William McKinley actually said...

They are to be used to defer the expenses of consular courts, and detailed accounts of receipts and expenditures are to be rendered to the S...

Any surplus remaining at the end of the year after the expenses of the courts have been paid is to be turned into the Treasury.

Consular court fees and fines imposed and collected by consular courts are hereby declared to be official.

The civil-service rules are hereby amended as follows.