Chapter 186.
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CHAP. 186.— Joint Resolution Authorizing an appropriation for the participation of the United States in the observance of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Provincetown and Plymouth, Massachusetts. May 13, 1920. [[H. J. Res. 302](href=/us/bill/66/hjres/302).] [[Pub. Res., No. 42](/us/bill/66/pubres/42).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Landing of the Pilgrims.United States Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission.Composition, etc.*Post*, p. 1872.
That there is hereby established a commission to be known as the United States Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) and to be composed of eleven commissioners as follows: Three persons to be appointed by the President of the United States; four Senators by the President of the Senate; and four Members of the House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall select a chairman from among their number.
Sec. 2. Appropriation authorized for expenses.*Post*, p. 893.
(a)That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the599sum of $400,000, to be expended by the commission in accordance with the provisions of this resolution.
(b)One hundred thousand dollars of such appropriation may beFor Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, Mass. expended under the direction of the commission and in cooperation with the Provincetown Tercentenary Commission, the town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, and such other agencies, public or private, as the commission may determine, for the purpose of completing and improving the approaches to and the grounds of the Pilgrim Monument at Provincetown, Massachusetts; of erectingTablets, markers, etc. suitably inscribed tablets or markers in the towns of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham, and for other work in connection therewith, in accordance with plans adopted by the Provincetown Tercentenary Commission.
(c)Three hundred thousand dollars of such appropriation may beFor Plymouth Rock, etc. expended under the direction of the commission and in cooperation with the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission, the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and such other agencies, public or private, as the commission may determine, for the purpose of restoring and improving Plymouth Rock and the shore line of the locality adj acent thereto, of protecting and improving the burial grounds upon Coles Hill and Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts; of erecting tablets orTablets, markers. markers at appropriate places in the Old Colony, and for other work in connection therewith, in accordance with plans adopted by the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission. Sec. 3. That no expenditure shall be made or authorized by theCooperative expenditures by Massachusetts required. commission until the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has, as determined by the commission, expended or contracted to expend the sum of $300,000 for the same purposes for which the commission may under the provisions of this resolution make expenditures. TheLiability restricted. United States shall not be held liable for any cost, expense, obligation, or indebtedness on account of the maintenance or upkeep of any property in respect to which any expenditure is made by the commission under the provisions of this resolution, nor for any obligation or indebtedness incurred by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Provincetown Tercentenary Commission, the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission, or any other agency or officer, employee, or agent thereof, for any purpose for which the commission may under the provisions of this resolution make expenditures. All expendituresAccounting. of the commission shall be allowed and paid upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman of the commission, but no expenditure shall be made or authorized by the commission except with the approval of a majority of the commissioners. Sec. 4. That the Postmaster General is hereby authorized andPostage stamps.Commemorative series of, authorized. directed to issue a special series of postage stamps, in such denominations and of such design as he may determine, commemorative of the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Provincetown and Plymouth, Massachusetts. Sec. 5. That the provisions of sections 1, 2, and 4 of this resolutionTime limit. shall expire December 31, 1921. Approved, May 13, 1920.