Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 1.djvu/407

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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 200. 1908. 389 may, in their discretion, detail retired Army or Navy officers for such duty. Any provision of law which may prohibit the detail of persons in D°*°““ P°"¤**°°d· the employ of the United States to other service than that which they customarily perform shall not apply to persons detailed for duty in connection with said Alaska-Yuk0n—Paciiic Exposition. Employees of PW °* °P*Pl°Y°°•- the board not otherwise employed by the Government shall be entitled _ to such compensation as the board ma determine, and such employees may be selected and appointed by said, board. The disbursing officer m*b‘“‘l“¥°m°°"- shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine for the faithful performance of his duties, said bond to be approved by gaidHSec1£etaryt,i The glecretariy of tlhe Trpatsury shill a vance o S81 officer rom me o 1mc, un cr suc re u a ions as e may prescribe, a sum of money from the appro riationg for the Government exhibit herein authorized, not exceeding at any one time three—fourths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay the _ expenses of said exhibit as authorized by the United States Government _ board herein created. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby ’*"°"“'*“€ °"‘“’“· authorized and directed to place on exhibition, in connection with the exhibit of his Department, upon such_ grounds as shall be allotted for this purpose, one of the life-saving stations authorized to be constructed on the Pacific coast of the United States by existing law, and to cause the same to be fully equi ped with all apparatus, furniture, and a pliances now in use in lifesaving stations in the United States. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized and Fm “‘*‘*°“““‘·· directed to place on exhibition, in connection with the exhibit of his Department, in such building or aquarium as shall be allotted for this urpose, a complete exhibit of the ash and fisheries of the United States, paying·special attention to the fish and fisheries of the Pacific Ocean, with a view to demonstrating, in the fullest manner possible, the economic value of such Esh and fisheries: Provided, That the cost gL·}°,;“xPem“_ of said exhibit herein authorized, including the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safeikeeping, exhibition. and return of the articles and materials so exhibited, shall not exceed _ the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, which sum, or so much A""°°"°°`°"‘ thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro riated. Sec. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized *g§§}‘,§’{,"g'}‘,}0§‘f'°"· and directed to aid the people of the district of Alaska an of the Territory of I·Iawaii in providing and maintaining appropriate and creditable exhibits of the products and resources ot A aska and Hawaii at the said Alaska·Yukon—Pacific Exposition, and for that purpose he is authorized to appoint one or more persons to supervise the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safeeeping, exhibition, and return of such articles as may be exhnbited from said Territories at said exposition: Provided, That the total uwms expenditure for said exhibit for said district of Alaska on the part of ' the Government, including such selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation. safe-keeping, ex ibition, and return of the articles so exhibited, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, whichdsum, cir so much there? ar} may be APP’°P'*°‘*°“· necessar is herebr appropriate outo any money in the reasury _ not othesrivise appiiopiiidted: And provided find/ner, That the total ,,x];f{{,’§{_i°r H°w°im expenditure for said exhibit for the Territory of Hawaii on the part of the Government, including such selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, ex ibition, and return of the articles so exhibited shall not exceed the sum of twenty- five thousand dollars, which sum, or so much thereof as may' be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not Otgcrwise apprOpriat?d' - _ · . - ed rmnippsnqlqiunas. cnc. 13. That the Secretary ot Wrai is hereby authorized and direct l,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,0m_ to aid the people of the Philippine Islands in providing and mamtam-