The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-25
AFRO-AMERICAN FAIR.
TEXT OF THE BILL INTRODUCED IN
CONGRESS B1 MIR. HALL
for an Extensive Government
Exhibit at the Exposition.

A bill TO aid and encourage TIE holilns
of the Afro American and Interstate
Exposition" In the city Of Houston
Texas, in the year ammo pomiui eighteen
hundred and ninety eight, aad making
an appropriation therefor
BE II enacted ~ the senate and house
OF representatives o, the Unitei States
OF America IN congress assembled 'AA;
there shall be exhibited NJ the Afro- Amer
| ican Fair ana Interstate Exposition. 20 ee
! held al the city Of Houston, state Of Texas.
| IN the year aAno p0miu! eighteen bun.
| drcd and ninety eight b. the goVs-n;rcn,
! departments. TIE Smithsonian .asauule
| ana National museum, and The Jrut1
States fish commission, such ar. Us - .
| materials as Illustrate III !UatJon 4aa
administrative faculty Of the government
J in time Il peace and its -es ourccs - = R ~
power, and FOR said purposes e board c.
management shall b. created. 20 oe
charged with .hc duty a. rreqA-.ns ~sti
exhibits, who shan be clo;hei With TIE
powers necessary and proper therefor. sai1
head shall be composed Of ore member ne
tailed By the head o. each executive d.
psriment, one by The EeAi o. ihe smith
sonian institute 4l3 Ng-loual muse ,-lU. and
one by the head o. ;he intel States ash
| commission. the chairman o. sAi1 board .
be named by the president Tle members
OF sad board shall have 10 coD2slsAt loc
other than their regular salaries. save sd
except their actual and rt'i essay eS-
penses may Be paid from he s1Ga herein
attcr appropriated
Sec. >. That the S. reta-y O. he ,rcAs-
ury shall cause a suitable building o.
| buildings 10 be erected Oh The sits Sc
leciod by he Afro American FA-- And It.
terstate Exposition toT me eorerrller:
exhibit. the coacaAc: ihere:aT 10 be rn3s-
the rules nov EXISTING foT other public
buildings. a. a sum rot % excel 81, a9a
for which purpose sg.t SUN q $4,000 IS
hereby appropriated. GU o. nay i-ou.y Il
the treasury TO: otherwise GppropT.tel
The secretary % the treasury IS egtsoT-
ICED and required 10 dispose o. SAID tl,ld-
Ing or buildings a. the close o. sad ~
position 70 the aest advantage giving
preference 20 ;he Afro American F'al- and
Interstate Exposition ar,, and rbe city
" Houston eser1t .he q-ocs-si Is therefron.
70 be covered mo th= treasury,
SEE That Tor Ire pp-T'cse OF rsysng
ias exc us q! selection, TaT nase. irans-
Ior,zr.p-. AID o-1-- p-uT.er charges o.. said
gover.rneat sIh BIZ. z1a the employment
q officers ard assistants D. the hoard Of
u-au4seIea- s1i Al Other uecessa,J ex-
.ae.rrr - n hAsA fAl-Elf. 10 Re
gz-1 EA-r a5p,oy~i by ne chairman Of the
toAr4 o. -1-LAgssa@-- and - The secre-
iAry C TIE treasury upon i,emjked ac-
rorlfF AID vouchers. there Is hereby sp-
ffppr-a.e- 01f q say moneys n he
--eas-rT no. otherwise appropriated. the
su1. o.. t1h9 f00 or % much thereof ~ may
he necessary tQ- the purposes o. his acl
Sfc. Thai al arucles imported rom
tor - COUNTIES for sole pUrTose OF eI-
.lt.,io1 a. sad exposition shall be aa-
rai'is-- free % any duty or tariff under
r. POPULATIONS 70 pc prescribed 0y the Sec
rear o. the treasury Such articles may
ia sold or dsspgsed Of during and after
o. close Of said exposition, upon rrins
pTesrr!oet - the secretary o. the treas
c-y
see : Tha, medals With appropriate IN.
scorpions commemorative Of said exposi-
lion. ani ~ awards made therest NAV he
prepared 81 somn uirt az the United States
upon payment by said exposition az the
cost thereof srhiec; to The provision. OF
the coinage laws OF the United States
SEC s Tia; the United States shall not
be liable for any sum or sums In excess
% the amount hereby and herein appro-
prla'ed by reason Of The act or acts Of said
exposition or any person or persons whom
so-ver
Sec. :. Tha, this appropriation shall take
eject when the secretary o' the treasury
shall be satisfied that solvent subscrip-
lions and appropriations have been re-
ceiYed from other SOURCES 10 the amount
OF uoi less than 800 600,