106 ANNUAL EEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1908. 



Whereas an International Congress on Tuberculosis will meet in Wasliington 

 in September, nineteen hundred and eight, the same being the Sixth Interna- 

 tional Congress on Tuberculosis, and the first to be held in America ; and 



Whereas seven of the nine departments of the Federal Government have 

 petitioned Congress for the authority and means to participate in this Con- 

 gress; and 



Whereas the governors of twenty-eight States of the United States have 

 authorized the participation of their several States in this Congress ; and 



Whereas the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- 

 culosis has provided the necessary means and created a si^ecial committee to 

 secure the participation of voluntary and private interests in the coming Inter- 

 national Congress on Tuberculosis; and 



Whereas preceding International Congresses occurring in other countries in 

 the past fifteen years have been held under governmental auspices, and dele- 

 gates from the United States have participated therein as guests of foreign 

 governments : Therefore be it 



Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 

 Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the Department of State be, and is hereby, 

 authorized to invite the governments of other countries, through their min- 

 isters, to send representatives to the International Congress on Tuberculosis, 

 to be held in Washington, September twenty-first to October twelfth, nineteen 

 hundred and eight. (Approved, March 6, 1908; Statutes, XXXV, 568.) 



That the President be, and he is hereby, empowered and requested to direct 

 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to place at the disposition of the International Tuberculosis Congress, under 

 such terms and conditions as the President may authorize or prescribe, such 

 space, not now occupied, in the new National Museum and Agricultural build- 

 ings, respectively, as may be needed to properly provide for the meeting of 

 such International Tuberculosis Congress, including exhibits, to be held in 

 September and October of the present year, and the use of said buildings for 

 such purposes is hereby authorized; and permanent occupancy of such build- 

 ings, respectively, shall be postponed in so far as may be necessary to carry 

 out the foregoing provisions; and the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so 

 much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended in accordance with the 

 directions of the President for the payment of expenses in connection with the 

 suitable temporary preparation of said buildings for such purposes, is hereby 

 appropriated. (Approved, May 30, 1908; Statutes XXXV, 479.) 



EXPOSITION AT QUITO, ECUADOR. 



For the participation by the United States in an exposition to be held at 

 Quito, Ecuador, during the year nineteen hundred and nine, the sending of a 

 commissioner to the same, a Government exhibit, the necessary expenses of 

 transportation, and the erection of a building at the exposition, fifty thousand 

 dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the 

 direction of the Secretary of State. (Approved, May 27, 1908; Statutes 

 XXXV, 380.) 



ALASKAN-YUKON-PACinC EXPOSITION, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. 



Sec. 11. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Government 

 of the United States from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum 

 such articles and material of an historical nature as will impart a knowledge 



