22 U.S.C. § 4220 — Medium for payment of fees

Page 1565 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 4221 charged for official services, and to designate what shall be regarded as official services, be- sides such as are expressly declared by law, in the business of the several embassies, legations, and consulates, and to adapt the same, by such differences as may be necessary or proper, to each embassy, legation, or consulate; and it shall be the duty of all officers and persons con- nected with such embassies, legations, and con- sulates to collect for such official services such and only such fees as may be prescribed for their respective embassies, legations, and consulates, and such rates or tariffs shall be reported annu- ally to Congress. (R.S. § 1745; Apr. 5, 1906, ch. 1366, § 3, 34 Stat. 100.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 1745 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 16, 11 Stat. 57. References to ‘‘commercial agencies’’ and ‘‘commer- cial agency’’ were omitted in view of the abolition of the grade of commercial agent by act Apr. 5, 1906. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Serv- ice Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1201 of this title, and prior thereto to section 127 of this title. Executive Documents EX. ORD. NO. 10718. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO SECRETARY OF STATE Ex. Ord. No. 10718, June 27, 1957, 22 F.R. 4632, provided: SECTION 1. There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of State the authority vested in the President by sec- tion 1745 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. 1201) [this section] to prescribe, from time to time, the rates or tariffs of fees to be charged for offi- cial services, and to designate what shall be regarded as official services, besides such as are expressly declared by law, in the business of the several embassies, lega- tions, and consulates, and to adapt the same, by such differences as may be necessary or proper, to each em- bassy, legation, or consulate. SEC. 2. This order shall not operate to amend, super- sede, or terminate any rates or tariffs of fees, designa- tions, or adaptations prescribed or made under author- ity of the said section 1745 [this section] and in force immediately prior to the issuance of this order; but au- thority to amend, supersede, or terminate the same, and to prescribe regulations necessary or desirable for the implementation of rates or tariffs of fees, designa- tions, or adaptions heretofore or hereafter prescribed or made, shall be deemed to be included within the au- thority delegated by section 1 of this order. SEC. 3. The rates or tariffs of fees and the regulations prescribed and any other actions taken by the Sec- retary of State under authority of this order shall be published in the Federal Register. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. § 4220. Medium for payment of fees All fees collected by diplomatic and consular officers for and in behalf of the United States shall be collected in the coin of the United States, or at its representative value in ex- change. (R.S. § 1746.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 1746 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 30, 11 Stat. 63. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Serv- ice Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1202 of this title, and prior thereto to section 128 of this title. § 4221. Depositions and notarial acts; perjury Every secretary of embassy or legation and consular officer is authorized, whenever he is re- quired or deems it necessary or proper so to do, at the post, port, place, or within the limits of his embassy, legation, or consulate, to admin- ister to or take from any person an oath, affir- mation, affidavit, or deposition, and to perform any notarial act which any notary public is re- quired or authorized by law to do within the United States. At any post, port, or place where there is no consular officer, the Secretary of State may authorize any other officer or em- ployee of the United States Government who is a United States citizen serving overseas, includ- ing any contract employee of the United States Government, to perform such acts, and any such contractor so authorized shall not be considered to be a consular officer. Every such oath, affir- mation, affidavit, deposition, and notarial act administered, sworn, affirmed, taken, had, or done, by or before any such officer, when cer- tified under his hand and seal of office, shall be as valid, and of like force and effect within the United States, to all intents and purposes, as if administered, sworn, affirmed, taken, had, or done, by or before any other person within the United States duly authorized and competent thereto. If any person shall willfully and cor- ruptly commit perjury, or by any means procure any person to commit perjury in any such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition, within the intent and meaning of any Act of Congress now or hereafter made, such offender may be charged, proceeded against, tried, convicted, and dealt with in any district of the United States, in the same manner, in all respects, as if such offense had been committed in the United States, before any officer duly authorized there- in to administer or take such oath, affirmation, affidavit, or deposition, and shall be subject to the same punishment and disability therefor as are or shall be prescribed by any such act for such offense; and any document purporting to have affixed, impressed, or subscribed thereto, or thereon the seal and signature of the officer administering or taking the same in testimony thereof, shall be admitted in evidence without proof of any such seal or signature being gen- uine or of the official character of such person; and if any person shall forge any such seal or signature, or shall tender in evidence any such document with a false or counterfeit seal or sig- nature thereto, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, he shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be imprisoned not exceeding three years nor less than one year, and fined, in a sum not to exceed $3,000, and may be charged, proceeded against, tried, convicted, and dealt with therefor in the district where he may be arrested or in custody. Pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary may des- ignate any other employee of the Department of State who is a citizen of the United States to perform any notarial function authorized to be