Paris, commencing the fifth day of May and closing the thirty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine: Therefore, Invitation to take part in, accepted. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said invitation is accepted, and that the governors of the several States and Territories be, and are hereby, requested to invite the people of their respective Notice to States. States and Territories to assist in the proper representation of the productions of our industry and of the natural resources of the country, and to take such further measures as may be necessary in order to secure to their respective States and Territories the advantages to be derived from this benificent undertaking. eral. Duties. Assistant. SEC. 2. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of Commissioner-genthe Senate, shall appoint a commissioner-general to represent the United States in the proposed exposition, and under the general direction of the Secretary of State, to make all needful rules and regulations in reference to the contributions from this country, and to control the expenditures incident to the proper installation and exhibit thereof; the pay of jurors, and the preparation of the reports on the exposition, and the general results thereof; and an assistant commissioner-general to act under the direction of the commissionergeneral, who shall perform the duties of commissioner-general, in case of his death or disability; and that the President may also appoint as assistants to the commissioner-general nine scientific experts, Experts. corresponding to and specifically assigned to the nine groups into which the exposition will, under the official regulations be divided; that the allowance to said commissioner-general for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed ten thousand dollars for his whole Compensation, term of office; that the allowance of said assistant commissionergeneral for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed five thousand dollars for his term of office, and the allowance of the nine scientific experts for salary and personal expenses shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars each, not including such clerical service as may be allowed by the commissioner-general, which shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars. SEC. 3. That in order to defray the necessary expenses above authorized, and for the proper installation of the exhibition, and the expenditures of the commissioner-general made under the direction of the Secretary of State, and with his approval, and not otherwise, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes herein specified, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State; the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to collect and prepare, suitable specimens of the agricultural productions of the several States and Territories of the Union for exhibition at the Paris exposition and accompany the same with a report respecting such productions, to be printed in the English, French, and German languages, the expense of the same to be paid out of said appropriation. SEC. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with all reports called for under section two of this resolution, which reports shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise statement and convenient reference. Approved, May 10, 1888. Appropriation. Exhibit by Commissioner of Agriculture. Report to Congress. May 11, 1888. Preamble. Invitation to take part in, accepted. [No. 15.] Joint resolution appropriating thirty thousand dollars for the International Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium.. Whereas the Belgian Government has extended to the Government of the United States an invitation to participate in the International Exhibition which is to be held at Brussels, Belgium, commencing in the month of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Brussels Exhibition. States of America in Congress assembled, That said invitation is accepted and that there be, and there hereby is, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to effect the purpose of this resolution, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State for the purpose of such representation at said exhibition. Appropriation. Report to Congress. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of this resolution, together with any reports which may be made by the representatives of this country at said exhibition. Approved, May 11, 1888. May 14, 1888. West Point. [No. 16.] Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the Military Academy at West Point, José Andrés Urtecho, of Nicaragua. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United José Andrés Urtecho. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War May be admitted to be and he hereby is authorized to permit José Andrés Urtecho of Nicaragua, to receive instruction at the Military Academy at West Point: Provided, That no expense shall be caused to the United States thereby: And provided further, That in the case of the said Urtecho R.S.. secs. 1820, 1321, the provisions of sections thirteen hundred and twenty and thirteen hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes shall be suspended. Approved, May 14, 1888. p. 227, suspended. May 14, 1888. Public lands. Sale of, in Missis sippi, Arkansas, and Alabama, at private sale limited. Post, p. 626. Proviso. Isolated tracts. [No. 17.] Joint resolution relating to the disposal of public lands in certain States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the public lands of the United States in the States of Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama now subject to private sale as offered lands shall be disposed of under and according to the provisions of the homestead laws only until the pending legislation affecting such lands shall be disposed of or the present session of Congress shall adjourn: Provided, That any isolated or disconnected tracts or parcels of the public domain less than one hundred and sixty acres may be ordered sold at private or public sale for not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, when, in his judgment, it would be proper to do so. Approved, May 14, 1888. [No. 18.] Joint resolution to print twelve thousand five hundred copies of the eulogies on Seth C. Moffatt, late à Representative in Congress. May 21, 1888. Seth C. Moffatt. Eulogies on, to he printed. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Seth C. Moffatt, a Representative in the Fiftieth Congress from the State of Michigan, twelve thousand five hundred copies, of which three thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate and nine thousand five hundred for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of Portrait. the said Seth C. Moffatt, to accompany said eulogies; and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropri ated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, May 21, 1888. Appropriation. [No. 19.] Joint resolution to enable the President of the United States to extend to certain inhabitants of Japan a suitable recognition of their humane treatment of the survivors of the crew of the American bark Cashmere. May 24, 1888. Bark Cashmere. Testimonials to Jap anese for treatment of crew of. