ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGEESS, LV 



such reofulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but 

 it shall be lawful at an}" time during the exposition to sell for delivery 

 at the close thereof any goods or propert}' imported for or actually on 

 exhibition in the exposition buildings, or on the grounds, subject to 

 such regulation for the security of the revenue and fo the collection 

 of import duties as the Secretar}^ of the Treasury shall \ rescribe: Pi'o- 

 vlded, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption 

 in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon 

 such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, 

 and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against 

 the persons who may be guilty of anj^ illegal sale or withdrawal: And 

 provided fu like i\ That all necessary expenses incurred in carrying out 

 the provisions of this section, including salaries of customs officials in 

 charge of imported articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United 

 States by the Pan-American Exposition Company, under regulations 

 to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 



Sec. 2. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States, from its Executive Departments, the 

 Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, the United States 

 (commission of Fish and Fisheries, the Department of Labor, and the 

 Bureau of the American Republics, such articles and material as illus- 

 trate the function and administrative f acult}^ of the Government in time 

 of peace, and its resources as a war power, and its relations to other 

 American Republics, tending to demonstrate the nature of our insti- 

 tutions and their adaption to the wants of the people. And to secure a 

 complete and harmonious arrangement of such Government exhibit, a 

 board of management shall be created, to be charged with the selection, 

 purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping, exhi- 

 bition, and return of such articles and materials as the heads of the 

 several Departments and the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, the Commissioner of Labor, 

 and the Director of the Bureau of the American Republics mav respec- 

 tively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhil)it. The 

 President may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such 

 board shall be composed of one person to be named by the head of each 

 Executive Department, one by the head of the Smithsonian Institution 

 and National Museum, one by the head of the United States Commission 

 of Fish and Fisheries, one by the Commissioner of Labor, and one by 

 the Director of the Bureau of the American Republics. The President 

 shall name one of said persons so detailed as chairman, and the board 

 itself shall appoint its secretary, disbursing officer, and such other 

 officers as it may deem necessary. The members of said board of 

 management, with other officers and employees of the Government 

 who may be detailed to assist them, including officers of the Army and 

 Navy, shall receive no compensation in addition to their regular sala- 



