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 600 l•`lFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ons. 19, 20. 1895. manner the power and jurisdiction conferred upon the supreme court V0!-24. v-¥*»35· of the District of Columbia. by the Act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act to provide for protecting the interests of the United States in the Potomac River flats in the District of Columbia;" and that the suit instituted by the Attorney- General in said last-mentioned court, in accordance with the terms of said last-mentioned Act, shall proceed to a linal hearing in said supreme court and in the Supreme Court of the United States in the same manner as if said Act establishing a court of appeals for said District had not been passed. Approved, January 7, 1895. J=¤¤¤•¤'! 9·18’5- CHAP. 20.-An Act To exempt the articles of foreign exhibitors at the Portland 'W Universal Exposition, at Portland, Oregon, from the payment of duties. Pr¤¤¤¤\>1¤- Whereas there will be held in the city of Portland, and county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, from and after December iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, an exposition to be known as the Portland Universal Exposition, in which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors · have been invited and have agreed to participate: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United l"!¤!%¤•* U¤**’¤¤·¤l States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles which shall Eliggnglrti umm. be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition ¢i¤¤ ¤·l¤¤i¤¢¤·i *¤·=· at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of. payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; Articles ¤r=;¤¤f¤r¤¤1 and all articles which have been imported from foreign countries and °""“ °"""` f""' which have been on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, or which have been on exhibition at the California Midwinter International Exposition, or at the Interstate Fair at Tacoma, Washington, upon which there is a tariif or customs duty and which have been heretofore admitted tree of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be transferred to the city of Portland, in the State of _ Oregon, for the sole`pnrpose of exhibition at said exposition. Snles- Sec. 2. That it shall be lawilil at any time during such exposition to sell lor delivery at the close of the exposition any of the goods or property imported tor, and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of l{’;¤v¢¤v·t f dma 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 sale; and all penalties prescribed bylaw shall be enforced and applied against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof Admission or um- Sec. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numbered thirty, Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits/’ approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety- two, are hereby extended to and made applicable to said Portland Universal Expositionto the same extent as if said exposition was therein specifically named. Approved, January 8, 1895. l
 * "?,ff§!,’f‘{',‘f§',,s_"*°‘ entitled “Joint Resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors at the WVor1d’s