794 COTTGRESaiONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



there be, ana nereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 

 of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150,000, 

 or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes herein 

 specified; which sum shall be expended under the direction of the 

 Secretary of State; and out of such amount the Commissioner of 

 Agricvdture is hereb}^ authorized to collect and prepare, as far as 

 practicable and with as little delay as possible, suitable specimens of 

 the agricultiu'al productions of the several States and Territories of 

 the Union for exhibition at the Paris Exposition. 



Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to trans- 

 mit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may 

 have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together 

 with all reports called for under section two of this resolution, which 

 reports shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise state- 

 ment and convenient reference. 



(Stat., XX, 245.) 

 June 20, 1878. 



Sundry civil act for 1879. 



To enable the Secretary of State to defray additional expenses neces- 

 sarily incurred by the Commissioner-General of the United States to 

 the International Industrial Exposition in Paris in erecting a special 

 building for exhibits of agricultural machinery and products, in erect- 

 ing a facade, or frontage, to the space allotted to the United States in 

 the main building, in making necessary alterations and repairs, and 

 for transportation, $10,000, to be available immediately. 



(Stat., XX, 218.) 

 February 27, 1879— Senate. 



Mr. II. B. Anthony sul^mitted concurrent resolution to print reports 

 of the ccmimissioners of the United States to the Paris Exposition of 

 1878. 



Referred to Committee on Printing. 

 February 28, 1879Senate. 



Passed. 

 March 3, 1879— House. 



Passed. 



/ ^hiladel^yhia Centennial Expoiiition . 



March 3, 1879— House. 



The President (Rutherford B. Hayes) sent a message to Congress, 

 transmitting the final report of the United States Centennial Commis 

 sion, and remarked : 



I have received from the United States Centennial Commission their final report, 

 presenting a full exhibit of the results of the United States Centennial Celebration 

 and Exhi))ition of 1876, as required by the act of June 1, 1872. 



In transmitting this report for the consideration of Congress, I express, I believe, 

 the general judgment of the country, as well as my own, in assigning to this exhibi- 



