Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 28.djvu/997

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968 1¤1r·rY.·rninen> oonennss. sms. III. RES. 5-9. ises. has been applied for and duly apportioned, and concessions and privileges granted by the exposition management to the citizens and subiects of foreign nations; and Whereas for the purpose of securing the production upon the exposition grounds of scenes illustrative of the architecture, dress, habits, and modes of life, occupation, industries, means of locomotion and transportation, amusements, entertainments, and so forth, of the natives of foreign countries, it has been necessary for the Cotton States and International Exposition Company to grant concessions and privileges to certain firms and corporations conceding the right to make such productions: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 00mm_ sam me of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Congress approved §‘0§""“"°““‘ E‘l’°°" February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-tive, prohibiting Aammm of am. the importation of foreigners under contract to perform labor, and the 5***** ;*;*{1*;*;'t;r}_’Y6{g’· Acts of Congress prohibiting the coming of Chinese persons into the · psgiinsmu." United States, and the Acts amendatory of these Acts, shall not be v¤1.za,p.aa2. so construed, nor shall anything therein operate to prevent, hinder, or Ama ¥···*2°· in anywise restrict any foreign exhibitor, representative, or citizen of a foreign nation, or the holder, who is a citizen of a foreign nation, of any concession or privilege from the Cotton States and International Exposition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, from bringing into the United States, under contract, such mechanics, artisans, agents, or other employees, natives of their respective foreign countries, as they, or any of them, may deem necessary for the purpose of making preparations for installing or conducting their exhibits or of preparing for installing or conducting any business authorized or permitted under or by virtue of or pertaining to any concession or privilege which may have been granted by the Cotton States and Interna- _ tional~Exposition Company, of Atlanta, Georgia, in connection with . "'°"”"· such exposition: Provided, however, That no alien shall by virtue

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except by express permission, naming such alien, of the Secretary of the Treasury; and any such alien who may remain in the United States for more than one year, after the close of said exposition, shall theremf;*g;l;i;¤ °° ¤“·>¤¤ after be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens ` coming in violation of the alien-contract-labor law aforesaid. Approved, January 21, 1895. F¤b1‘¤¤1'Yi»i8°5· No. 8. Joint Resolution To vide for th‘ ‘ u W heietoford made for the dredging giohlverett Ha;bb?8nd1tur0 of the appl-Oprmho Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Wgganm H¤rb<>r. of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriation of ten thourimi my improve. sand dollars heretofore made for dredging Everett Harbor, at Everett, =¤··3¤¤t¤d·>Pm· in the State of Washington, may be used by the Secretary of War in "‘· " ‘ the construction oi a freshwater harbor at Everett, in said State, in accordance with the project submitted by Captain Thomas W. Symous, of Corps of Engineers, United States Army, on July ninth, eighteen hundred and ninetyfour, and printed in Senate Executive Document numbered one hundred and thirty-nine, part two, second session of the Fifty-third Congress. Approved, February 1, 1895. _ lo. 9. Joint Resolution To revive the ad ‘ -» * Fein-¤mys,1as¤ Urlgzed Sgatcs Army. gr 8 of lieutenant general in the Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States é;%v.0mcuwnmt· of America in Congress assembled, That the grade of lieutenant-general g,,,,,,,{’,,,,.,,,.,,_ be, and the same is hereby, revived m the Army of the United states,