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend to the inhabitants of the Island of Tanegashima, Japan, a suitable recognition of their kind and humane treatment of the survivors of the crew of the American bark Cashmere, lost off that coast in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and to convey to the Government and people of Japan an expression of the high appreciation in which the Government and people of the United States hold such humane services. SEC. 2. That the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof Appropriation. as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the President to execute the purpose aforesaid. Approved, May 24, 1888. [No. 20.] Joint resolution authorizing and directing the payment of the salaries of the officers and employees of Congress for the month of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. May 29, 1888. Employees of Congress to receive May Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they salaries May 29, 1888. are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, on the twenty-ninth day of said month. Approved, May 29, 1888. [No. 21.] Joint Resolution authorizing the loan of tents and tent equipage to the veteran organizations of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. Whereas, at the annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, held at Saratoga, New York, in eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, a resolution was passed extending to all the survivors of the battle of Gettysburg an invitation to meet in fraternal reunion on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, July first, second, and third, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, on the field of June 20, 1888. Preamble. Loan of tents, etc., reunion at Gettys burg, Pa. Gettysburg, and as the invitation has been generally extended and accepted; Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to loan to the committee in charge of quarters of the Society of the Army of the Potomac such tents and tent equipage as may be needed for the sheltering of the veteran organizations participating in said anniversary, and that to prevent loss or damage resulting from the use of said tents and tent equipage, the Secretary of War is authorized to detail troops to take charge of the same and to provide for the safe keeping and transportation under the direction of the Quartermaster-General. Approved, June 20, 1888. June 3, 1888. tinued thirty days, un and 631. [No. 22.] Joint resolution extending the provisions of an act entitled "An act relating to arrears of taxes in the District of Columbia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act relating to arrears of taxes in the District of Columbia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same hereby are, extended so as to apply to all general taxes in arrear on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and to all special assessments due the District of Columbia, and which may be paid on or before the first day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Approved, June 25, 1888. [No. 23.] Joint resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations for States of America in Congress assembled, That all appropriations for the last fiscal year con- the necessary operations of the Government under existing laws less previously made. Which shall remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight be, and they are hereby continued and made available for a period of thirty days from and after Post, pp. 628, 630, that date, unless the regular appropriations therefor provided for in bills now pending in Congress, shall have been previously made for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; and in case the appropriations, or any of them, hereby continued, are or is, insufficient to carry on the said necessary operations, a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry on the same: Provided, That no greater amount shall be expended therefor Proportionate than will be in the same proportion to the appropriations of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as thirty days time bears to the whole of said fiscal year: Provided further, That authority is also Work to continue. granted for continuing during the same period the necessary work required for public printing and binding, and for all other miscellaneous objects embodied in the Sundry Civil, Army, District of Columbia, Legislative, Executive and Judicial and Naval appropriation acts, in advance of appropriations to be hereafter made for said objects: And provided further, All sums expended under this act shall be charged to and be deducted from the appropriations for like service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Provisos. amounts. Sums expended to be deducted from reg ular appropriations. Approved, June 30, 1888. [No. 24.] Joint Resolution authorizing the loan of tents and camp equipage to the veteran organizations of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, June 30, 1888. Whereas, at the annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Preamble. Potomac, held at Saratoga, New York, in eighteen hundred and eightyseven, a resolution was passed extending to all the survivors of the battle of Gettysburg an invitation to meet in fraternal reunion on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, July first, second, and third, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, on the field of Gettysburg, and as the invitation has been generally extended and accepted: Therefore Secretary of War to Gettysburg Reunion Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to loan to the committee in charge loan tents, etc., for of quarters of the Society of the Army of the Potomac such tents and camp equipage as may be needed for the sheltering of the veteran organizations participating in said anniversary, and that to prevent loss or damage resulting from the use of such tents and camp equipage, the Secretary of War is authorized to detail troops to take charge of the same and to provide for their safe-keeping and transportation under the direction of the Quartermaster-General. Approved, June 30, 1888. [No. 25.] Joint resolution granting leave of absence to certain persons employed in the service of the United States. July 2, 1888. Government employés reunion. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the heads of Depart-Leave of absence to ments are hereby authorized to grant to all persons employed in the to attend Gettysburg service of the United States who were present at the battle of Gettysburg, sufficient leave of absence, without loss of pay, to attend the reunion to be held at Gettysburg on the third day of July next, such absence not to be taken from the allowance made by law. Approved, July 2, 1888. July 10, 1888. resentatives. [No. 26.] Joint Resolution relating to the Pages of the House of Representatives. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the Act Pages, House of Rep making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as requires that the pages of the House of Representatives shall not be under twelve years of age, shall not apply to pages in the employment of the House on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Approved, July 10, 1888. Age qualification modified. Ante, p. 261. [No. 27.] Joint Resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to amend the enrollment of the bill (H. R. 9377) "making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes." Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Clerk of the House be, and is hereby directed in the enrollment of the bill (HR. 9377) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes," STAT L-VOL XXV- -40 July 10, 1888. Error in enrollment of legislative, etc., ap propriation act corrected. Ante, p. 279. |