XXXVIII ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled^ That tlie head of each of the 

 ;several Executive Departments of the Goveriiiuent, the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, and the Smithsonian Institution, including the National 

 Museum and Commission of Fish and Fisheries, under the direction of 

 the President of the United States, be, and they are hereby authorized 

 and directed to prei)are and make suitable exhibits at the said ('enteu- 

 nial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States, to be held at 

 Cincinnati, beginning on the fourth of July and closing October twenty- 

 seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. 



That there shall be appointed a committee of Congress comi)osed of 

 ten members, Ave to be appointed by the President of the Senate and 

 live by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Said committee 

 is authorized and directed to visit said exposition and make such rejjort 

 to Congress in that behalf as they may deem needful and proper: Pro- 

 vided, That the President may in the exercise of his discretion allow 

 such documents, and exhibits as re'ate to early settlement at Marietta, 

 Ohio, and the establishment of civil government in the territory north- 

 west of the Ohio River, to be taken to Marietta, and exhibited during- 

 the time from July fifteenth to nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 

 eight, inclusive, under such restrictions and custody as he may direct. 



That to enable the several Executive Departments of the Govern- 

 ment, the Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution, 

 including the National Museum and the Commission of Fish and Fish- 

 eries, to participate in said exposition, to be held as aforesaid, there is 

 hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

 appropriated, one hundred and forty-seven thousand seven hundred and 

 fifty dollars, api)ortioned as follows : 



For the War Department, seven thousand one hundred and fifty dol- 

 lars. 



For the Navy Department, fifteen thousand dollars. 



For the State Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. 



For the Treasury Department, seven thousand five hundred dollars. 



For the Interior Department, thirty-six thousand one hundred dol- 

 lar's. 



For the Department of Agriculture, twenty thousand dollars. 



For thePost-Office Department, five thousand dollars. 



For the Department of Justice, two thousand dollars. 



For the Smithsonian Institution, including the Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries, fifty thousand dollars. 



For expenses of the committee of Congress, two thousand five hua- 

 dred dollars. 



That the President may, if in his judgment it shall be deemed neces- 

 sary and expedient in order to secure the best results with greatest 

 economy, transfer a part of the fund hereby apportioned to one Depart- 

 ment or Bureau to another Department or Bureau. The term Bureau 

 wherever used herein shall be construed to include the Agricultural 

 Department, the Smithsonian Institution, and Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries. 



That the President of tlxe United States is hereby authorized to de- 

 tail an oflicer of the pay department of the Army or Navy to disburse 

 the fund ajjpropriated by this act. 



The payments on account of expenses incurred in carrying out and 

 into effect the provisions hereof shall be made on itemized vouchers ap- 

 proved by the representative of the Department incurring the liability, 

 and a person to be designated by the President to make final audit of 



