1642 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. . 
January 21, 1895. 
Resolved, ctc., Whereas the Cotton States and International Expo- 
sition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, have extended invitations, which 
have been accepted by the several nations and space for installing 
foreign exhibits has been applied for and duly apportioned, and con- 
cessions and privileges granted by the exposition management to the 
citizens and subjects of foreign nations; and whereas for the purpose 
of securing the production upon the exposition grounds of scenes 
illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits, and modes of life, occu- 
pation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amuse- 
ments, entertainments, and so forth, of the natives of foreign 
countries, it has been necessary for the Cotton States and International 
Exposition Company to grant concessions and privileges to certain 
firms and corporations conceding the right to make such productions: 
Therefore, 
Resolved, etc., That the act of Congress approved February 26, 1885, 
prohibiting the importation of foreigners under contract to perform 
labor, and the acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese per- 
sons into the United States, and the acts amendatory of these acts, 
shall not be so construed, nor shall anything therein operate to pre- 
vent, hinder, or in any wise restrict any foreign exhibitor, represen- 
tative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or the holder, who is a citizen of 
a foreign nation, of any concession or privilege from the Cotton States 
and International Exposition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, from 
bringing into the United States, under contract, such mechanics, arti- 
sans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign 
countries, as they or any of them may deem necessary for the purpose 
of making preparations for installing or conducting their exhibits or 
of preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or 
permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privi- 
lege which may have been granted by the Cotton States and Interna- 
tional Exposition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, in connection with 
such exposition: Provided, however, That no alien shall by virtue of 
this act enter the United States under contract to perform labor except 
by express permission, naming such alien, of the Secretary of the 
Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the United States 
for more than one year after the close of said exposition shall there- 
after be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens 
coming in violation of the alien-contract-labor law aforesaid. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 967.) 
