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Sec. 17. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable building or 

 buildings to be erected on the site selected for the World's Columbian Exposition 

 for the Government exhibits, as provided in this act, and he is hereby authorized 

 and directed to contract therefor, in the same manner and under the same regula- 

 tions as for other public buildings of the United States; but the contracts for said 

 building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of four huudrt d thousand dollars, 

 and for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 

 eighteen hundred and ninety one, there is hereby appropriated for said building 

 or buildings, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum 

 of one hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the 

 said building or buildings to be constructed as far as possible, of iron, steel, and 

 glass, or of such other material as may be taken out and sold to the l>est advantage; 

 and he is authorized and required to dispose of such building or buildings, or the 

 material composing the same, at the close of the exposition, giving preference to 

 the city of Chicago, or to the said World's Exposition of eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-two to purchase the same at an appraised value to be ascertained in such 

 manner as he may determine. 



Sec. 18. That for the purjjose of paying the expenses of transportation, care, and 

 custody of exhibits by the Government and the maintenance of the building or 

 buildings hereinbefore provided for. and the safe return of articles belonging to the 

 said Government exhibit, and for the expenses of the commission created by this 

 act, and other contingent expenses, to be approved bj^ the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury, upon itemized accounts and vouchers, there is hereby appropriated for the 

 remainder of this fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen 

 hundred and ninety- one, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- 

 ated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces- 

 sary : Provided, That the United States shall not be liable, on account of the erec- 

 tion of buildings, expenses of the commission or any of its oflicers or employees, or 

 on account of any expenses incident to or growing out of said exjjosition for a sum 

 exceeding in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand dollars. 



Sec. 19. That the commissioners and alternate commissioners ajipoiuted under 

 this act shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services out of the Treas- 

 ury of the United States, except their actual expenses for transportation and the 

 sum of six dollars per day for subsistence for each day they are necessarily absent 

 from their homes on the business of said commission. The ofbcers of said commis- 

 sion shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by said commission, subject to 

 the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, which shall be paid out of the sums 

 appropriated by Congress in aid of such exposition. 



Sec. 20. 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 li([uidation of any debts or obligations created by said 

 commission in excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor. 



Sec. 21. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to override or interfere 

 with the laws of any State, and all contracts made in any State for the purposes of 

 the exhibition shall be subject to the laws thereof. 



Sec. 22. That no member of said commission, whether an officer or otherwise, 

 shall be personally liable for any debt or obligation which may be created or 

 incurred by the said commission. 



(Public— No. 81.) Approved, April 25, 1890. 



