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 834 Acceptance of con- tributions, etc. Reports. August 26, 1937 [6.J .Res. 1861 [Pub. Res., No.731 Pacific Mercado (Int ern ati onal Expo- sition), Los Angeles, Calif ., 1940. Preamble. 75r CONGRESS, 1sr SESSION -CHS. 816, 817-AUGUST 26, 1937 SEC. 7. The commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce may receive contributions in funds or materials or borrow materia ls or ex hibits t o aid in carrying out the general purpose s of this resolution, and shall have the right to return borrowed property, and dis pose of such oth er prope rty under the dir ection o f the Se cre- tary of Commerc e and to account therefor, the pr oceeds o f such s ales shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States. SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to trans- mit to Congress, within six mon ths after the clo se of th e Pan Am eri- can Exposition, a detailed statement of all expenditures, and such other reports as may be deemed proper which reports shall be pre- pared and arranged with a view to concise statement and convenient reference. Approved, August 26, 1937. [CHAPTER 81 71 JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for the participation of the United States in the continuing international exposi tion to be known as Pa cific Merca do, to be held in the city of Los Angeles, California, commencing in the year 1940, and in the year 1942 commemorating the landing of Cabrillo, and f or other re asons. Whereas there is to be held in the city of Los Angeles, State of California, commencing in the year 1940, a continuing inter- national exposition to be known as the Pacific Mercado, designed to promote closer relations and better understandings among the countries and nations of the world, through the furtherance of trade, industry, and cultural arts, by gathering, arranging, and exhibiting the varied cultures of such countries and nations and the origins, progress,. and accomplishments in science, the arts, education, industry, business, and transportation of such countries and nations, and by other appropriate means ; and Whereas there is to be held in said city, in the year 1942, in connec- tion with said Pacific Mercado, a world's fair commemorating the landi ng of Ca brillo ; and Whereas the holding of said Pacific Mercado and, in conjunction there with, sa id world 's fair, will fu rther the purpose s of cer tain conventions and. treaties signed at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, held in the city of Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentine Republic, in December 1936 ; and Whereas the city of Los Angeles, by amendment to its charter, approved by the electors of said city and by the Legislature of the St ate o f Cal ifor nia, has b een autho rized to issue, thr ough its department of water and power, bonds for the acquisition of a site for such continuing international exposition and world's fair ; and Whereas the State of California on May 21, 1937, enacted Assembly Joint Resolutio n Numbered 47, chapter 106, me morializing the President of the United States to extend to the governments and dominions of the world invitations to participate in the Pacific Mercado in 1940 (reference Congressional Record, May 26, 1937, pages 6572 and 6573) ; and Whereas the State of California on May 25, 1 937, ap propr iate d $1,500,000 for the State's participation in the Pacific Mercado and exposition ¢ and Whereas such continuing international exposition and world's fair are worthy and deserving of the support and e ncouragement of the United States, and the United States has aided and encouraged such world's fair and celebrations in the past : Therefore be it