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 1562 PROCLAMATIONS. N0. 15. contrary, be deemed to have been caused by his wrongful act, neglect, or default. " Sec. 2. That every master or erson in charge of a United States vessel who fails, without reasonable cause, to render such assistance or give such information as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; and for the above sum the vessel shall be liable and ma be seized and proceeded against by process in any district court of the United States by any person; one-half such sum to be payable to the informer and the other half to the United States. "SEc. 3. That this act shall take effect at a time to be fixed by the President by Proclamation issued for that purpose." And whereas it is provided b Section 3 of the said Act that it _ shall take effect at a time to be iiyxed by the President by Proclamation issued for that purpose; Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United Acmmgmlm m1_ States of America, do, hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in mg-: at m mugs me by Section 3 of the said Act, proclaim the fifteenth dafky of Decemm0_ 1 ’ ber, 1890, as the day on which the said Act shall take e ect. _ · In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused A the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [SEAL.] ninety and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nfteenth. BEN: HARRISON By the President: J Aims G. Bnnnm Secretary of State. [No. 15.] BY rum Pnmsrnmxr or rim Umrnn Sruns or Amnmca. · A PROCLAMATION. _D°°°¤=l>¢¤" ¤4»1¤°°- Whereas, satisfactory proof has been presented to me that provimamma. sion has been made for ade uate grounds and buildings for the uses of the World’s Columbian Pxposition, and that a sum not less than ten million dollars to be used and expended for the purposes of said Exposition has been provided in accordance with the conditions and A"’"* P'"' requirements of Section ten of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for Celebrating the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery of America by Christo her Columbus by holding an International Exhibition of Arts, Industries, Manufactures, and the Products of the Soil, Mine and Sea, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illin0is,” approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen uudred and ninety: W¤¤d’¤ Golumbinm Now, therefore,, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United mlm°°“°’ States, by virtue of the authority vested in me b said Act, do hereby declare and proclaim that such International? Exhibition will be m'1é¤£_r“em¥éy3I&iwa Opened on the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and d&y;,,0.,m;,,,,_ ,8{”' mnety-three, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, and will not be closed before the last Thursday in October of the same year. mwmmnwmdg, And in the name of the Government, and of the people of the United ¤¤¤i¤¤¤. States, I do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part in the commemoration of an event that is preeminent in human hiswry, and of lasting interest to mankind, by appointing representatives thereto, and sending such exhibits to the €Vorld’s Columbian