FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 434. 1899. 1347 dred and three, as the Ohio general assembly may hereafter determine, for the exhibition of the resources of the United States of America, Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines, and the progress and civilization of the American countries, and for a display of the arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and sea; and Whereas it is desirable to commemorate by a11 appropriate naval display the important victory of Commodore Perry in the western waters of Lake Erie, beside which waters said exposition is located; and \Vhereas it is desirable for its historical and educational effect that there be given an exhibition of the Indians of North America, and especially the tribes of the old Northwest Territory; and Whereas it is desirable that an exhibition shall be made of the great staples of the original Northwest Territory and Ohio Valley region, whtich contributes so largely to domestic and international commerce; an Whereas encouragement should be given to an exhibit of the arts, industries, manufactures, and products illustrative of the progress and development of that and other sections of the country; and Whereas such exhibition should be international as well as national ’ 1n ICS character, in which the people of this country, of Mexico, the Central and South American Governments, and other States of the world should participate, and should, theretore, have the sanction of the Congress of the United States; and Whereas it is desirable and will·be highly benehcial to bring together at such an exposition the people of the United States and other States of this continent; and Whereas the Ohio Centennial Company, a corporation, has undertaken to hold such exposition, beginning on the first day of May, nineteen hundred and two or nineteen hundred and three, and closing on the first day of November, nineteen hundred and two or nineteen hundred and three: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be exhibited Exhibits from Exby the Government of the United States at said Ohio Centennial and °°“°"° D"’“'°"‘°““‘ Northwest Territory Exposition from the Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, the Commission of Fish and Fisheries, the Department of Labor, and the Bureau of American Republics such articles and materials as illustrate the function and administrative faculty of the Government, its resources as a war power, and its relations to other American Republic ; and, to secure a -m·¤1 to Mirage, complete and harmonious arrangement of said Government exhibit, a "*“· board of management shall be created, to be charged with the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of such articles and materials as the heads of said departments and institutions of the Government may respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President ` may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall —¤¤¤i1¤>¤i¢i¤¤ M- be composed of one member to be detailed by the head of each Executive Department, one by the head of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, one by the head of the United States Fish Commission, one by the Commissioner of Labor, and one by the Director of the Bureau of American Republics. The President shall name one of said persons so detailed as chairman, and the board itself shall appoint its secretary, disbursing officer, and such other officers as it may deem necessary. The |l1Cll1b8l'S of said board of Illallagelucnt, with other —ccmpe¤s•tiou,etc. officers and employees of the Government who may be detailed to assist them, including officers of the Army and Navy, shall receive no compensation in addition to their regular salaries, but they shall be allowed their actual and necessary traveling expenses, together with a per diem in lieu of subsistence, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, while necessarily absent from their homes engaged upon the business of the board. Ottlcers of the Army and Navy shall receive this allowance in lieu ot the transportation and mileage now allowed by law.
