58 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 2 D SESS.-CH. 294-JUNE 28, 1944 additional compensation to diplomatic, consular, and Foreign Service officers, clerks, and other employees when such allowances and addi- tional compensation are necessary to enable such officers, clerks, and other employees to carry on their work efficiently, $1,250,000: Pro- vided, That such allowances and additional compensation shall be granted only in the discretion of the President, and under such regulations as he may prescribe. Representation allowances, Foreign Service: For representation allowances as authorized by the Act approved February 23, 1931 (22 U.S. C . 12), $300,000. Foreign Service retirement and disability fund: For financing the liability of the United States, created by the Act approved February 23, 1931, as amended by the Act of April 24, 1939 (22 U. S. C. 21 -21 (o)), $910,500, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the "Foreign Service retirement and disability fund". Salaries and clerks, Foreign Service: For salaries of clerks in the Foreign Service, as provided in the Act approved February 23, 1931 (22 U. S . C . 23a), including salaries while under instruction in the United States and during transit to and from homes in the United States upon the beginning and after termination of services, $3,754,000. Miscellaneous salaries and allowances, Foreign Service: For sala- ries or compensation of kavasses, guards, dragomans, porters, inter- preters, prison keepers, translators, archive collators, Chinese writers, messengers, couriers, telephone operators, radio operators, super- visors of construction, and custodial and operating force for mainte- nance and operation of Government-owned and leased diplomatic and consular properties in foreign countries, including salaries while under instruction in the United States and during transit to and from their homes in the United States upon the beginning and after termination of service in foreign countries; compensation of agents and employees of dispatch agencies established by the Secretary of State; operation of motor-propelled and other passenger and non- passenger-carrying vehicles; for allowances to consular officers, who are paid in whole or in part by fees, for services necessarily rendered to American vessels and seamen, as provided in the Act of June 26, 1884 (22 U. S. C. 89; 46 U. S . C . 101); and such other miscellaneous personal services as the President may deem necessary, $1,250,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for salaries or wages of persons not American citizens performing clerical services (except interpreters, translators, and messengers), whether officially designated as clerks or not, in any foreign mission: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, upon request by the Secretary of State, to assign enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps to serve as custodians, under the immediate supervision of the Secretary of State or the chief of mission, which- ever the Secretary of State shall direct, at embassies, legations, or consulates of the United States located in foreign countries. Foreign Service, auxiliary (emergency): For all necessary expenses to enable the Department of State during the fiscal year 1945 to con- tinue to perform functions or activities in connection with the Aux- iliary Foreign Service for the performance of which, during the fiscal years 1941 and 1942, the Department of State received alloca- tions of funds from the appropriation "Emergency fund for the President" contained in the Military Appropriation Act, 1941, includ- ing the objects for which and subject to the conditions under which such allocations were provided or expended during the fiscal years 1941 and 1942, $6,200,000: Provided, That cost of living and repre- 399 Post, p. 869. 46 Stat. 1209. 46 Stat. 1211; 53 Stat. 584. 22 U. S. C., Supp. III, § 21. Post, p. 869. 46 Stat. 1207. Miscellaneous sal- aries and allowances. Ante, p. 398; post, p. 869. Dispatch agencies. Services to Ameri- can vessels and sea- llen. 23 Stat. 56. Citizenship require- nlent. Assignment of naval personnel as custodi- ans. Auxiliary Foreign Service. 54 Stat. 377.
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