60 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



For the State Department, two tbousaiul tive hundred dollars. 



For the Treasury Dei)artnient, seven tliousand live hundred dollars. 



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

 lars. 



For the Department of Agriculture, twenty thousand dollars. 



For the PostOffice Department, five thousand dollars. 



For the Department of Justice, two thousand dollars. 



For the Smithsonian Institution, includiug 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 herein shall be construed to include the Agricultural 

 Department, the Smithsonian Institution, and Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries. 



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

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

 the fund appropriated 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 

 said accounts : Provided, That payment of the expenses incurred by the 

 committee of Congress shall be made on vouchers approved by the 

 chairman of said committee. 



That the head of each of said Executive Departments and of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Smithsonian Institution, and Commission of 

 Fish and Fisheries shall, from among the officers or employees thereof, 

 appoint a suitable person to act as representative of such Department 

 or Bureau, and said representative shall, under the direction and con- 

 trol of the head of the Department or Bureau, supervise the preparation 

 and conduct of the exhibits herein provided for. 



That no officer or employee appointed as aforesaid shall be paid extra 

 or additional compensation by reason of services rendered in virtue of 

 such employment; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to pre- 

 vent the i)ayment of the just and reasonable expenses of any commit- 

 tee, officer, or employee ai^pointed or employed under and by virtue of 

 the provisions of this act. 



That all articles imported from the Republic of Mexico or the Domin- 

 ion of Canada for the puri)ose of being exhibited at said exposition 

 shall be admitted free of duty, subject, however, to such conditions and 

 regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may impose and prescribe. 



Approved, May 28, 1888. 



JOINT RESOLUTION declariuj? the true iuteut and meaning of tbe act approved 

 May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That it is the true intent and meaning 

 of the act of Congress approved May twenty eighth, eighteen hundred 

 and eighty-eight, by the President of the United States, entitled "An 

 act making appropriation to enable the several Executive Departments 

 of the Government, and the Bureau of Agriculture, and the Smithsonian 



