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F11·‘TY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Cas. 641, 642. 1902. 177 appoint such agents as he may deem necessary for the efficient execution of said treaty and said Acts. Sec. 3. That nothing in the provisions of this Act or any other Act M{_•;¤,•g¤m¤;¤¤®f- shall be construed to prevent, hinder, or restrict any foreign exhibitor, siiiibanduiffieiiigéigi representative, or citizen of any foreign nation, or the holder, who is f,‘j,’,'j',,,.;{“‘°"‘°d "’ a citizen of any foreign nation, of any concession or rivilege from any fair or exposition authorized by Act of Congress 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 preparation 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 or may be granted by any said fair or exposition in connection with such exposition, under such rules and R°¥¤l¤**°¤¤· regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, both as to the admission and return of such person or persons. Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of every Chinese laborer, other than dg;**%$**g;,g;m’°§f; a citizen, rightfull in, and entitled to remain in any of the insular muiumnmy. territory of the Uiiited States (Hawaii excepted) at the time of the passage of this Act, to obtain within one year thereafter a certificate of residence in the insular territory wherein he resides, which certificate shall entitle him to residence therein, and upon failure to obtain such certificate as herein rovided he shall be deported from such insular territory; and the Idhilippine Commission is authorized and required mf;lm,})*gP,_g*:n*{)•;mr;*é_§f to make all regulations and provisions necessary for the enforcement imma, ew. of this section in the Philippine Islands, including the form and substance of the certificate of residence so that the same shall clearly and sufficiently identify the holder thereof and enable officials to prevent fraud in the transfer of the same: Provided, ltowewr, That if said {;°*%f:,°r;m0u um Philippine Commission shall find that it is impossible to complete the mayiie extender. registration herein provided for within one year from the passage of this Act, said Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to extend the time for such registration for a further period not exceeding one year. Approved, April 29, 1902. CHAP. 842.-An Act For the relief of certain indigent Choctaw and Chickasaw APYU 29· 190% Indians in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ifmwe qf.R¥wesen tatives of the Uni ted States of Amerzea in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ..f§,°f_ff,}m°°”*°*· Treasury be, and he is hereb , authorized, upon the request of the I Fund for relief or Secretary of the Interior, to dieposit in the United States subtreasury °`"“°"° cm""' at Saint Louis, Missouri, to the credit of the treasurer of the Choctaw Nation, the sum of twenty thousand dollars of the fund now in the United States Treasury to the credit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw v,,l_30_p_m_ nations, derived from the sale of town lots under an Act alpproved June 28, 1898, being "An Act for the protection of the peop e of the Indian Territory, and for other purposes," the said sum to be used for certain destitute Choctaw Indians in the manner hereinafter provided, and charged against the proportionate share of said fund due to each Choctaw ndian receivin relief under the provisions hereof. Sec. 2. That Gilbert Dukes, principal chief of the Choctaw lvggogvavnttvdsug Nation, George W. Scott, treasurer o the Choctaw Nation, and Green l°¤iscn0&is$;·L.° °° ` McCurtain, ex-principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, are hereby constituted a commission, with authority to investigate and determine _ _ what Choctaw citizens are destitute and in absolute need of help; and "°*"“°"°“* vor. xxxrr, rr 1——12