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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. 
Src. 7. That medals, with appropriate devices, emblems, and inserip- 
tions commemorative of said trans-Mississippi and international expo- 
sition and of the awards to be made to the exhibitors thereat, shall be 
prepared at some mint of the United States, for the board of directors 
thereof, subject to the provisions of the fifty-second section of the 
coinage act of 1893, upon the payment of a sum not less than the cost 
thereof; and all the provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said 
coinage act against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins of the 
United States shall apply to the medals struck and issued under this act. 
Sec. 8. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under 
any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings, 
or representations of said Trans-Mississippi and International Exposi- 
tion Association, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of 
them, or for service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, 
servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the 
capital stock, or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obli- 
gation of any kind issued by said corporation, or for any debts, liabili- 
ties, or expenses of any kind whatever attending such corporation or 
accruing by reason of the same. 
That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create any lia- 
bility of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obliga- 
tion incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from 
Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquida- 
tion of any debts or obligations created by said commission in excess 
of appropriations made by Congress therefor. 
(Stat., X XIX, 382.) 
Brussels Exposition. 
June 11, 1896. 
Sundry civil act for 1897. 
To enable the Government to take official part in the international 
exhibition to be held at Brussels, Belgium, during the year 1897, $5,000: 
Provided, That no expenditure exceeding this appropriation shall be 
made or liability incurred, and no person shall be paid salary or com- 
pensation therefrom. 
(Stat., XXLX, 438.) 
New York Exposition of Gas Apparatus. 
December 22, 1896—House. 
Mr. J. D. Sayers introduced joint resolution (H. 225): 
That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby authorized and 
directed to participate in the exposition of gas apparatus and appliances, to be held 
in Madison Square Garden, in the city of New York, from January 27 to February 
6, 1897, inclusive. And the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby fur- 
ther authorized and directed to send from the National Museum such objects as 
