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 734 FIFTY·FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 5, 6,8. 1898. R•¤v¤r¤· That the said Commissioner, or his deputy, is hereby directed to make a full report to the Department of State of the participation of the United States in said Exposition, and of all the information and results acquired and obtained at or by means of said Exposition touching the iishery industry throughout the world. Approved, January 25, 1898. February 1, 1898. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Providing for the printing of the report of the governor ———; of Alaska, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States A1¤¤k¤ Y of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed ten thousand er-53i.;tb§;:sgied?v' copies of the report of the governor of the District of Alaska to the Secretary of the Interior, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; three thousand copies for the use of the Senate, five thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand copies for the use of the Department of the Interior. Approved, February 1, 1898. . . o'n olution Acc tin the invitation of the Government of or- wsiynto gaire iuasrttiiiwsn Intematiciaiihl Eisheries Exposition to be held at the cig of Eeigen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety- Olg. rum-uaciqngil I·‘i¤h— Whereas the United States have been duly invited by the Govern- §§f‘N$,’§$’,'}f,$Y‘°"’B°”‘ ment of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition Ugggawgzgas {,3 tg; to be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May sixteenth to Seppart mespwi. tember thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, which Exposition will also include national sections for industries, agriculture, and the iine arts: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said invitation is accepted, and that the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby directed, in person, or by a deputy to be appointed by the President of the United States, and whose compensation if not in the public service shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars including personal and traveling expenses to represent the United States at said Exposition, and to lkhibii- cause a suitable and proper exhibition and display to be made at said Exposition of the foodiishes of the United States, and the methods of catching, salting, curing, and preserving the same, and of the implements and appliances used in carrying on the fishery industries of the United States, and to this end may, with the consent of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, use any portion of the fisheries collection in the National Museum at said Exposition. Appmprimcn for That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may °‘l’°““"‘ be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, to pay all the expenses and costs of representing the United States at said Exposition, as aforesaid, and to pay all the costs and expenses and outlays pertaining or incident to the making and carrying on of the P(·¤{*¤¤· exhibition and display aforesaid at said Exposition: Provided, That L“‘”° the total expenses and liabilities incurred under this resolution shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars. R°P°'*· That the said Commissioner, or his deputy, is hereby directed to make a full report to the Department of State of the participation of the United States in said Exposition, and of all the information and results acquired and obtained at or by means of said Exposition touching the fishery industry throughout the world. Approved, February 17, 1898.