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22 U.S.C. § 4206 — Fees for services to American vessels or seamen prohibited
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No fees named in the tariff of consular fees prescribed by order of the President shall be charged or collected by consular officers for the official services to American vessels and seamen. Consular officers shall furnish the master of every such vessel with an itemized statement of such services performed on account of said vessel, with the fee so prescribed for each service, and make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Treasury of such services and fees, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
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No fees named in the tariff of consular fees prescribed by order of the President shall be charged or collected by consular officers for the official services to American vessels and seamen. Consular officers shall furnish the master of every such vessel with an itemized statement of such services performed on account of said vessel, with the fee so prescribed for each service, and make a detailed report to the Secretary of the Treasury of such services and fees, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
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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.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 1171, R.S. § 1689, which related to general application of provisions to consular officers, was transferred to [section 4191 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4191&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1172, R.S. § 4082, which related to solemnization of marriages, was transferred to [section 4192 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4192&num=0&edition=prelim) and subsequently repealed.
Section 1173, R.S. § 1707; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992, which related to receipt by consuls and vice consuls of protests, was transferred to [section 4193 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4193&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1174, R.S. § 1708; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829, which related to lists and returns of seamen and vessels, etc., was transferred to [section 4194 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4194&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1175, R.S. § 1709; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 223, 36 Stat. 1083; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; July 12, 1940, ch. 618, 54 Stat. 758, which related to estates of decedents generally and to General Accounting Office as conservator, was transferred to [section 4195 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4195&num=0&edition=prelim) and subsequently repealed.
Section 1176, R.S. § 1710; July 12, 1940, ch. 618, 54 Stat. 760, which related to notification of death of decedent and transmission of inventory of effects of decedent, was transferred to [section 4196 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req
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Consuls, vice consuls, and consular agents in the Dominion of Canada, in the collection of official fees, shall receive foreign moneys at the rate given in the Treasury schedule of the value of foreign coins.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 83, R.S. § 1715, which related to certification of invoices, was transferred to [section 4200 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4200&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 84, act Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 9, 34 Stat. 101, which related to fees for certification of invoices, was transferred to [section 4201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4201&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 85, R.S. § 1716, which related to exaction of excessive fees for verification of invoices, was transferred to [section 4202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4202&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 86, act Feb. 24, 1903, ch. 753, 32 Stat. 854, which related to destruction of old invoices, was transferred to [section 4203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4203&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 87, R.S. § 1717, which related to granting of a certificate for goods shipped from countries adjacent to the United States, was transferred to [section 4204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4204&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 88, R.S. § 1718, which related to retention of papers of American vessels until payment of demands and wages, was transferred to [section 4205 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4205&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 89, act June 26, 1884, ch. 121, § 12, 23 Stat. 56, which related to fees for official services to American vessels or seamen, was transferred to [section 4206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.x
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4202
official services for which the President is au-
thorized by section 4219 of this title to prescribe
rates or tariffs.
(Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 9, 34 Stat. 101.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
A further provision of section 9 of act Apr. 5, 1906, re-
pealed R.S. § 2851, which provided for certification of in-
voices of imported merchandise by the collector of the
post, and R.S. § 1721, which prescribed a fee of one dol-
lar to be charged by the consul-general for the British
North American provinces, for certifying invoices of
goods not exceeding $100 in value.
Section was formerly classified to section 1181 of this
title, and prior thereto to section 84 of this title.
§ 4202. Exaction of excessive fees for verification
of invoices; penalty
The fee provided by law for the verification of
invoices by consular officers shall, when paid, be
held to be a full payment for furnishing blank
forms of declaration to be signed by the shipper,
and for making, signing, and sealing the certifi-
cate of the consular officer thereto; and any
consular officer who, under pretense of charging
for blank forms, advice, or clerical services in
the preparation of such declaration or certifi-
cate, charges or receives any fee greater in
amount than that provided by law for the
verification of invoices, or who demands or re-
ceives for any official services, or who allows
any clerk or subordinate to receive for any such
service, any fee or reward other than the fee
provided by law for such service, shall be pun-
ishable by imprisonment for not more than one
year, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, and
shall
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