XXXVIII ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



Be it enacted , by the Senate and House of Rcpresentatwes of the United 

 States of America in dmgress assembled, That tlie bead of each of the 

 several Executive Departments of the Government, IbeCommissioner of 

 Agriculture, and tbe iSmitbsonian Institution, including- tbe National 

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

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

 and directed to prepare and make suitable exhibits at tbe said ('euten- 

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

 Cincinnati, beginning on thefourtli of July and closing October twenty- 

 seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. 



That there shall bii ai)pointed a committee of Congress com])osed of 

 ten members, tiveto be appointed by the President of the Senate and 

 five by the Si)eaker of the House of Representatives, Said committee 

 is authorized and directed to visit said exposition and make such rej)ort 

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

 vided, That tbe President may in the exercise of his discivtiou allow 

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

 Ohio, and the estaltlishment of civil goverument 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 Dei)artments 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 api)ropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

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

 fifty dollars, ai)portioned 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- 

 lars. 



For the Department of Agriculture, twenty thousand dollars. 



For the Post-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 hun- 

 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 berein shall be construed to include the Agricultural 

 Department, the Smithsonian Institution, and Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries. 



That tbe President of tbe United States is hereby authorized to de- 

 tail an officer of the pay department of the Armj^ or Navy to disburse 

 tbe 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 incurriog the liability, 

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



