§ 4223. — General duty to account for fees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4223]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4223. General duty to account for fees
All fees, official or unofficial, received by any officer in the
Consular Service for services rendered in connection with the duties of
his office or as a consular officer, including fees for notarial
services, and fees for taking depositions, executing commissions or
letters rogatory, settling estates, receiving or paying out moneys,
caring for or disposing of property, shall be accounted for and paid
into the Treasury of the United States, and the sole and only
compensation of such officers shall be by salaries fixed by law. And
vice-consuls, in addition to such compensation as they may be entitled
to receive as consuls or clerks, may receive such portion of the
salaries of the consul-general or consuls for whom they act as shall be
provided by regulation.
(Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, Sec. 8, 34 Stat. 101; Feb. 5, 1915, ch. 23,
Secs. 3, 6, 38 Stat. 805, 806; May 24, 1924, ch. 182, Sec. 11, 43 Stat.
142; Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, Sec. 1131(26), 60 Stat. 1037.)
Codification
Compensation provisions pertaining to the positions of vice-consuls-
general, deputy consuls-general, and deputy consuls were omitted from
this section on the authority of act Feb. 5, 1915.
Section was not enacted as a part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 99 of this title.
Amendments
1946--Act Aug. 13, 1946, struck out ``but this shall not apply to
consular agents, who shall be paid one-half of the fees received in
their offices, up to a maximum sum of one thousand dollars in any one
year, the other half being accounted for and paid into the Treasury of
the United States.''
Effective Date of 1946 Amendment
Amendment by act Aug. 13, 1946, effective three months after Aug.
13, 1946.
Repeals
Act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, Sec. 1131(26), 60 Stat. 1037,
cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 96-465, title
II, Sec. 2205(1), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2159.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4224 of this title.
