1440 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 862-864.-. 1901. -mE§§g§;,‘_i°“ ‘”"”’“ south slope of Pryor Mountains, in the State of Montana, lying south of the Crow Reservation, west of the Big Horn River, and east of Sage Creek; but within the above-described boundaries the provisions of said chapter shall apply equally to the residents of the States of \Vyoming and Montana, and to the use of timber taken from the abovedescribed tract in either of the above-named States. Approved, March 3, 1901. March 1901. CHAP. 863.-An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to loan naval equip- 'fw “`‘" “"""+“ ment to certain military schools. Be it enacted by the Senate and House e f Representatives of the United m{;;§§"fL’g“"¤;,Q§,‘gg,j§;j States of America in Cbnyress assembled, That the President be, and senedimnhomen. ‘ he is hereby, authorized, upon the application of the governor of any State having seacoast line or bordering on one or more of the Great Lakes, to direct the Secretary of the Navy to furnish to one wellestablished military school in that State, desiring to afford its cadets instruction in elementary seamanship, one fully equipped man-of—war’s cutter for every fifty cadets in actual attendance, and such other equipment as may be spared and be deemed adequate for instruction in ele- __ggg*§¢{ghS mentary seamans ip: Pre/vided, That the said school shall have ade- ' quate facilities for cutter drill, and shall have in actual attendance at least one hundred and forty cadets in uniform receiving military instruction and quartered in barracks under military regulation, and shall have the capacity to quarter and educate at the same time one hundred ··b°¤d· and fifty cadets: Andpr0yidedfa2·t}ier, That the Secretary of the Navy shall require a bond in each case in double the value of the property, for the care and safe keeping thereof, and for the return of the same when required. Approved, March 3, 1901. March 3, 1901. CHAP. 864.—An Act To provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary
- +——j‘ of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil,
mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri. m§g£;<;;1;g1EXr0Siti¤¤ Whereas it is fit and appropriate that the one hundredth anniversary rmmbié. of the purchase of the Louisiana territory be commemorated by an exhibition of the resources of the territory, their development, and of the proglress of the civilization therein; and Whereas suc an exhibition should be of a national and international character, so that not only the people of that territory, but of our Union, and of all nations as well, can participate, and should therefore have the sanction of the Congress of the United States: Therefore, i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatiyes af the United States of America in Ocnyress assembled, That an exhibit of arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea shall be inaugurated in the year nineteen hundred and three, in the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, as herein provided. "i»<>¤i¤i¤¤@ Fm- Sec. 2. That a nonpartisan commission is hereby constituted, to chase Exposition . . . . . Qommission" author- consist of nine commissioners, to be known and designated as the ‘“"’d· “Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission," who shall be appointed, within thirty days from the passage of this Act, by the President of the United States, and who shall also be subject to removal by him. Vacancies in said commission to be Hlled in the same manner as original appointments. -
