Chapter 188.
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CHAP. 188.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the establishment of a commission to be known as the Sesquicentennial of American Independence and the Thomas Jefferson Centennial Commission of the United States, in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.April 26, 1926.[[S. J. Res. 30](/us/bill/69/sjres/30).][[Pub. Res., No. 20](/us/69/pubres/20).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,Sesquicentennial of American Independence and Thomas Jefferson Centennial Commission.Established.
That there is hereby established a commission to be known as the Sesqui-Centennial of American Independence and the Thomas Jefferson Centennial Commission of the United States, in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (hereinafter referred to as the commission), and to be composed of nineteen commissioners as follows: The President of the United States, the Vice President of theComposition. United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, ex-officer; eight persons to be appointed by the President of the United States; four Senators by the Vice President; and four Representatives by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 2. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, andService without compensation. shall select a chairman from among their number, and no appropriation shall be made by Congress to carry out the purposes of this Act. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to promulgateAddress to be promulgated for commemorating events, preparing plans for celebration, etc. to the American people an address relating to the reason of the creation of the commission and of its purposes and to prepare a plan or plans for a program in cooperation with the officers and board of governors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, and the other National, State, city, civic, and patriotic committees, and other Jefferson centennial committees appointed throughout the country for the purpose of properly commemorating those signal events which have brought this commission into being; and to give due and proper consideration to any plan or plans which may be submitted to them; and to take such steps as may be necessary in the coordination and correlation of the various plans which may be submitted to the commission; and if the participation of other nations be deemed advisable, to communicate with the governments of such nations.
Sec. 4. When the commission shall have approved of a plan ofSubmission of plans to Commission of Fine Arts. celebration, then it shall submit for their consideration and approval such plan or plans, in so far as it or they may relate to the fine arts, 328to the Commission of Fine Arts, in Washington, for their approval, and in accordance with statutory requirements. Sec. 5. Duration of commission.That the commission hereby created shall expire within two years after the expiration of the celebration, December 31, 1926.
Sec. 6. Effective at once.This joint resolution shall take effect immediately. Approved, April 26, 1926.