Dominica was a colored government, occupying part of the island
of Hayti.
In pursuance of a message from President Johnson, Mr. Sumner,
from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following
bill, which was read and passed to a second reading.
A Bill to authorize the President of the United States to appoint a
diplomatic representative to the Republic of Dominica.
_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That the President of the
United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to appoint a diplomatic representative of
the United States to the Republic of Dominica, who shall be accredited
as Commissioner and Consul General, and shall receive the compensation
of a Commissioner, according to the Act of Congress approved August
eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
The object of this bill was accomplished by specific
appropriation in the Consular and Diplomatic Bill.[211]