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U.S. Code, Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
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General SummaryThe U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. While every effort has been made to ensure that this reproduction of the Code is accurate, those using it for legal purposes should verify their results against the printed version of the Code available through the Government Printing Office.
§ 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, § 8, 34 Stat. 101; Feb. 5, 1915, ch. 23, §§ 3, 6, 38 Stat. 805, 806; May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 11, 43 Stat. 142; Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, § 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.
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.
Act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title XI, § 1131(26), 60 Stat. 1037, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 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.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 4223. General Duty to Account for Fees," U.S. Code, Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse in U.S. Code, Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed July 11, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LKFT34SYSFQB5NA.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 4223. General Duty to Account for Fees." U.S. Code, Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, in U.S. Code, Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 11 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LKFT34SYSFQB5NA.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 4223. General Duty to Account for Fees' in U.S. Code, Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 11 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LKFT34SYSFQB5NA.
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