Chapter 485.
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CHAP. 485.— Joint Resolution For the participation of the United States in an international exposition to be held at Seville, Spain, in 1927. March 3, 1925.[[S. J. Res. 130](/us/bill/68/sjres/130).][[Pub. Res., No. 65](/us/bill/68/pubres/65).] International exposition, Seville, Spain, in 1927.Preamble.Whereas the United States has been invited by the Government of Spain to take part in an international exposition of the arts, sciences, history, industries, commerce, and resources of Spain, Portugal, and the Republics of America, to be held at Seville, Spain, commencing April 17, 1927, and continuing throughout the year:
Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Invitation to take part in, accepted. That said invitation is accepted. Sec. 2. Commission to represent United States authorized. 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 compensationPowers conferred, under direction of Secretary of State. shall be determined by the Secretary of State.
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 commissionerPreparation of exhibits, etc. general, commissioners, officials, and employees, and the preparation of the reports of the exposition, and the general results thereof; and he shall make all 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 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:*Provisos*.Officials of departments to be designated. *Provided*, That the executive departments of the Government may designate officials or employees of their respective departments for service in connection with said commission, but no such official or1257 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 it to be performed in a foreign country: *Provided further*, That no person appointed or employedPay restrictions. 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 five persons shall receive salaries in excess of $7,500 per annum.
Permission to allow exhibits to be transported to exposition, etc., on request of Commissioner General. Sec. 3. 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 institutions to which they belong at the close of the exposition: *Provided*, That the Commissioner*Proviso*.Disposition of buildings, etc., at close of exposition.
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. That the Shipping Board is authorized to give the commissionShipping Board to provide transportation. 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.
Exhibits of agricultural staples and forestal products to be prepared by Secretary of Agriculture. Sec. 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to collect and prepare suitable exhibits of the agricultural staples and products and forestal productions of the several States of the Union for exhibition at the exposition and accompany the same with a report respecting such products and productions, including the qualities and standards of cotton, the wheat and corn produced, and their uses, the standards of which they are being marketed, and the character and quality of American animal products, to be printed in thePrinted explanatory report to accompany.
English, Spanish, and Portuguese languages, the expense of the same to be paid out of the appropriation hereinafter provided for. Exhibits of fisheries and commerce to be prepared by Secretary of Commerce. Sec. 6. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby authorized to collect and prepare a suitable exhibit of the fisheries industry and the commerce of the United States for exhibit at the said exposition and accompany the same with a report respecting such industries, to beReport to accompany. 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. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorizedExhibits relating to activities under Interior Department to be prepared by the Secretary thereof. to collect and prepare suitable exhibits by the Reclamation Service, the General Land Office, the Alaskan Engineering Commission, the Bureau of Education, the Patent Office, the National Park Sendee, and the Bureau of Mines, for exhibition at the said exposition, and to accompany the same with a report respecting suchReport to accompany. exhibits, 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. 8. That in order to defray the necessary expenses aboveAmount authorized for all expenses. 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 $700.000, or so much thereof 1258as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available for the purpose of this resolution, and to remain availableApproval of Secretary of State required.*Proviso*.Indebtedness in excess forbidden. until expended or no longer required, all expenditures out of said appropriation 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. Detailed statement of expanses, etc., to Congress six months 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, March 3, 1925.