dollars; Total, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars.

SALARIES OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS WHILE RECEIVING

INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKING TRANSITS.

To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other officers of the United States for the periods actually and necessarily occupied in receiving instructions and in making transits to and from their posts, and while awaiting recognition and authority to act, in R. S., sec. 1740, p. 309. pursuance of the provisions of section seventeen hundred and forty of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby appropriated.

Clerks at embassies, etc.

Interpreters.

CLERKS AT EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS.

For the employment of necessary clerks at the embassies and legations, who, whenever hereafter appointed, shall be citizens of the United States, sixty-five thousand dollars.

SALARIES OF INTERPRETERS TO EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS.

Interpreter to embassy to Turkey, three thousand dollars; Chinese secretary, legation to China, three thousand six hundred dollars;

Assistant Chinese secretary to the legation to China, to be appointed from the corps of student interpreters, two thousand dollars;

Japanese secretary and interpreter to embassy to Japan, three thousand six hundred dollars;

Assistant Japanese secretary to the embassy to Japan, to be appointed from the corps of student interpreters, two thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars;

Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, one thousand five hundred dollars;

Student interpre

ters.

Provisos.
Nonpartisan selec-

For ten student interpreters at the legation to China, who shall be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study In China. the Chinese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the legation and consulates in China, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That said student interpreters shall be chosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan: And provided tion. further, That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the legation and consulates in China so long as his said services may be required within a period of five years;

For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the legation to China, at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum each, to be immediately available, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;

Term of service.

Tuition.

Provisos.

For six student interpreters at the embassy to Japan, who shall be In Japan. citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the Japanese language with a view to supplying interpreters to the embassy and consulates in Japan, at one thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars: Provided, That said student interpreters shall be Nonpartisan selecchosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan: And provided further, That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the embassy and consulates in Japan so long as his said services may be required within a period of five years;

tion.

Term of service.

Tuition.

For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at the embassy to Japan, at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum each, seven hundred and fifty dollars; For ten student interpreters at the embassy to Turkey, who shall In Turkey. be citizens of the United States, and whose duty it shall be to study the language of Turkey and any other language that may be necessary to qualify them for service as interpreters to the embassy and consulates in Turkey, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That said student interpreters shall be chosen in such manner as will make the selections nonpartisan: And provided further, tion. That upon receiving such appointment each student interpreter Term of service. shall sign an agreement to continue in the service as interpreter to the embassy and consulates in Turkey so long as his said services may

be required within a period of five years;

Provisos.
Nonpartisan selec-

For the payment of the cost of tuition of student interpreters at Tuition.

the embassy to Turkey, at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five

dollars per annum each, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; Total, forty-five thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

ries.

But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided Restriction on salashall be allowed any part of the salary appropriated for any secretary of legation or other officer.

QUARTERS FOR THE STUDENT INTERPRETERS AT THE EMBASSY TO

JAPAN.

Quarters for interpreters.

For rent of quarters for the student interpreters attached to the In Japan. embassy at Tokyo, Japan, six hundred dollars. or so much thereof as may be necessary.

QUARTERS FOR THE STUDENT INTERPRETERS AT THE EMBASSY TO

TURKEY.

For rent of quarters for the student interpreters attached to the In Turkey. embassy to Turkey, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.