1798 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
the Western Hemisphere, and being held in the near vicinity of the . 
great Niagara cataract, within a day’s journey of which reside forty 
million people, would unquestionably be of vast benefit to the com- 
mercial -interests, not only of this country, but of the entire hemi- 
sphere, and should therefore have the sanction of the Congress of the 
United States; and 
Whereas tee taey assurances have already been given by the 
diplomatic representatives of Canada, Mexico, the Central and South 
American Republics, and most of the States of the United States that 
ae countries and States will make unique, interesting, and instruct- 
ve exhibits .peculiarly illustrative of their material progress during . 
the century about to close; and 
Whereas no exposition of a similar character as that pr oposed has 
ever been held in the great State of New York; and 
Whereas the Pan-American Exposition iran has undertaken to 
hold such exposition, beginning on the first day of May, 1901, and 
closing on the first day of November, 1901: Therefore, 
Be it enacted, etc., That all articles that shall be imported from for- 
eign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition 
upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted 
free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regu- 
lation as the Secretary of the Treasury. shall prescribe; but it shall be 
lawful at any time during the exposition to sell for delivery at the 
close thereof any goods or property imported for or actually on exhi- 
bition in the exposition buildings, or on the grounds, subject to such 
regulation for the security of the revenue and for the collection of 
import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Pro- 
vided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption 
in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon 
such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, 
and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced 
against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or with- 
drawal: And provided further, That all necessary expenses incurred 
in carrying out the provisions of this section, 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 Com- 
pany, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Treasury. 
Src. 2. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Goy- 
ernment of the United States, from its Executive Departments, the 
Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, the United States Com- 
mission of Fish and Fisheries, the Department of Labor, and the Bureau 
of the American Republics, such articles and material as illustrate the 
function and administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace, 
and its resources as a war power, and its relations to other American 
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