Chapter 185. To provide for participation by the United States in an international exposition to be held at Tokyo, Japan, in nineteen hundred and twelve
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CHAP. 185.— An Act To provide for participation by the United States in an international exposition to be held at Tokyo, Japan, in nineteen hundred and twelve. May 22, 1908.[[S. 4639.]](/us/bill/70/s/4639)[[Public, No. 129](/us/pl/70/129).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President be, andJapanese exposition. he is hereby, authorized to accept the invitation extended by the Imperial Japanese Government to the Government of the UnitedUnited States to participate in.
States to participate in the Great National Exposition to be held in Tokyo, Japan, from April first to October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twelve. In accepting said invitation it is hereby declared toErection of suitable buildings, etc. be the purpose of the Government of the United States to participate in said Japanese National Exposition by erecting suitable buildings and making an appropriate exhibit of arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil and mines and as far as practicable of the functions of the General Government of the United States and an exhibit of such other articles as the President of the United States may direct: *Provided*, That such participation, buildings, exhibits,*proviso.*Maximum cost. and all expenses connected therewith, including salaries, clerical, and other services and transportation of persons and exhibits shall not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, by andCommission created.Appointment of three commissioners, general.Powers find duties. with the ml vice and consent of the Senate, to appoint three commissioners general who shall, under the direction of the Secretary of State, take such steps as are necessary to ascertain the general plan and scope of the said National Exposition, the character, size, and cost of the buildings to be erected by the United States, and the extent and character of the exhibit authorized hereunder that would best serve the interests of the United States and its citizens, and would be best adapted to illustrate the growth and development of the country and the character of our people.
That thereafter, and as soon as practicable, said commissioners shall report fully to the President and to Congress the result of such investigation together with their recommendations and the estimated cost of said participation in said exposition within the foregoing authorization: and it shall also be the dutyReport to President and Congress. of the commissioners-general to report to the President for transmission to Congress at the beginning of each regular session a detailed statement of all expenditures incurred hereunder.
That one of saidCompensation. commissioners-general shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of eight thousand dollars per annum; that the other two commissioners-general shall receive as compensation for their services from and after January first, nineteen hundred and nine, two thousand dollars per annum for the first year and five thousand dollars per annum thereafter: together with the actual traveling expenses of allTraveling expenses, etc. of said commissioners-general, including sleeping-car service and a per diem in lieu of subsistence of five dollars when actually traveling in the discharge of their duties as said commissioners-general.
ThatSecretary to commission.Compensation.Traveling expenses, etc. the President shall also appoint a secretary at a compensation of five thousand dollars per annum, together with his actual traveling expenses, including sleeping-car service and a per diem in lieu of subsistence of five dollars when actually traveling in the discharge of his 184 duties as such secretary, who shall aetas disbursing agent and whoTo act as disbursing agent. shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the commissioners-general, and who shall render his accounts at least quarterly to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury ofBond. the United States, and shall give bond in such sumas the Secretary of the Treasury may require.
And the said commissioners-general,Clerical force, etc. subject to the approval of the Secretary of Stato, shall appoint from time to time such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary and as may hereafter be appropriated for in connection with the preparation of the plan and other necessary services as may be required in connection with the participation herein authorized. Sec. 3. That upon the request of the Secretary of State the SecretaryGovernment exhibit.Free transportation on transports. of War is hereby authorized to furnish free transportation on Government transports from San Francisco to Japan and return of all Government exhibits and for such officials or employees connected with the commission or in charge of any or all Government exhibits.
Sec. 4. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,Appropriation.Use of.*Post*, p. 908. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the salaries and all other expenses herein authorized and incurred in ascertaining the general plan of said National Exposition and the preparation and report to Congress of the plan and extent of our proposed participation therein and the estimate of the amount necessary to meet the expense thereof during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, to be immediately available.
Approved, May 22, 1908.