REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 59 



AN ACT niakiiif;- an appropriation to oiiablo flio sovoral Exc^cntivo DopiirtineutH of 

 llic (lovcnniioiit and tlio Unrcau of Aii,ricnll nio and tlu' SniiMisonian Institntion, 

 includinj;' t ho National Mns(!nni and (NmnMisHion ot Fish and Fislic^iios, to j)artii-i- 

 pato in the Cenlcnnial Exposition of tlic Ohio Valley and ('cntral States, to bo hold 

 at Cincinnati, Ohio, from Jnly fourth to October t\V(inty-80venth, eighteen hundred 

 and eiglity-eight. 



Whereas the States which comprise the Northwest Territory aud the 

 adjacent States will hold at Cincinnati, Ohio, from July fourth to Octo- 

 ber twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred aud eighty-eight, a centennial 

 exposition commemorative of the organization of the Northwest Terri- 

 tory, under the ordinance of seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, in 

 which exposition all the States and Territories of the United States and 

 the General Gbvernment have been invited to i)articipate, the object 

 being in said exposition to present a panorama of the nation's resources 

 and i^resent state of progressive development by an exhibition of the 

 products of agriculture, of the various industries and fine arts ; also the 

 results of advancement made in the sciences ; the whole illustrating the 

 opportunities secured to aud the possibilities which wait upon the citi- 

 zens of this Republic ; aud 



Whereas the citizens of the Ohio Valley and the several States adja- 

 cent thereto have made suitable and adequate preparation and arrange- 

 ments for holding said exposition, and are desirous — aud it being fit aud 

 proper — that the several Executive Departments of the Government, 

 the Department of Agriculture, the Smithsonian Institution, including 

 the National Museum and Commission of Fish and Fisheries, should 

 liarticipate in said exhibition : Therefore, 



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

 States of America in Conr/ress assembled^ That the head of each of the 

 several Executive Departments of the Government, the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, and the Smithsonian Institution, including the National 

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

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

 and directed to prepare and make suitable exhibits at tlie said Centen- 

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

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

 seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. 



That there shall be appointed a committee of Congress composed of 

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

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

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

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

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

 such documents, and exhibits as relate to early settlement at Marietta, 

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

 west of the Ohio River, to be taicen 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 Government, 

 the ])epartment of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institution, in- 

 cluding the National Museum aud the Commission of Fish and Fish- 

 eries, to i)articipate in said exposition, to bo held as aforesaid, there is 

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

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

 fifty dollars, apportioned as follows : 



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

 lars. 



For the Navy Department, fifteen thousand dollars. 



