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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Rus. 14. 1888. 621 Paris, commencing the fifth day of May and closing the thirty-first da of October. eighteen hundred and eighty-nine: Therefore, l·l'es0lz·ed by the Senafe and House of Representatives of the United Sfafes of America in Congress assembled, That said invitation is ac- I¤Y**¤¤<>¤ *0 take eepted, and that the governors of the several States and Territories p°m°’ °1°°°p°’d` be, and are hereby, requested to invite the people of their respective Notice w states. States and Territories to assist in the proper representation of the productions of our industry and of the natural resources of the country, and to take such further measures as may be necessary in order to secure to their respective States and Territories the advantages to be derived from this beniiicent undertaking. Sec. 2. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of Commissioner-gen the Senate, shall appoint a commissioner-general to represent the °”1‘ United States in the proposed exposition, and under the general direction of the Secretary of State, to make all needful rules and regu- Duties. lations in reference to the contributions from this country, and to control the expenditures incident to the proper installation and exhibit thereof; the pay of jurors, and the preparation of the reports on the exposition, and the general results thereof; and an assistant Assistant. commissioner-general to act under the direction of the commissionergeneral, who shall erform the duties of commissioner-general, in case of his death or disability; and that the President may also appoint as assistants to the commissioner-general nine scientinc experts, Experts. corresponding to and s ecitically assi§1ed to the nine groups into which the exposition will, under the o cial regulations e divided; that the allowance to said commissioner-general for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed ten thousand dollars for his whole °°'¤P*¤¤¤*i°¤· term of office; that the allowance of said assistant commissionergeneral for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed five thousand dollars for his term of office, and the allowance of the nine scientific e erts for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed fifteen hunzdged dollars each, not including such clerical service as may be allowed b the commissioner-genera, which shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars. Sec. 3, That in order to defray the necessary ex enses above au- Appropriation. thorized, and for the proper installation of the exhibition, and the expenditures of the commissioner-general made under the direction of the Secretary of State, and with his approval, and not otherwise, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated. the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be ` necessary for the purposes herein specified, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State; the Commis- Siggiignir gg?;?;- sioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to collect and prepare. gr ' suitable s ecimens of the a ricultural productions of the several States and) Territories of thedliiioii for exhibition at the Paris exposition and accompany the same with a report respecting such productions, to be printed in the English. French, and Germanlanguages, the expense of the same to be paid out of said appropriation. Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretarv of State to trans- Repoitmcongn-ss. mit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with all reports called for under section two of this resolution. which reports shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise statement and convenient reference. Approved, May 10, 1888.