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eight huudred and eighty doUars, or so much thereof as in the Judgment of the 

 Lady Managers may ho necessary, of which sum twenty-five thousand doHars shall 

 be immediately available: Provkled, That of this sum one hundred thousand dollars 

 shall be devoted to the payment cff judges, examiners, and members of cominitteea 

 to be appointed by tlie Board of Lady Managers, as authorized by said section. And 

 Provided further, That said sum of five hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred 

 and eighty dollars shall be a charge against the World's Columbian Exposition, and 

 that of the moneys appropriated for the benefit of the World's Columbian Exposi- 

 tion, amounting to two million five hundred thousand dollars, under the act of 

 August fifth, eighteen huudred and ninety -two, five hundred and seventy thousand 

 eight hundred and eighty dollars shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury 

 until said World's Columbian Exposition shall have furnished to the satisfaction of 

 the Secretary of the Treasury, full and adequate security for the return and repay- 

 ment, by said World's Columbian Exposition to the Treasury, of the sum of five 

 hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, on or before October 

 first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and until such security shall have been 

 furnished by said World's Columbian Exposition, this appropriation, or any portion 

 thereof, shall not be available. 



That section three of the act in aid of the Columbian Exposition, approved August 

 fifth, eighteen huudred and ninety-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: 



"Sec. 3. That not to exceed fifty thousand bronze medals and the necessary dies 

 therefor, with appropriate devices, emblems and inscriptions commemorative of the 

 said Exposition celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of 

 America by Christopher Columbus, shall be prepared under the supervision of the 

 Secretary of the Treasury; and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, under the 

 supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare plates and make there- 

 from not to exceed fifty thousand inniressions for diplomas at a total cost not to 

 exceed one hundred and three thousand dollars. Said medals and diiilomas shall 

 be delivered to the World's Columbian Commission, to be awarded to exhibitors in 

 accordance with the provisions of s;iid act of Congress approved April twenty-fifth, 

 eighteen hundred and ninety, and tliere is hereby appropriated from any moneys in 

 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and three thousand 

 dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expenditures authorized 

 by this section'' 



And every person who within the United States or any Territory thereof, without 

 lawful authority, makes, or willingly aids or iissists in making, or causes or jn-ocures. 

 to be made, any dies, hub, plate, or mold, either in steel or of plaster, or any other 

 substance whatsoever, in the likeness or similitude as to the design, or inscription 

 thereon, of any die, hub, plate, or mold, designated for the striking of the medals 

 and dii>lomas of award for the World's (."ohimbian Exposition, as provided in section 

 three of the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, or conceals 

 or shall have in his possession, any such die, hub, plate, or mold hereinbefore men- 

 tioned, with intent to fraudulently or unlawfully use the same for counterfeiting 

 the medals and diplomas hereinbefore mentioned, or who shall fraudulently or unlaw- 

 fully have in his possession or cause to be circulated any duplicate or counterfeit 

 medal or dijiloma not authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall upon con- 

 viction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, and be 

 imprisoned at hard labor not more than ten years or both, at the discretion of the 

 court. 



(Public— No. 124.) Sundry Civil Act Approved March 3, 1893. 



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