ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LVII 



chiiirniun of tho board of management, or, in the event of his absence 

 or disability, Ity such other officer as the board may designate and the 

 Secretar}' of the Treasury upon itemized accounts and vouchers; and 

 the total cost of said building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of 

 two hundred thousand dollars; nor shall the expenses of said Govern- 

 ment exhibit for each and every purpose connected therewith, including 

 transportation, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, 

 amounting in all to not exceeding the sum of five hundred thousand 

 dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, out of any moue}^ in the 

 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred thousand 

 dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, to be disbursed I)}" the 

 board of management hereinbefore created, of which not exceeding 

 the sum of ten thousand dollars shall be expended for clerical service: 

 Pi'orided. That no liability against the Government shall be incurred, 

 and no expenditure of money under this Act shall be made, until the 

 officers of said exposition shall have furnished the Secretary of the 

 Treasury proofs to his satisfaction that there has been obtained by said 

 exposition corporation subscriptions of stock in good faith, contribu- 

 tions, donations, or appropriations from all sources for the purposes of 

 said exposition a sum aggregating not less than five hundred thousand 

 dollars. 



Sec. 5. That medals, with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscrip- 

 tions commemorative of said Pan-American Exposition, and of the 

 awards to be made to the exhibitors thereat, shall be prepared at some 

 mint of the United States for the board of directors thereof, subject to 

 the provisions of the fifty-second section of the coinage Act of eighteen 

 hundred and ninety -three, upon the payment of a sum not less than 

 the cost thereof; and all the provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of 

 said coinage Act against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins 

 of the United States shall apply to the medals struck and issued under 

 this Act. 



Sec, 6. That the United States shall not in any manner nor under 

 anv circumstances })e lial)le for any of the acts, doings, proceedings, 

 or representations of said Pan-American 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 

 any eertificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind 

 issued 1)V said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses of 

 any kind whatever attending such corporation, or accruing by reason 

 of the same. 



Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to create 

 any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any del)t or 

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



