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tions, donations, or appropriations, from all sources, for the purpose 

 of said exposition and the buildings to be used therefor, a sum aggre- 

 gating- not less than an amount equal to the sum appropriated in this 

 section. 



Sec. 5. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under 

 any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings, or 

 representations of said board of trustees of the Philadelphia Museums 

 or the Philadelphia Exposition Association, its officers, agents, servants, 

 or employees, or any of them, or for service, salaries, labor, or wages of 

 said officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any 

 subscriptions to the capital stock, or for an}'^ certiticates of stock, bonds, 

 mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued by said corporation, or for 

 any debts, liabilities, or expenses of any kind whatever attending such 

 corporation or accruing by reason of the same, other than are in this 

 Act provided. 



Sec. 6. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to create 

 any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debts or 

 obligations incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance 

 from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or 

 liquidation of an}' debts or obligations created by said board of trustees 

 of the Philadelphia Museums or the Philadelphia Exposition Association 

 in excess of the sums herein appropriated. 



(Approved, December 21, 1898. Statutes, XXX, 768.) 



JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing foreign exhibitors at the commercial exposition 

 to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to 

 bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the pur- 

 pose of preparing for and making their exhibits under regulations prescribed by 

 the Secretary of the Treasury. 



Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of Amei'ica in Congress assemhled, That the Act of Congress 

 approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eightA'-five, 

 prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform 

 labor, and the Acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese 

 persons into the United States, and the Acts amendator}- of these Acts, 

 shall not be construed, nor shall anything therein operate to prevent, 

 hinder, or in an}' wise restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, 

 or citizen of a foreign nation, or the holder who is a citizen of a foreign 

 nation of any concession or privilege from the Philadelphia Exposition 

 Association of Pennsylvania from bringing into the United States, 

 under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, 

 natives of their respective foreign countries, as they or an}' of them 

 may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparations for 

 installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing or installing or 

 conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue 

 of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been 



