FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1793 
commissioner-general, who shall assist and act under the direction of 
the commissioner-general and shall perform the duties of the commis- 
sioner-general in case of his death, disability, or temporary absence; 
and a secretary, who shall act as disbursing agent and shall perform 
such duties as may be assigned to him by the commissioner-general, 
shall render his accounts quarterly to the proper accounting officers 
_ of the Treasury, and shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of 
the Treasury may require. The President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, shall also appoint twelve commissioners, who 
shall be subject to the direction and control of the commissioner-general 
and perform from time to time such service as he shall require. The 
commissioner-general shal] employ such number of experts as may be 
needed, having special attainments in regard to the subjects of the 
group or groups in said exposition to which they may be assigned, 
respectively, and he may employ from time to time such other experts 
as he may deem necessary in the preparation and installation of such 
exhibits. The commissioner-general shall be paid a salary of $8,000 
per annum; the assistant commissioner-general a salary of $6,000 per 
annum; and the secretary a salary of $4,500 per annum; which said 
sums shall be in lieu of all personal expenses other than actual trayel- 
ing expenses while engaged in exposition work; and the terms of 
service of the commissioner-general, assistant commissioner-general, 
and secretary shall not exveed three years. The commissioners herein 
provided for shall serve during the entire calendar year 1900, and they 
shall be paid for such service $3,000 each, which payments shall be in 
full for all compensation and personal and traveling expenses. 
The necessary expenses herein authorized, and expenses for the 
proper installation and care of exhibits, together with all other expenses 
that may be authorized by the commissioner-general incident to the 
participation of the United States in said exposition, are hereby lim- 
ited to the sum of not exceeding $650,000, including not exceeding 
$85,000 for clerk hire in the United States and in Paris. The Secre- 
tary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to prepare suitable exhibits 
of agricultural products of the States and Territories of the United 
States, including those mentioned in groups seven, eight, and ten of 
the plan of said exposition, and shall exhibit the same under the direc- 
tion and control of the commissioner-general, the total expenses of the 
said exhibits not to exceed in the aggregate $75,000, to be paid out of 
the aforesaid sum of $650,000; and reports respecting such exhibits, 
printed in the English, French, and German languages, shall accom- 
pany such exhibits, as the commissioner-general may direct. All 
officers and employees of the Executive Departments and of the Fish 
Commission and of the Smithsonian Institution, in charge of or 
responsible for the safe-keeping of exhibits belonging to the United 
States, may permit such exhibits to pass out of their possession for 
H. Doe. 732——113 
