1024 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Un. 420, 421. 1899. APP'°P€“€§‘;; *`°* two hundred thousand dollars; nor shall the expenses of said Govern- ”p°°°°° mlment exhibit for each and every purpose connected therewith, including transportation, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, amounting in all to not exceeding the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, out of any money IH the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nve hundred thousand dollars, or o much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed by the board of management hereinbefore created, of which not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars shall beexpended for clerical service: K'"°r‘:°H_,mM mb Provided, That no liability against the Government shall be incurred, aatigiiwpm mmap- and no expenditure of money under this Act shall be made, until the “‘”"°‘°'*“"""°""‘· officers of said exposition shall have furnished the Secretary of the Treasury proofs to his satisfaction that there has been obtained by said exposition corporation subscriptions of stock in good faith, contributions, donations, or appropriations from all sources for the purposes of said exposition a sum aggregating not less than five hundred thousand dollars. 0£5¤¤¤¤¤r·=iv¤ Sec. 5. ·That medals, with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscrip- °° ° tions commemorative of said Pan-American Exposition, and of the awards to be made to the exhibitors thereat, shall be prepared at some vn. n,;t4.s2. mint of the United States for the board of directors thereof, subject to the provisions of the fifty-second section of the coinage Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, upon the payment of a sum not less than the cost thereof; and all the provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said coinage Act against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins of th; United States shall. apply to the medals struck and issued under this ct. Liability or United Sm:. 6. That the United States` shall not in any manner nor under $§’,“,?§§,{°‘ “"'* °°°"°f any circumstances he liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings, or . representations of said Pan-American Exposition Association, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued by said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses of any kind whatever attending such corporation, or accruing by reason of the same. ·*l¤b*¤ Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to create any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission in excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor. mgvimvrggggmgm- SEO. That the appropriation herein made of five hundred thousand " ’dollars in all shall take ehect and become available immediately upon the passage of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1899. March 3, 1899. CHAP. 421.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal —-———·——--·—····‘ year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and for other purposes. , _Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Nngkoggwics ¤1» States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, "°’ ‘ and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money `in the Treasury not otherwise appro riated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending lane thirtieth, nineteen hundred. and for other purposes: ' PAY or THE NAVY. ray at the Navy. For the pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list, including the admiral of the Navy, whose pay and
