Chapter 299.
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CHAP. 299.— Joint Resolution To approve the holding of a national and international exhibition in the city of Philadelphia in 1926 upon the Fairmount Park and parkway site selected by The Sesquicentennial Exhibition Association, and lands contiguous thereto that may be acquired for that purpose, as an appropriate celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. August 29, 1922. [[H. J. Res. 170](/us/bill/67/hjres/170).] [[Pub.
Res., No. 69](/us/bill/67/pubres/69).] Whereas preliminary steps have been taken by the mayor and councilDeclaration of Independence Sesquicentennial. Preamble. and a citizens’ committee of Philadelphia to celebrate in that city in 1926 the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by holding an exhibition in which it is expected that the various States of the Union, the Federal Government, and all the nations of the world will be represented; and Whereas the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania unanimously passed a resolution April 28, 1921, that the Commonwealth should prepare for and participate in such sesquicentennial celebration by making a suitable exhibit therein on the part of the Commonwealth, and requested that the Federal Government should approve the holding of such an exhibition in Philadelphia in 1926 and that appropriate steps should be taken to invite the participation and cooperation of the States of the Union and the nations of the world; and Whereas the governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the name and by the authority of that Commonwealth, has issued letters patent incorporating The Sesquicentennial Exhibition Association, May 9, 1921, for the purpose of educating the public by exhibiting artistic, mechanical, agricultural, and horticultural products and providing public instruction in the arts and sciences, thereby celebrating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by holding in the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, an exhibition of the progress of the United States in art, science, and industry, in trade and commerce, and in the development of the products of the air, the soil, the mine, the forest, and the seas, to which exhibition the people of all other nations shall be invited to contribute evidences of their own progress to the end that better international understanding and more intimate commercial relationships may hasten the coming of universal peace:
Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the holding of a nationalSesquicentennial Exhibition.Approval of holding, in Philadelphia, 1926. and international exhibition in the city of Philadelphia in 1926 upon the Fairmount Park and parkway site selected by The Sesquicentennial Exhibition Association and lands contiguous thereto which may be acquired for that purpose be approved as an appropriate celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and that such steps be taken asParticipation of States and foreign nations invited. the President may deem proper to invite the participation and cooperation of the States of the Union and the nations of the world.
Sec. 2. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to all theCooperation requested. States of the Union requesting cooperation upon their part. Approved, August 29, 1922.