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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1 ST SESS.-CH. 548 -AUG. 7, 1939 [CHAPTER 548] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing and requesting the President to accept the invitation of the Govern- ment of Norway to the Government of the United States to participate in an International Exhibition of Polar Exploration, which will be held at Bergen, Norway, in 1940; and authorizing an appropriation to cover the expenses of such participation. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized and requested to accept the invitation extended by the Government of Norway to the Government of the United States to participate in an International Exhibition of Polar Explo- ration, which is to be held at Bergen, Norway, in 1940. SEC. 2. The President is authorized to appoint a commissioner to represent the United States at the exhibition, who will serve in this capacity without compensation; or the President is authorized to designate, upon the nomination of the Secretary of State, a perma- nent Government official as commissioner to represent the United States at the exhibition, who will serve in this capacity without addi- tional compensation. The expenses of the commissioner and such staff as he may need to assist him will be met out of funds provided for the purposes of Government participation in the exhibition. The duties of the commissioner and his assistants shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State. The other departments of the Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of State or his authorized representatives in preparing the exhibit. SEC. 3. The Secretary of State is authorized to employ such assist- ants as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution, and to fix their reasonable compensation without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; to purchase such materials, contract for such labor and other services as may be necessary, without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5). The Secretary of State may delegate to the commissioner or other officer any of the powers vested in him by this resolution as may be deemed advisable. SEC. 4. In order to defray the expenses of representation of the United States at the exhibition, including personal services in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; transportation of things; traveling and subsistence expenses; rent and heating, lighting and maintenance services; printing and binding; selection, purchase, assembling, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safekeeping, demonstration, removing, repag, and altering of an exhibit or exhibits, including the preparation of an exhibit plan; official cards; entertainment; hire, maintenance, and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; communication service; purchase or rental of furniture and equipment; stationery and supplies, books of reference, and periodicals, newspapers and other appropriate pub- lications, maps, reports, documents, plans, specifications, and manu- scripts; and ice and drinking water for office use: Provided, That arrangements for telephone services, rents, and subscriptions to news- papers and periodicals may be made in advance; and such other expenses as may be necessary in the opinion of the Secretary of State to carry out the purposes of this resolution; the sum of $15,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is authorized to be appro- priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, to remain available until expended for the purposes of this joint resolution, and any unexpended balances shall be covered into 1249 August 7, 1939 IS. J. Res. 137] [Pub. Res., No. 43] International Exhi- bition of Polar Explo- ration, Bergen, Nor- way, in 1940. Acceptance of invi- tation to participate, authorized. Appointment or designation of com- missioner to represent United States. Expenses. Duties to be pre- scribed by Secretary of State. Cooperation of Gov- ernment departments. Employment of as- sistants. 5U. S .C. 661 -674; Supp. IV, §§673, 673c. R. S. 1 3709. 41U.S. C. 5. Delegation of pow- ers. Appropriation au- thorized for expenses. P/ro'isos. Advance arrange- ments.

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