FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, 1889-1891. 15138 
cers and assistants to the Board of Control and Management of the Government 
exhibit, appointed by the President, the sum of $300,000 is hereby appropriated for 
the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, and any moneys heretofore appro- 
priated in aid of said Government exhibit may be used in like manner and for like 
purposes: Provided, That all expenditures made for the purposes and from the appro- 
priation specified herein shall be subject to the approval of the said Board of Con- 
trol and Management and of the Secretary of the Treasury, as now provided by law.”’ 
Respectfully, yours, 
Witu1am Winpom, Secretary. 
The SPEAKER OF THE Housr oF REPRESENTATIVES. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
March 3, 1897. 
Sundry civil act for 1892. 
World’s Columbian Exposition: For completion of building under 
present limit, $300,000. 
(Stat. XX VI, 949.) 
Government exhibit: For the selection, purchase, preparation, and 
arrangement of such articles and materials as the heads of the several 
Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National 
Museum, and the United States Fish Commission may decide shall be 
embraced in the Government exhibit, and such additional articles as 
the President may designate for said exposition, and for the employ- 
ment of proper persons as officers and assistants to the Board of Con- 
trol and Management of the Government exhibit, appointed by the 
President, of which not exceeding $5,000 may be expended by the 
said board for clerical services, the sum of $350,000 is hereby appro- 
priated for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, and 
any moneys heretofore appropriated in aid of said Government exhibit 
may be used in like manner and for like purposes: Provided, That all 
expenditures made for the purposes and from the appropriation speci- 
fied herein shall be subject to the approval of the said Board of Con- 
trol and Management and of the Secretary of the Treasury, as now 
provided by law. 
For the World’s Columbian Commission, $95,500, of which sum 
$36,000 shall be used for the Board of Lady Managers. 
For expenses connected with the admission of foreign goods to the 
exposition, as set forth in section 12 of the act creating the commis- 
sion, approved April 25, 1890, $20,000. 
For contingent expenses of the World’s Congress Auxiliary of the 
- World’s Columbian Exposition, $2,500. 
And the several sums herein appropriated for the World’s Colum- 
bian Exposition shall be deemed a part of the sum of $1,500,000, the 
limit of liability of the United States on account thereof fixed by the 
act of April 25, 1890, authorizing said exposition. 
(Stat. XX V1, 965.) 
