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 382 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 401, 402. 1896. I-‘m¤•=*il *¤¤¤ P¤>· SRU. 2. That said Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended, shall take effect at a subsequent time to be fixed Approved, June 10, 1898. .Tune10,180¤. CHAP. 402.-An Act To authorize and encourage the holdin of a transmissisit sippi and international exposition at the city of Omaha, in the gtato of Nebraska, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. mmm Whereas it is desirable to eneourage the holding of a transmississippi and international exposition at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for the exhibition of the resources of the United States of America and the progress and civilization of the Wcstem Hemisphere, and for a display of the arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and sew and Wherlaas it is desirable that an exhibition shall be made of the great staples of the trausmississippi region which contributes so largely to domestic and international commerce; and Vtrhereas encouragement should be given to an exhibit of the arts, industries, manufactures, and products, illustrative of the progress and development of that and other sections of the country; and Whereas such exhibition should be national as well as international in its ebaneter, in which the people of this country, of Mexico, the Central and South American Governments, and other States of the world should participate, and should, therefore, have the sanction of the Congress of the United States; and ‘ Whereas it is desirable and will be highly beneficial to bring together at such an exposition, to be held at a central position in the western part of the United States, the people of the United States and other States of this eoutinent; and Whereas the Transmississippi and International Exposition Association has undertaken to hold such exposition, beginning on the iirst day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and clo ing on the first day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: Therefore, Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ITm¤¤¤;¤0;z¤;g;vi¤¤5i States of America in Congress assembled, That a transmississippi and ,§,',f""‘" "°°" international exposition shall be held at the city of Omaha, in the State N£l·•;l;j*•*°¤•*¤· of Nebraska, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, under the “‘_ auspices of the Transmississippi and International Exposition Associa- §’:}_’{'{kbum, 0, tion: Provided, That the United States shall not be liable for any of Umwa sum. ° the expense attending or incident to such exposition, nor by reason of the same. 1F¤;•~ ¤¤HAa{m¤¤*· S20. 2. That all articles which shall be imported from foreign coun- ° °° °" °x ° tries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition upon which there shall be a tarilf or customs duty shall be admitted free of payment sd of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulation as the Secre— °°‘ tary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported for aud actually on exhibition in the exhibition building, or on the grounds, subject to such regulation for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary rmmv. _ of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when °"‘*"'""°‘°l°“‘°"" sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be sub ject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such article by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal. G°'¤¤¤¤°¤****¤*b**· Sec. 3. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the Government of the United States, from its Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Fish Commission, and the National Museum, such articles and material as illustrate the iimetion
 * ’°"· P- "“· by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose.