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 854 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 480,481. 1916. Whereas the Mississippi Centennial Exposition _Commission having the celebration in c argle will widely advertise the approachmg events, with the result t at a dgreat increase of mcorning and outoing mail matter will be han ed bmhe Gulfport post office; and Whereas the governor of the State of r sissippr has issued a proclamation inviting all the States of the Union to participate and will invite the countries of South and Central America and Mexico to articipate ir1 the celebration; and Wliereas the extensive preparations beinig made by) the citizens of Gulfport and the State of Mississippi or the ce bration give to iaid celebration a national character and significance: Therefore e it H Resolved by the Senate and Housgegf Representatives of the United ,,J,§’§*$l,,°“§§§p§t€ States of America in Congress assemb, That the Postmaster General
 * g’·—· *0 °°¤““°’”°‘ of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to prepare and

` deliver to the postmaster of Gulfport a special canceling `e to be used in the cancellation of mail matter in the post office of that city from January first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, to April first, ' nineteen hundred and eighteen, said die to be of such design as may be agreed upon by the Postmaster General and the Mississippi Centennial Exposition Commission. Approved, September 8, 1916. ssgm ,1915. I ·J·%§m·l CHAP. 481.—Joint Resolution, Authorizing the transfer of the Government exhibit or such portion thereof as the President may determine is advisable, now at the Panama-California International Exposition at San Diego, California, to the Missimippi Centennial Exposition at Gulfport, Mimissippi. ‘ { cggtgu. . . . . . . . . ¤mm”§$.l¥K.,,,,·, Whereas there is to be held at Gulf rt, Mississippi, begmnrng in P"°’”¤b*°- December, nineteen hundred and selirlenteen, and ending in March, ' nineteen hundred and eighteen, the Mississippi Centennial Exposition to commemorate the one hrmdredth anniversary of the admission of Mississippi into the Union; and Whereas there is now a Government exhibit at the Panama-California International Exposition at San Diego, California, which exposition will close December thirty-first, mneteen hundred and sixteen: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and Houszgf Representatives of the United m,,";§”{§'mg§, °{’,Y‘;‘},‘_j States of America in 0 ess assemb , That the said Government exr»¤q»m.camtmn sx- hibit at the Panamxiy-Ifgiliforxria International Exposition, or such °°°“°i°°°°‘ portion thereof as may be determined b the President as advisable, be transferred at the close of the l¥anamarCalifornia Interna- M _ tional Exposition to the Mississippi Centennial Exposition at Gulf- °m”"°°°°° port, Mississippi, and to be maintained during the continuance of the said Mississippi Centennial Exposition and until not later than April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for the purposes ,m§fP°“s°S ““**‘°" herein named there is herelgy authorizecl to be expended the sum of $75,000, or so much thereo as is necessary to cover the expense of transferring and maintaining the said exhibit, or such part thereof as may be determined by the President as available. cm¢mumee_¤{)O<;g§· Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws relating to said Government §§°°“"’““b'° ’ exhibit and constituting a Government Exhibit Board and author- Mnv-i’~ izing the detail of civilians and Army and Navy officers of the United States in connection with the Government exhibit at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition and which were continued and made applicable by Act of Congress, December seventeenth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, so far as the same could be made applicable, to the Panama-California International Exposition at San Diego, California, is hereby continued and made applicable, so far as the same may be made applicable, to the Mississippi Centennial Exposition, at Gulfport, Mississippi, during its said continuance.