FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 1511 
World’s Exposition of 1892 to purchase the same at an appraised value 
to be ascertained in such manner as he may determine. 
Src. 18. That for the purpose of paying the expenses of transporta- 
tion, care, and custody of exhibits by the Government and the mainte- 
nance of the building or building's hereinbefore provided for, and the 
safe return of articles belonging to the said Government exhibit, and for 
the expenses of the commission created by this act, and other contin- 
gent expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury upon 
itemized accounts and vouchers, there is hereby appropriated for the 
remainder of this fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 
1891, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
the sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, 
That the United States shall not be liable, on account of the erection 
of buildings, expenses of the commission or any of its officers or 
employees, or on account of any expenses incident to or growing out 
of said exposition, for a sum exceeding in the aggregate $1,500,000. 
Src. 19. That the commissioners and alternate commissioners 
appointed under this act shall not be entitled to any compensation 
for their services out of the Treasury of the United States, except 
their actual expenses for transportation and the sum of six dollars per 
day for subsistence for each day they are necessarily absent from 
their homes on the business of said commission. The officers of said 
commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by said 
commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
which shall be paid out of the sums appropriated by Congress in aid 
of such exposition. 
Sec. 20. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create 
any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or 
obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance 
from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or 
liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission in 
excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor. 
Src. 21. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to override 
or interfere with the laws of any State, and all contracts made in any 
State for the purposes of the exhibition shall be subject to the laws 
thereof. ‘ 
Src. 22. That no member of said commission, whether an officer or 
otherwise, shall be personally liable for any debt or obligation which 
may be created or incurred by the said commission. 
(Stat. XX VI, 62.) 
December 24, 1890. 
PROCLAMATION. 
Whereas, satisfactory proof has been presented to me that provi- 
sion has been made for adequate grounds and buildings for the uses 
