SECRETARY OF LEGATION. An officer employed to attend a foreign mission, and
to perform certain duties as clerk.
2. His salary is fixed by the act of congress of May 1, 1810, s. 1, at
such a sum as the president of the United States may allow, not exceeding
two thousand dollars.
3. The salary of a secretary of embassy, or the secretary of a minister
plenipotentiary, is the same as that of a secretary of legation.