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Excerpt from History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States, Vol. 2
Duties performed by consuls, 1776 to 1789, 267. The pre-constitutional consular service, 268. Treaty of amity and commerce with France. 1778, 268; with The Netherlands Sweden and Prussia 269. Powers of consuls defined in treaty with France, 1788, 270. An inadequate consular service, 1789 1856, 271. Acts of 1790 and 1792, 271. Consuls required to certify invoices of imports. 1818, 273. Legislation regarding consuls prior to 1856, 273. Consular reform, acts of 1855 and 1856, 274. A service unresponsive to commercial needs, 1856-1906, 276. Questions of salary, of fees, and of trading, 278. Growth in number of consuls, 1856 to 1906. 279. Eli'otts to reform the nrvimresecudn orders, 279. Slight result accomplished, 280. Reorganization of the service; the Lodge Act, 1906, 281. Provisions and dim of root-roosevelt executive orderof June 27, 1906, 282. Extension of the merit system by President Taft and Secretary KM 283. Actol'may 11. 1908, 284. Organization and supervision ofthe service in 1913, 285. Extraterritorial and other functions of consuls, 288. Activities of consular service in promoting trade, 290. Publications containing consular reports, 290. Services in preventing frauds against customs, 293. Personal service of con suls to facilitate trade, 293.
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