secretary of legation

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secretary of legation - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  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.