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different Indian tribes, as a part of the Trans-Mississippi and Inter- 
national Exposition, to be held at the city of Omaha, in the State of 
Nebraska, pursuant to an act of Congress entitled ‘‘An act to authorize 
and encourage the holding of a Trans-Mississippi and International 
Exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in the year 
1898,” approved June 10, 1896, for the purpose of illustrating the past 
and present conditions of the various Indian tribes of the United States, 
and the progress made by education, and such other matters and things 
as will fully illustrate Indian advancement in civilization, the details 
of which shall be in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. 
And for the purpose of carrying into effect this provision the sum of 
$40,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appro- 
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; 
but the Secretary of the Interior is hereby prohibited from making, 
or causing to be made, any expenditure, or creating any liability on 
behalf of the United States in excess of the sum hereby appropriated. 
(Stat. XXX, 594.) 
Philadelphia Export Exposition, 1899. 
December 21, 1898. 
Be it enacted, ete., That there shall be held a national exposition of 
American products and manufactures, suitable for export, at the city 
of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1899, under 
the auspices of the Philadelphia Exposition Association; and that there 
may be admitted to said exposition such articles not of American 
manufacture and such other objects as may conduce to the interest of 
the exposition and may be useful for comparison with American prod- 
ucts and manufactures: Prowded, That the United States shall not be 
liable for any of the expenses attending or incident to such an exposi- 
tion, nor by reason of the same, further than hereinafter provided for. 
Sec. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun- 
tries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which 
there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of pay- 
ment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any 
time during the exhibition to sell, for delivery at the close thereof, any 
goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exhi- 
bition building, 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: Provided, 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 pre- 
scribed by the law shall be applied and enforced against the persons 
who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal. 
