1586 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
discovery, to be taken after the review to Chicago as a part of the 
Government exhibit, $50,000. 
(Stat., XX VII, 250.) 
July 23, 1892. 
Resolwed, etc., That the President be, and he hereby is, authorized 
to request of the Government of Her Majesty the Queen Regent of 
Spain, of the municipal government of Genoa, of the Duke of Vera- 
gua, the descendants of Columbus, and of such other persons or cor- 
porations as may be thought proper, the loan of articles, papers, 
books, maps, documents, and other relics of Christopher Columbus 
and those who were associated with him or with the discovery and 
early settlement of America, for exhibition at the World’s Columbian 
Exposition; that the Secretary of State shall make such provision as 
may be necessary for their reception, exhibition, safe custody, and 
return; and that the Secretary of the Navy shall have authority, if 
necessary, to detail one or more vessels for their transportation. 
(Stat., XX VII, 399.) 
July 26, 1892. 
Resolved, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby 
is, authorized to prepare and send for exhibition in the Woman’s 
Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition any articles, models, 
or drawings now in his custody, or deposited in the Patent Office, pre- 
pared or invented by women. 
(Stat., XX VII, 400). 
August 4, 1892. 
Be tt enacted, etc., That the date for the dedication of the buildings 
of the World’s Columbian Exposition is hereby changed from the 12th 
day of October, 1892, to the 21st day of October, 1892. 
(Stat., XX VII, 347). 
August 5, 1892. 
Sundry civil act for 1893. 
For establishing new life-saving stations and lifeboat stations on the 
sea and lake coasts of the United States, authorized by law, $45,000: 
Provided, That no part of this sum, or of the sums heretofore appro- 
priated for establishing life-saving stations, shall be used for erecting 
a life-saving station on the grounds of the World’s Columbian Expo- 
sition at Chicago, Ill., unless the right to use and occupy the site 
selected therefor so long as the Government may desire to maintain a 
life-saving station thereon shall first have been donated to the United 
States, in which case so much of this appropriation or of the sums 
heretofore appropriated for establishing life-saving stations as may be 
necessary shall be available for the purpose; and such station shall take - 
the place of the existing Chicago station, the crew of which shall be 
transferred to the new station. 
(Stat., XX VII, 354). 
