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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Suss. I. Ch. 156. 1890. 65 the function and administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace and 1ts resources as a war power, tending to demonstrate the nature of our inst1tutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people ; and to secure a complete and harmonious arrangement of such a Government exhibit, a board shall be created to be charged AGovernmentboard with the selection, preparation, arrangement. safe-kee ing, and {’,€,,s,‘f§€§,§‘}“· "°°·· “’ exhibition of such articles and materials as the heads of the several Departments and the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum may respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhi it. he President ma also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall be composed of one Compositiou, selecperson to be named by the head of each Executive Department, and §{’{‘,;§{‘,‘,§,}’,}Q§‘“*“*i°“ one by the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National ` Museum, and one by the Fish Commission, such selections to be approved by the President of the United States. The President s all name the chairman of said board, and the board itself shall select such other officers as it may deem necessary. That the Secretary of the Treasur is hereby authorized' and Ufqgjurgs station directed to place on exhibition, upon such grounds as shall be allotted °°b° '°°d‘ for thegpurpose; one of the life-saving stations authorized to be construct on the coast of the United States by existing law, and to cause the same to be fully equipped with all apparatus, furniture, and appliances now in use in all life-saving stations in the United States, said building and apparatus to be removed at the close of the exhi- lR¤m<;r·;m•;i:_¤-. at bition and re-erected at the place now authorized by law. ° °°°° ° '°" Sec. 17. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable i °°b"§,'$‘;*];¤gt:¤*” building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the than ’ ' World’s Columbian xposition for the Government exhibits, as provided in this act, and he is hereby authorized and directed to contract A¤¤¤<>ritrt<> erecttherefor, in the same manner and under the same regulations as for other public buildings of the United States; but the contracts for said buildin or buildings shall not exceed the sum of four hundred thou- Limit or me. sand dollars, and for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, there is hereby appropriated for said building or buildings, out of i I any money in the Treasurv not otherwise appropriated, the sum of u,};,?" " “”"°""*" one hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary o the Treasury shall cause the said building or buildings to be constructed as far as possible, of iron, steel, an glass, or 0 such other material as may be beB§s‘l§°¤ ’”°”*'*·'*° taken out and sold to the best advantage; and he is authorized and required to dispose of such buildingl or buildings, or the material ck,I§,*,,’l’°““' by °°l°* " composing the same, at the close of the exposition, giving preference . to the city of Chicago, or to the said Wor d’s Exposition of eiighteen °,§"°*°“°d P“”’*”· hundred and ninety-two to purchase the same at an appraise value to be ascertainedfin spch manner jas he mayhdetermine. f t Em G0 Sec. 18. That or the u cse 0 a ing the expenses o ranspor- ¤¤¤¤,¤f verntation, care, and custodp di) exhibitsyby the Government and the m°°°°xm”°°'°°°’ maintenance of the buildin or buildings hereinbefore provided for, and the safe return of articis belonging to the said Government exhibit, and for the expenses of the commission created by this act, and other contingent expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, u on itemized accounts and vouchers. there is hereby _ _ appropriated for the remainder of this fiscal year and for the iiscal APP*°P¤¤°*°¤- year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces- _ sary; Provided, That the United States shall not be liable, on account of Gown of the erection of buildings, expenses of the commission or any of mum liabiIiU· its officers or employees, or on account of any expenses incident to or growin out of said exposition for a sum exceeding in the aggregate one mihion five hundred thousand dollars. sry! 1.-voL xxv1——-5