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GEEAT NATIONAL EXPOSITION, TOKYO, JAPAN. 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and Honse of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assemUed, That the President be, aud lie is hereby, 

 authorized to accept the invitation extended by the Imperial Japanese Govern- 

 ment to the Government of the United States to participate in the Great Na- 

 tional Exposition to be held in Tokyo, Japan, from April first to October thirty- 

 first, nineteen hundred and twelve. In accepting said invitation it is hereby 

 declared to be the purpose of the Government of the United States to partici- 

 pate in said Japanese National Exposition by erecting suitable buildings and 

 making an appropriate exhibit of arts, industries, manufactures, and products 

 of the soil and mines and as far as practicable of the functions of the General 

 Government of the United States and an exhibit of such other articles as the 

 President of the United States may direct : Provided, That such participation, 

 buildings, exhibits, and all expenses connected therewith, including salaries, 

 clerical, and other services and transportation of persons and exhibits shall 

 not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars. 



Sec. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the 

 advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint three commissioners-general who 

 shall, under the direction of the Secretary of State, take such steps as are 

 necessary to ascertain the general plan and scope of the said National Exposi- 

 tion, the character, size, and cost of the buildings to be erected by the United 

 States, aud the extent aud character of the exhibit authorized hereunder that 

 would best serve the interests of the United States and its citizens, and would be 

 best adapted to illustrate the growth and development of the country and the 

 character of our people. That thereafter, and as soon as practicable, said com- 

 missioners shall report fully to the President and to Congress the result of 

 such investigation, together with their recommendations and the estimated cost 

 of said participation in said exposition, within the foregoing authorization ; and 

 it shall also be the duty of the commissioners-general to report to the Presi- 

 dent for transmission to Congress at the beginning of each regular session a 

 detailed statement of all expenditures incurred hereunder. That one of said 

 commissioners-general shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of 

 eight thousand dollars per annum; that the other two commissioners-general 

 shall receive as compensation for their services from and after January first, 

 nineteen hundred and nine, two thousand dollars per annum for the first year 

 and five thousand dollars per annum thereafter, together with the actual trav- 

 eling expenses of all of said commissioners-general, including sleeping-car 

 service aud a per diem in lieu of subsistence of five dollars when actually 

 traveling in the discharge of their duties as said commissioners-general. That 

 the President shall also appoint a secretary at a compensation of five thousand 

 dollars per annum, together with his actual traveling expenses, including 

 sleeping-car service and a per diem in lieu of subsistence of five dollars when 

 actually traveling in the discharge of his duties as such secretary, who shall 

 act as disbursing agent and who shall perform such duties as may be assigned 

 to him from time to time by the commissioners-general, and who shall render 

 his accounts at least quarterly to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury 

 of the United States, and shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury may require. And the said commissioners-general, subject to the 

 approval of the Secretary of State, shall appoint from time to time such clerical 

 and other assistants as may be necessary and as may hereafter be appropriated 

 for in connection with the preparation of the plan and other necessary services 

 as may be required in connection with the participation herein authorized. 



