Chapter 598.
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CHAP. 598.— Joint Resolution For the participation of the United States in an exposition to be held at Paris, France, in 1931. June 24, 1930.[[H. J. Res. 311](/us/bill/71/hjres/311).][[Pub. Res., No. 95](/us/bill/71/pubres/95).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the invitationInternational Exposition, Paris, France, in 1931.Invitation of France accepted.*Post*, pp. 888, 1417, 1583.Appointment of Commissioner General, etc.Compensation of. extended by the Government of France to the United States to participate in an international exposition of colonial and overseas countries to be held at Paris, France, in 1931, is hereby accepted.
Sec. 2. The President is authorized to appoint a commissioner general and one commissioner to represent the United States in the exposition, the amount of the compensation of each of whom, not toDuties of commissioner prescribed by. exceed $10,000 per annum, shall be determined by the Secretary of State. The commissioner general shall prescribe the duties of the commissioner and shall under the direction of the Secretary of State,
(1)make all needful rules and regulations relative to the exhibitsOther duties, relative to exhibits from United States, etc., under Secretary of State. from this country and its oversea territories, and for the expenditures incident to the installation of such exhibits, and for the preparation of reports of the exposition and the general results thereof;
(2)furnish such information to private exhibitors and prospective exhibitors as he may deem requisite and feasible;
(3)make all proper arrangements for the preparation, transportation, installation, display, and care of the exhibits from this country and its over-808sea territories;
(4)with reference to such exhibits from this country and its oversea territories, and reports, cooperate with and secure Cooperation of executive departments.the assistance of the various executive departments and branches of the Government participating in the exposition, which departments and branches may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, designate officials or employees of their departments or branches to assist the commissioner general, but no such official or employee so No extra compensation.designated shall receive a salary in excess of the amount which he has been receiving in the department or branch where employed, Clerks, etc.plus such reasonable additional allowance for expenses as may be deemed proper by the Secretary of State;
(5)employ such clerks, stenographers, and other assistants as may be necessary and fix Construction of building.their reasonable compensation; and
(6)purchase such material, contract for such labor and services, and cause to be constructed such building as may be necessary to carry out the general purpose of Exhibits by executive departments, etc.this Act. The heads of the various departments and branches of the Government are authorized, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, to collect and prepare suitable exhibits for display at the exposition, accompanied by appropriate descriptions in the French and English languages. Sec. 3. Transfer of exhibits to commissioner general authorized. Officers and employees of the executive departments or branches of the Government in charge of or responsible for the safekeeping of any property of this country and its oversea territories which is proposed to be exhibited, may permit such property, on the request of the commissioner general, to pass from their possession for the purpose of being transported to and from and exhibited Return thereof, at close of exposition.at the exposition. At the close of the exposition, or when the connection of the Government of the United States therewith ceases, if practicable, the commissioner general shall cause all such property to be returned to the respective departments and branches from Disposition, if return impracticable.which taken; and if the return of any such property is not practicable, he may, with the knowledge of the department or branch from which it was taken, and with the approval of the Secretary of State, make such disposition thereof as he may deem advisable and account therefor. Sec. 4. Sum authorized. In order to defray the expenses hereinbefore specified and *Post*, p. 1417.all and singular expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, the sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not Expenditures to be approved by Secretary of State.otherwise appropriated, to remain available until expended. All expenditures shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of State and payable upon his certification, but shall not be subject to the Limitation.provisions of any law other than this Act regulating or limiting the expenditure of public money, but this provision shall not be construed to waive the submission of accounts and vouchers to the General Accounting Office for audit or permit any indebtedness to be incurred in excess of the amount authorized to be appropriated. Sec. 5. Acceptance of contributions, authorized. The commissioner general, with the approval of the Secretary of State, may receive from any source contributions to aid in carrying out the general purpose of this Act, but the same shall be expended and accounted for in the same manner as any Of materials.appropriation which may be made under authority of this Act. The commissioner general is also authorized to receive contributions of material to aid in carrying out the general purpose of this Act, and at the close of the exposition or when the connection of the Government of the United States therewith ceases, under the direction of Disposition of excess.the Secretary of State, shall dispose of any such portion thereof as may be unused, and any building which may have been constructed and account therefor. 809 Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transmitReports to Congress. to Congress within six months after the close of the exposition a detailed statement of all expenditures, together with the reports hereinbefore specified and such other reports as he may deem proper, which reports shall be prepared and arranged with a view to concise statement and convenient reference. Approved, June 24, 1930.