Chapter 116.
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CHAP. 116.— Joint Resolution Accepting the invitation of the Republic of Brazil to take part in an international exposition to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 1922. November 2, 1921.[[S. J. Res. 114](/us/bill/67/sjres/114).][[Pub Res. No. 25](/us/bill/67/pubres/25).] Whereas the United States has been invited by the Republic of Brazil Rio de Janeiro Exposition.Preamble.to take part in an international exposition, to consist of exhibits relating to farming, cattle industry, fisheries, mining and mechanical industries, transportation, communication, commerce, science and fine arts, special emphasis to be placed upon forestal and manufacturing industries, to be held at Rio de Janeiro, commencing the 7th day of September, 1922:
Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Invitation by Brazil to participate in, accepted.Appointment of commissioner general, etc.Pay. That said invitation is accepted. Sec. 2. That the President is hereby authorized to appoint a commissioner general and five commissioners to represent the United States in the proposed exposition, the amount of whose compensation shall be determined by the Secretary of State: *Provided*, That two of *Provisos*.No pay, etc., to two commissioners.Authority of commissioner generalthe said commissioners to be designated by the President shall serve without compensation or allowance for expenses.
The said commissioner general shall, under the direction of the Secretary of State, make all needful rules and regulations in reference to the contributions from this country, and to control the expenditure incident to the installation and exhibit thereof, the pay of the commissioner general, commissioners, officials, and employees, and the preparation of the reports of the exposition, and the general results he shall make ail arrangements necessary for the preparation, transportation, installation, display, and proper care of the exhibits of the Government of the United States, with the cooperation and assistance of the various executive departments, institutions, and branches of thereof; and the Government that may participate in the exposition, as well as to furnish such information service to private exhibitors and prospective exhibitors as he may deem necessary and feasible: *Provided*, That the executive departments of the Government Designation of department officials and employees to assist.Allowances restricted.may designate officials or employees of their respective departments for service in connection with said commission, but no such official or employee so designated shall receive a salary in excess of the amount which he has been receiving in the department where employed, plus such reasonable additional allowance for expenses not now authorized by law as may be deemed proper by the Secretary of State, in view of the fact that such service is to be performed in a foreign country: *Provided further*, That no person appointed or Pay restriction.employed by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall receive a greater salary than $15,000 per annum, and not more than one person shall receive a salary in excess of $10,000 per annum, and not more than three persons shall receive salaries in excess of $7,500 per annum. 210 Sec. 3.
Executive departments to loan exhibits. That officers and employees of the executive departments and other branches and institutions of the Government in charge of or responsible for the safe-keeping of objects, articles, and so forth, property of the United States, which it is desired to exhibit, may permit such property to pass out of their possession for the purpose of being transported to and from and exhibited at said exposition as may be requested by the commissioner general, such exhibits and articles to be returned to the respective departments and *Proviso*.Disposition of buildings, etc., at close of exposition.institutions to which they belong at the close of the exposition: *Provided*, That the commissioner general, with the approval of the President, at the close of the exposition, may make such disposition of the buildings and other property of the United States used at the exposition, which it will not be feasible to return to the United States, as he may deem advisable.
Sec. 4. Transportation, etc., to be afforded by Shipping Board. That the Shipping Board is authorized to give the commission such assistance as may be necessary and to make special rates and special sailing schedules for the transportation of governmental and private exhibits and participants to and from the exposition. Sec. 5. Agricultural and forestal exhibits, etc. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to collect and prepare suitable specimens of the agricultural and forestal productions of the several States of the Union for exhibition at the exposition, and accompany the same with a report respecting such production, to be printed in the English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages, the expense of the same to be paid out of the appropriation hereinafter provided for.
Sec. 6. Fisheries industries exhibits, etc. That the Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to collect and prepare a suitable exhibit of the fisheries industry of the United States for exhibit at the said exposition and accompany the same with a report respecting such industry, to be printed in the English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages, the expense of the same to be paid out of the appropriation hereinafter provided for. Sec. 7. Mining industry exhibits, etc. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to collect and prepare a suitable exhibit of the mining industry of the United States for exhibition at the said exposition, and to accompany the same with a report respecting such industry, to be printed in the English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages, the expense of the same to he paid out of the appropriation hereinafter provided for.
Sec. 8. Appropriation authorized for all expenses.*Post*, p. 337. That in order to defray the necessary expenses above authorized, including the salaries of commissioners and employees, the cost of preparing the various Government exhibits, transportation, installation, display, and return of exhibits, construction and equipment of building, and acquisition, preparation, and maintenance of site and grounds, the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available for use by the commissioner general for the purposes of this resolution, and to remain available until expended or no longer required, all expenditures out of said appropriation *Proviso*.Indebtedness restricted.being made subject to approval by the Secretary of State: *Provided*, That no indebtedness shall be incurred hereunder in excess of the amount herein authorized to be appropriated.
Sec. 9. Report to Congress after close of exposition. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmit to Congress within six months of the close of said exposition a detailed statement of the expenditures which may have been incurred under the provisions of the resolution, together with all reports called for under sections 5, 6, and 7 of this resolution, which reports shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise statement and convenient reference. Approved, November 2, 1921.