The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-11
GPuBLIc REsoLUr1oN-No. IL


A RESOLUTION supplementary to other joint reso-
lutions to enable the people ofthe United States
to participate in the advantages of the Universal
Exhibition at Paris in 1867
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tiyes Of the United States Of America in Congress
assembled, 1. That the commission of the United
States at the Universal Exhibition to be held at
Paris In the year eighteen hundred and siXtyseven
shall consist of the commissioner general and
honorary commissioner whose appointment was
approved by the joint resolution of January
twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-siX; also
of the thirty commissioners whose appointment
was provided for by the joint resolution of July
five, eighteen hundred and siXty-siX, and of
twenty commissioners, whose appointment is
hereinafter provided for.
II. That the commissioner general shall be the
president of the commission thus constituted, with
vote on all questions that may arise.
I'LL That the commission shall meet at Paris as
early as possible before the opening of the eXhi-
bition, upon the call of the commissioner general,
and, when properly organized shall make such
rules and regulations as may be necessary for ef-
icient action, with power to elect q vice-presi-
dent from their own number who, in the absence
of the commissioner general, shall preside at all
meetings of the commission, and to appoint COM
mittees and chairmen of groups
~. That the commission may designate ad-
ditional persons, not exceeding twenty in num-
beI, being citizens of the United States, known to
be skilled in any branch OF industry or art who
are hereby authorized to attend the exhibition in
behalf of the United States, as honorary commits
sioners without compensation.
V. That the commission may employ a secre-
tary and clerks for the commission, the necessary
scientific assistants and draughtsmen, and may
engage suitable rooms for the commission.
vi. That no commissioner shall act as agent
for the show sale of any article at the exhibi-
tion, or be interested, directly or indirectly, in
any profits from any such article.
SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That fifty
thousand dollars, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary for the purposes severally specified are
hereby appropriated out OF any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated:
For additional freights from New York to
Havre.
For TRANSPORTATION and freight from Havre to
Paris
For return freight of articles owned by the
United States or lent to the government by indi-
viduals.
For marine and fire insurance on the articles
thus lent
For additional steam power at Paris, in the
"palace" and the ''annex," or supplemental build
ing, and in grounds adjacent.
For the exhibition of machines, agricultural and
other and for the erection of buildings to illus
trate the education and agriculture of the United
States and for the collection of specimens of ag-
ricutural productions under the joint resolution
for that purpose.
For the necessary expense of collecting, clas-
styling, labelling. and packing mincralogical and
metallurgical specimens, to complete the exhlb1
tion of the mineral wealth of the United States:
For the necessary expense of laborers and extra
service in the offices at Paris and New York, and
for the expenses of secretary, clerks, scientific
assistants and draughtsmen, rooms, and other in
cidental expenses of the commission.
SEC. 8. Aaad be it further resolved, That it shall
be the duty OF the general agent at New York, and
of the missioner general at Paris, to transmit
to Congress, through the Department of State, q
detailed statement of the manner in which the ex-
penditures herein authorized are made by them
Approved, March u, 1857.