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 222 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 16—18. 1897. Pgxg- mcnnmd receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: Provided, sms..P°° That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And {gh :;‘c‘:“f3"é‘Qjg21 provided further, That in the case of the said Gutierrez the provisions p.2é1: ’`’’ of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and, twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, June 18, 1897. J¤¤¤ 26- 1897- [No. 17.] Joint Resolution To provide for the immediate repair of Dry Dock W Numbered Three, at the New York Navy-Yard. _ _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States r°·;g}_"';¥g"{};§“Df)g,{ of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of one hundred thousand N¤.3.N¤wYo¤*kN¤vy- dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in Y“'°‘ the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be immediately available, to enable the Secretary of the Navy to execute pressing1y needed repairs upon Dry Dock Numbered Three, at the New York Navy-Yard, as follows: For constructing and removing coiierdam, forty-eight thousand dollars; for repairs to dock as recommended by board of survey, thirty thousand dollars; for contingencies, twenty-two thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to expend said sums or so much thereof as may be needed for the purposes indicated in this resolution. Approved, June 26, 1897. Jung 3e_13m, [No. 18.] Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Transmississippi ——————-———— and International Exposition, to be held in the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, during the year eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, to bring to the United States foreign laborers from their countries, respectively, or the purpose of preparing for and making exhibits. resemble. Whereas the Trausmississippi and International Exposition Company, of Omaha, Nebraska, has extended invitations to various foreign · nations to make exhibits at the Transmississippi and International Exposition to be held at said city anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which invitations have been accepted and space for installing foreign exhibits has been applied for and duly awarded, and concessions and privileges have been granted by the exposition management to the citizens and subjects of foreign nations; and Trsnsrnississilélll Whereas for the purpose of securin g the production on the exposition ‘,;,'}f,§j,{,‘T'“°"°°"‘ " grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits, and modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amusements, entertainments, and the like, of the peoples of foreign countries, it has become necessary for the Transmississippi and International Exposition Company to grant concessions and privileges to certain firms and corporations of the right to make such productions: Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ry of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress approved "`"' February twenty-sixth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-five, prohibiting the importation into the United States of foreigners under Alien mechanics. contract to perform labor and the various Acts of Congress prohibiting iliiiliiliiiiii ilgiixiéiié the coming or bringing of Chinese persons into the United States, and all i¤z·»¢{·¤ l‘¤i¤:·1_S¤¤r¤s Acts of Congress amendatory of said Act or Acts shall not be construed """“"‘u °""b‘"‘“°' to prohibit the bringing into the United States, under contract to labor, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees or persons, natives of their respective foreign countries, as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparation for installing or conducting foreign exhibits, or preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted by virtue of any concession or