LVI ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF OONriRESS. 



ries, but thoy shall bo allowed their actual and iiecc^ssai'v travolino- 

 expenses, together with a per diem in lieu of subsistence, to ])e tixed 

 by the Secretary of the Treasury, while necessarily absent from their 

 homes engaged upon the business of the board. Otiicers of the Arui}^ 

 and Navy shall receive this allowance in lieu of the transportation and 

 mileage now allowed by law. Any provision of law which may pro- 

 hibit the d(»tail of persons in the emplo}^ of the United States to other 

 service than that which they customarily perform shall not apply to 

 persons detailed for duty in connection with the Pan-American Expo- 

 sition. Employees of the board not otherwise employed b}'- the Govern- 

 ment shall be entitled to such com ensation as tlie board may determine. 

 The disbui-sing otiicer shall give bond in tiie sum of twenty thousand 

 dollars for the faithful performance^ of his duties, said bond to be 

 appro\-ed l>v the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretar}' of the 

 Treasury shall advance to said otiicer, from time to time, under such 

 regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of 

 money from the a]>propi"iation for the Govenunent exhil)it, not exceed- 

 ing at any one time tiiree-fourths of the penalty of his bond, to ena))le 

 him to pay the expenses of said exhibit as authorized by the board of 

 management herein created. 



Sec. ;•). That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable 

 building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the Pan- 

 AnKM'ican Kx]X)sition for the Government exhibits from plans to be 

 appro\'ed by the board, and he is hereby authorized and directed to 

 contract therefor in the same manner and under the same regulations 

 as for other pu))lic ])uildings of the United States; l)ut the contract for 

 said building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of two hundred 

 thousand dollars, said sum being hereb}' appropriated for said purpose, 

 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The 

 Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and required to dispose of 

 such building or buildings, or the material composing the same, at the 

 close of the exposition, giving preference to the city of Buffalo or to 

 the said Pan-American Exposition Company to purchase the same at 

 an appraised yalue, to be ascertained in such manner as uia.y be deter- 

 mined by the Secretary of the Treasury. 



Sec. 4. That the United States shall not be liable on account of said 

 exposition for any expense incident to or growing out of same, except 

 for the construction of the building or buildings hereinbefore provided 

 for, and for the purpose of paying the expense of selection, preparation, 

 purchase, installation, transportation, care, custody, and safe return of 

 exhibits by the Goyernment, for the employment of proper persons as 

 officers and assistants b}^ the board of management created by this 

 Act and for their expenses, and for the maintenance of the said build- 

 ing or buildings and other contingent expenses, to be approved by the 



