L ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXPOSITION IN NORWAY. 



JOINT RESOLUTION Accepting the invitation of the Government of Norway to 

 take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to he held at the city of Bergen, 

 Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. 



Whereas the United States have been duly invited by the Govern- 

 ment of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition 

 to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May sixteenth to Sep- 

 tember thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which 

 Exposition will also include national sections for industries, agricul- 

 ture, and the fine arts : Therefore, 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled, That said invitation is accepted, and 

 that the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby directed, in per- 

 son, or by a deputy to be appointed by the President of the United 

 States, and whose compensation if not in the public service shall not 

 exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, including personal and trav- 

 eling expenses, to represent the United States at said Exposition, and 

 to cause a suitable and proper exhibition and display to be made at 

 said Exposition of the food-fishes of the United States, and the methods 

 of catching, salting, curing, and preserving the same, and of the imple- 

 ments and appliances used in carrying on the fishery industries of the 

 United States, and to this end may, at his discretion, use any portion 

 of the collection in the National Museum at said Exposition. 



That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may 

 be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the United 

 States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately avail- 

 able, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, 

 to pay all the expenses and costs of representing the United States at 

 said Exposition, as aforesaid, and to pay all the costs and expenses 

 and outlays pertaining or incident to the making and carrying on of 

 the exhibition and display aforesaid at said Exposition: Provided, 

 That the total expenses and liabilities incurred under this resolution 

 shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars. 



That the said Commissioner, or his deputy, is hereby directed to 

 make a full report to the Department of State of the participation of 

 the United States in said Exposition, and of all the information and 

 results acquired and obtained at or by means of said Exposition touch- 

 ing the fishery industry throughout, the world. (Approved January 

 25, 1898 j Statutes of 1897-98, p. 733.) 



JOINT RESOLUTION Accepting the invitation of the Government of Norway to 

 take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to he held at the city of Ber- 

 gen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety- 

 eight. 



Whereas the United States have been duly invited by the Govern- 

 ment of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition 

 to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May sixteenth to Sep- 

 tember thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, 



