ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. XXXVII 



and sbaK be closed at siicli time as the coiumissioii may determine, but 

 uot later tbau tbe thirtieth day of October thereafter. 



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

 notilied by the commissiou that provision lias been made for grounds 

 and buildiufis lor the uses herein provided for and there has also beeji 

 tiled with him by the said cori)oration, known as "The World's p]xpo- 

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

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

 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 tbe place at which it will be held; and he shall com- 

 municate to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies of 

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

 commission, for ])ublication in their res[)ective countries, and he shall, 

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

 part in the said exposition and ap|ioint representatives thereto. 



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

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

 there shall be a tariff or customs duty, 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 proi^erty imi)orted 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 prescribe: Provided, That all 

 such articles wben sold or withdrawn for consum])tion in the United 

 States sball 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 i)rescribed 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 tbe same is hereby, appropriated, out of 

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

 mainder of the ])reseiit tiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June 

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

 direction of tbe Secretary of the Treasury for purposes connected with 

 tbe admission of foreign goods to said exhibition. 



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

 from time to time, to tbe President of tbe United States of tbe progress 

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

 of the ex[)osition. 



Sec. 11. That the commission hereby authorized shall exist no longer 

 than until the liist 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 tbe a(!ts, doings, ])roceed- 

 ings or rei)resentations of tbe said cori)oratiou organized under tbe 

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

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

 agents, servants, or employes, or any of them, or for any subscriptions 

 ^o tbe cai)ital stock, or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, 

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



