1040 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



at Minneapolis, Minnesota, the first exhibition of which is to be held 

 in the year 1886, shall be admitted without the payment of duty or of 

 customs fees or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the 

 Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles as shall be 

 sold in the United States, or withdrawn for consumption therein, at 

 any time after such importation, shall be subject to the duties, if any, 

 imposed on like articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of 

 importation: And provided further, That in case any articles imported 

 under the provisions of this act shall be withdrawn for consumption, 

 or shall be sold without payment of duty as required by law, all penal- 

 ties prescribed by the revenue laws shall be applied and enforced 

 against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of 

 such withdrawal or sale. 



(Stat. XXIV, 560.) 

 March 3, 1887. 



Joint resolution. 



Resolved, etc., That it is desirable, in any way consistent with exist- 

 ing laws and without risk to Government property or expense to the 

 National Treasury, to encourage the effort being made for the opening 

 and holding of a grand industrial and educational exposition of the 

 Northwest, at the city of Minneapolis, in the State of Minnesota, and 

 the interests of the whole northwestern section of our country demand 

 it be made unqualified success; and it be, and is hereb}^, approved that 

 the heads of the several Executive Departments shall, in whatever 

 respects they may in their judgment see convenient and proper, loan 

 any articles or material suitable to such purpose: Provided, That such 

 loan be made entirely on the responsibility of said Minneapolis Indus- 

 trial Exposition, and shall not be of material needed for use in either 

 department, and shall not in any way interrupt the daily routine of 

 duty or order in any branch of the Government, and shall be returned 

 to the proper department, in good order, within one month after the 

 close of the exposition: And provided further, That before any such 

 loan shall be made the proper head of the Department shall require 

 and receive a good and sufficient bond, by or in behalf of such expo- 

 sition, for the safe return thereof as aforesaid, and to indemnify and 

 save harmless the Government of the United States^ or any Depart- 

 ment thereof, from any liability or expense on account thereof, or on 

 account of this resolution. 



(Stat. XXIV, 648.) 



ROCK CREEK PARK. 



June 2, 1886 Senate. 



Mr. J. J. INGALLS introduced a bill (S. 2584) to establish Rock 

 Creek Park. 



Referred to Committee on District of Columbia. 



