. ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. XXXVII 



and sbaK be closed at such time as the commissiou may determiue, but 

 not later tbau the tbirtietli day of October thereafter. 



Seo. 10. That whenever the President of the United States shall be 

 uotitied by the commission that provision has been made for grounds 

 and buildings lor the uses herein provided for and there has also been 

 tiled with him by the said corporation, known as "The World's Expo- 

 sition of eighteen hundred and ninety-two," satisfactory proof that a 

 sum not less than ten million dollars to be used and expended for the 

 purposes of the exposition herein authorized, has in fact been raised 

 or provided for by subscription or other legally binding means, shall 

 be authorized, through the Department of State, to make proclamation 

 of the same, setting forth the time at which the exposition will open 

 and close, and the place at which it will be held; and he shall com- 

 municate to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies of 

 the same, together with such regulations as may be adopted by the 

 commission, for i)ublication in their respective countries, and he shall, 

 in behalf of the Government and people, invite foreign nations to take 

 part in the said exposition and appoint representatives thereto. 



Sec. 11. That all articles which sball be imported from foreign 

 countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which 

 there shall be a tariff or customs dutj, shall be admitted free of payment 

 of duty, customs fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time 

 during the exhibition to sell for delivery at the close of the exposition 

 any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the 

 exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for 

 the security of the revenue and for the collection of the import duties 

 as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescrilie: Provided, That all 

 such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United 

 States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles 

 by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all penal- 

 ties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such arti- 

 cles, and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or 

 withdrawal. 



Sec. 12. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or as much thereof 

 as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of 

 any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the re- 

 mainder of the ])resent fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June 

 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to be expended under the 

 direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for purposes connected with 

 tlie admission of foreign goods to said exhibition. 



Sec. 13. That it shall be the duty of the commission to make report 

 fiom time to time, to the President of the United States of the progress 

 of the work, and, in a final report, present a full exhibit of the results 

 of the exposition. 



Sec. 14. That the commission hereby authorized shall exist no longer 

 than until the fiist day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. 



Sec. 15. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under 

 any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceed- 

 ings or re[)resentations of the said corporation organized under the 

 laws of the State of Illinois, its ofiicers, agents, servants, or employes, 

 or any of them, or for the service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, 

 agents, servants, or employes, or any of them, or for any subscrii^tions 

 "t".) the capital stock, or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, 

 or obligations of any kind issued by said corporation or for any debts, 



