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 SIXTY·SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 299, 301. 1922. 833 CHAP. 299.-—Joint Resolution To approve the holding of a national and intema— August 2% 1922- tional exhibition in the city of Philadelphia in 1926 upon the Fairmount Park and parkway site selected by The Sesquicentennial Exhibition Association, and lands [Pub' ms" N°‘69‘] contiguous thereto that may be acquired for that p, as an appropriate celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of ge signing of the Declaration of Independence. Whereas preliminary steps have been taken by the ma or and council l,’°°‘,§*§"·“§" °‘ Pgs; and a citizens’ committee of Philadelphia to celebrgirte in that city iglgrilgi- :31 esqm 6 in 1926 the one hundred and iiftieth anniversary of the signing mm °' of the Declaration of Independence by holding an exhibition in which it is expected that the various States of the Union, the Federal Government, and all the nations of the world will be represented; and Whereas the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unanimously assed a resolution April 28, 1921, that the Commonwealth shouldp prepare for and pjartici ate in such sesquicentennial celebration by making a suita le exhibit therein on the part of the Commonwealth, and requested that the Federal Government should approve the holding of such an exhibition in Philadelphia in 1926 and that appropriate steps should be taken to invite the participation and cooperation of the States of the Union and the nations of the world; and ' Whereas the governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the name and by the authoritg of that Commonwealth, has issued letters patent incorporatinghT e Sesquicentennial Exhibition Association, May 9, 1921, for the purpose of educating the public by exhibiting artistic, mechanical, agricultural and horticultural products and providing public instruction in the arts and sciences thereby celebrat one hundred and iiftieth anniversary oi the signing of the ation of Indelpendence by holdin in the city o Philadelphia, in the State of ennsylvania, an exbibition of the progress of the United States in art, science, and industry in trade and commerce, and in the development of the products oi the air, the soil, the mine, the forest, and the seas, to which exhibition the people of all other nations shall be invited to contribute evidences of their own progress to the end that better international imderstanding and more intimate commercial relationships may hasten the coming of universal peace: Therefore be it Resolved by the Semte and House ep] Representatives of the United saqmmmmmnx. States of America in Congress assembl, That the holding of a national *“§‘§j’§;m 0, homing and intemational exhibition in the city of Philadelphia in 1926 upon \¤Pl¤|¤¤¤\1>hi¤, 19% ' the Fairmount Park and parkway site selected by The Sesquicentennial Exhibition Association and lands contiguous thereto which may be acquired for that purpose be approve as an aplpropriate celebration of the one hundred and fiftiet anniversary of the signing P H _ V I of the Declaration of Independence, and that such steps be taken as SmZ§ ,§$'}Emi§,§` ,,2. the President may deem pro er to invite the participation and coop- mm ‘°“‘°"· eration of the States of the Ilhion and the nations 0 the world. cwwmon mb Sec. 2. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to all the ea mq States of the Union requesting cooperation upon their part. Approved, August 29, 1922. Au t 31, 1922. CHAP. 301.-An Act To regulate foreign commerce in the importation into the United States of the adult honeybee (Apis mellifica). lP“b]"°’ }‘°‘ ml Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Hmybeg States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to prevent the mgmmrppipgogracmr introduction and spread of diseases dangerous to the adult honeybee, °’*" 1 ` the importation into the United States o the honeybee(Ap1s mellifica) 42150°——-23——53