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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1897-1899. 1797 
reciprocal relations existing between the American pee and 
colonies; and 
Whereas the legislature of the State of New York ae by unani- 
mous vote, memorialized Congress to encourage cane Boidine of said 
Pan-American Exposition; and 
Whereas the proposed exposition, being confined in its scope to 
the Western Hemisphere, would unquestionably be of vast benefit to 
the commercial interests of the countries of North, South, and Central 
America: Therefore, 
Resolved, etc., That the proposed Pan-American Exposition, to be 
held on Cayuga Island, between the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, 
in the State of New York, in the year 1901, merits the encouragement 
and approval of Congress and of the people of the United States. 
Sec. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun- 
tries for the purpose of exhibition at the said exposition shall be 
admitted free of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regula- 
tions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, but it shall be 
lawful during said exposition to sell for delivery at the close thereof 
any goods or property imported and actually on exhibition therein, 
subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue as the Sec- 
retary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such arti- 
cles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption, shall be subject to the 
duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force 
at the date of their importation, and to the terms of the tariff laws in 
force at that time: And provided further, That all necessary expenses 
incurred, including salaries of customs officials in charge of imported 
articles, shall be paid to the Treasury of the United States by the Pan- 
American Exposition Company, under regulations to be prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
Src. 3. That in the passage of this joint resolution the United States 
does not assume any liability of any kind whatever, and does not 
become responsible in any manner for any bond, debt, contract, 
expenditure, expense, or liability of the said exposition company, its 
officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or growing out 
of said exposition. 
(Stat., XXX, 752.) 
March 3, 1899. 
An act. 
Whereas it is desirable to encourage the holding of a Pan-American 
Exposition on the Niagara frontier, within the county of Erie or 
Niagara, in the State of New York, in the year 1901, to fittingly illus- 
trate the marvelous development of the Western Hemisphere during 
the nineteenth century, by a display of the arts, industries, manufac- 
tures, and products of the soil, mines, and sea; and 
Whereas the proposed Pan-American Exposition, being confined to 
