ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LXVTI 



exhibits at said exposition, shall be limited to and paid out of the 

 appropriation of tive million dollars herein provided for such purpose. 



Sec. 20. That there shall be repaid into the Treasury of the United 

 States the same proportionate amount of the aid given by the United 

 States as shall be repaid to either the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 

 Company or the city of Saint Louis: Provided, That this section shall 

 not be taken or construed to give the United States a right to share in 

 the proceeds of said exposition be} T ond the actual amount appropriated 

 to aid in carrying forward said exposition. 



Sec. 21. That any bank or trust company located in the city of 

 Saint Louis, or State of Missouri, may be designated by the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition Company to conduct a banking office upon the 

 exposition grounds, and if the bank so designated shall be a national 

 bank, upon such designation being approved by the. Comptroller of 

 the Currency, said national bank is hereby authorized to open and 

 conduct such office as a branch of the bans, subject to the same restric- 

 tions and having the same rights as the bank to which it belongs: 

 Provided, That the branch office authorized hereby, if the same shall 

 be a branch of a national bank, shall not be operated for a period 

 longer than two years, beginning not earlier than July first, nineteen 

 hundred and two, and closing not later than July first, nineteen hun- 

 •dred and four. 



Sec. 22. That no citizen of any foreign country shall be held liable 

 for the infringement of an}' patent granted by the United States, or of 

 any trade-mark or label registered in the United States, where the act 

 complained of is or shall be performed in connection with the exhibi- 

 tion of any article or thing at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 



Sec. 23. That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is authorized, 

 at his discretion, to detail for special duty, in connection with the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, such officers of the Army as may be 

 required, to report to the general commanding the Department of 

 Missouri; and the officers thus detailed shall not be subject to loss of 

 pay or rank on account of such detail, nor shall any officer or emplo}'ee 

 of the United States receive additional pay or compensation because 

 of services connected with the said exposition from the United States 

 or from said exposition. 



Sec. 24. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to create 

 any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or 

 obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance 

 from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or 

 liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission. 



Sec. 25. That as a condition precedent to the payment of this appro- 

 priation the directors shall contract to close the gates to visitors on 

 Sundays during the whole duration of the fair. (Approved March 3, 

 1901; Statutes XXXI, 1440.) 



