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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 18-19. 1897. 223 privilege which may have been or may hereafter be granted by the Transmississippi and International Exposition Company of Omaha, Nebraska, in connection with such exposition. Nor shall any such Act or Acts of Congress operate to prevent, hinder, or in any manner restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or holder of a concession or privilege from the Transmississippi and International . Exposition Company, from bringing into the United States under contract any such mechanic, artisan, agent, or other employee deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of making preparations for installing or conducting foreign exhibits, or preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under, or by virtue of, or pertaining to a concession or privilege which may have been or may be granted by the said Transmississippi and International Exposition Company in connection with such exposition: Pro- §~•¤¤·>- _ _ vided, however, That no alien shall, by virtue of this Resolution, bea§€{°§i$°f°m*°°'°" permitted to enter the United States to perform labor therein, except by express permission, naming such alien, and then not for a longer time than three months after the close of the Transmississippi and International Exposition; and thereafter such person shall be subject to all the mP¤_;·;1¤y for ¤¤=¤¤*¤- processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming into the United g' ` States in violation of any Act of Congress prohibiting alien contract labor from being brought or coming into the United States. Sec. 2. That, all articles and property of any kind that may be 3d§ngg>j*,9;°*f:l¤a$`*:·· brought to the United States from any foreign country to be placed ony' exhibition at such Transmississippi and International Exposition, as well as all tools and implements necessary or proper to be used in preparing for an exhibition and the equipment and paraphernalia of the exhibitors, artisans, laborers, and the like shall be admitted to the ports of the United States free of duty, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Pro- grvwvs f I vided, however, That said articles shall be removed from the United ,,;,;;`§§'fi,,°;,,’,,°Z$,? °°° States within six months after the close of said exposition. If not so removed, and the same shall be sold or disposed of in the United States, they shall be subject to the customs laws thereof: Provided further, _ That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed T§_§;fg*“{Q’ {fail'; to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary, in his judg· mnt:-¤. ment, to carry into execution the provisions hereof and to prohibit the infraction of existing statutes, except as the same may be temporarily modified and changed by this Resolution. Approved, June 30, 1897. [N0. 19.] Joint Resolution Granting permission for the erection of a temporary J¤lY15.1897· Studio in the city of \Vashington, District of Columbia, tbr use in the construction L" "" ‘ and completion of the statue of General Sherman. _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby Statue ¤f G¤¤¢r¤1 authorized to grant a permit, under such regulations as he may deem Sh;°?§”`,,,a§},i,,,, for mc. best for the public interest, to the General Sherman Statue Committee, @$1*:,. °*ctf,°¤P°’¤’>’ of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and to the General Sher- B w' ' man Statue Commission, for the erection on the public grounds in the city of \Vashington, District of Columbia, and on such site as he may deem best, of a temporary studio for use in the construction and com- · pletion of the statue of General Sherman, for which the contract has been awarded to Mr. Carl Rohl-Smith, sculptor. Approved, July 15, 1897.