LXXIV ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



factui'ing, shi})pinir, educatioiuil, and other resources" of said State; 

 and 



Whereas under and by virtue of said act of the legishiture of the 

 State of Oregon a commission consisting of eleven members, residents 

 and inhabitants of said State, Avas authorized and appointed, known 

 and designated as the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Com- 

 mission, and the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American I'acific 

 Exposition and Oriental Fair, a corporation organized and existing 

 under the laws of said State, have jointly undertaken the inaugura- 

 tion of the I^ewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at said city of 

 Portland, to be held undei- the joint supervision, control, and man- 

 agement of said connnission and corporation, as j^rovided by said act; 

 and 



AVliereas a number of States have enacted laws for and appropri- 

 ated money to enable them to partici]:»ate in said exposition, and other 

 States have signified their intention of so doing, and satisfactory 

 assurances have been given by representatives of foreign governments 

 that their governments will make interesting and instructive exhibits 

 at said exposition illustrative of their material progress during the 

 past century, and it is believed that the commerce of the United States 

 in oriental and oceanic countries will be materially aided and devel- 

 oped b}^ such exposition : Now, therefore, for the purpose of contrib- 

 uting to the success of said exposition and enabling our insular posses- 

 sions and also oriental and oceanic countries to exhibit of their prod- 

 ucts and resources at said exposition. 



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

 United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles that 

 shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhi- 

 l)ition at said exposition upon which there shall be a tarifi' or customs 

 duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or 

 chiirges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

 prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exijosition to 

 sell for delivei'v at the close thereof any goods or i)ro])erty imported 

 for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on the 

 gromids, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue 

 and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury may prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or 

 withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be subject to 

 the diity, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in 

 force at the date of withdrawal, and on articles which shall have suf- 

 fered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and neces- 

 sary exposure the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the 

 appraised value at the time of Avithdrawal for consumption, and the 

 penalties prescribed by law shall be enfoi'ced against any person 

 guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal. 



