Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-14
GOVERNMENT TO
PLAY BIG PART
PRESIDENT WILL NAME COM
MISSloNERS
Secretary Of the Treasury to Expene
Half Million Dollars to illustrate
Department Workings at
Exposition
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retary of the treasury shall be imme-
diately notified thereof, and thereupor
l ana thereby the sum of ten million dol
lars shall be and become appropriated
out of any money i'm the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, and the same
snail, by the secretary of the treasury
and from time to time and as and when
necessary to meet the expenses of said
exposition, be paid by the secretary OF
the treasury to the said corporation, to
be by 1t expended i'm furtherance of
| the objects and purposes of the said
| exposition, but under rules and regula-
ttons therefor to be prescribed by the
| secretary of the treasury and upon
vouchers to be approved by him, and
| the expenditures made by the said cor
poration of any part of said ten million
dollars so to be appropriated shall be
| made subject to the control and super
vision of the said commission.
Sec. 12. That all articles which shall
pe imported from foreign countries for
the sole purpose of exhibition at said
exposition, upon which there shall be a
tariff or customs duty, shall be admit
ted free of payment of duty, customs
fees, or charges under such regulations
as the secretary of the treasury shall
prescribe; but it shall be lawful at
any time during the exhibition to sell
ton any goods or property imported for
and actually on exhibition in the ex-
position buildings or on it's grounds,
subject to such regulations for the Sc
curity of the revenue and for the COL
lection OF the import duties as the sec
retary of the treasury shall prescribe:
Provided, that all such articles when
sold or withdrawn for consumption in
the United States shall be subject to
the duty if any, imposed upon such ar
ticles by the revenue laws in force
at the date of the importation, and all
penalties prescribed by law shall be
applied and enforced against such arti-
cles and against the persons who may
be guilty of any illegal sale or with
drawal.
Sec. 13. That it shall be the duty of
the commission to make report from
time to time to the president of the
United States of the progress of the
work, and, in a final report, present a
full exhibit of the results of the ex-
position.
Government Not Liable
Sec. IA. That the commission hereby
authorized shall exist no longer than
until the first day of January, nine
teen hundred and seventeen.
Sec. Is. That the United States shall
not, in any manner, nor under any cir
cumstances, be liable for any of the
acts, doings. proceedings, or represen-
tations of the said corporation organ
lied under the laws of the State of Cali
fornia, its officers, agents, servants or
employees, or any of them, or for the
services, salaries, labor or wages of
said officers, agents, servants or en-
ployes, or any of them, or for any sub
scriptions to the capital stock, or for
any certificates of stock, bonds, mort
cages. or obligations of any kind issued
by said corporation, or for any debts,
liabilities or expenses of any kind
whatever attending said corporation or
accruing by reason of the same.
Sec. 16. That there shall be exhibited
at said exposition by the government of
the United States, from it's executive
departments, the Smithsonian institu-
ton, the United States fish commission
and the national museum such articles
and materials as illustrate the function
and administrative faculty of the gov
ernment in time of peace and it's re-
sources as war power, tending to
demonstrate the nature of our institu-
tions and their adaptation to the wants
of the people, and to secure a complete
and harmonious arrangement of such
a government exhibit, board shall be
created to be charged with the selec-
ton, preparation, arrangement, safe
keeping and exhibition of such articles
and materials as the heads of the sew
eral departments and the directors of
the Smithsonian institution and the
national museum may, respectively.
decide snail be embraced in said gov
ernment exhibit. Such board shall be
composed of one person to be named by
the head of each executive department.
and one by the directors of the Smith
sonlan institution and national mu-
scum, and one by the fish commission.
such selections to be approved by the
president of the United States. The
president shall name the chairman of
said board. and the board itself shall
select such other officers as it may
deem necessary. That the secretary of
the treasury is hereby authorized and
directed to place on exhibition, upon
such grounds as shall be allotted for
the purpose, one of the life-s saving sta
tions authorized to be constructed on
the coast of the United States by exist
ing law, and to cause the same to be
fully equipped with all apparatus, fur
nlture and appliances then in use in all
life-saving stations in the United
states such building and apparatus to
be removed at the close of the exhibit
ton and reconstructed at such place as
may be authorized by law.
Treasury Building
Sec. II. That the secretary of the
treasury shall cause suitable building
or buildings to be erected on the site
selected for the Universal Peace and
Commerce exposition for the govern
ment exhibits, and he Is hereby author
lied and directed to contract therefor,
in the same manner and under the same
regulations as for any other public
buildings Of the United States; but the
contracts for said building or buildings
shall not exceed the sum Of five hun
dred thousand dollars, and for the re-
mainder of the fiscal year and for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine
teen hundred and eight, there is hereby
appropriated for said building or build
ings. out of any money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
two hundred thousand dollars.
Sec 18. That for the purpose of pay
ing expenses OF transportation, care and
custody of exhibits by the government
and the maintenance of the building
or buildings hereinbefore provided for
and the safe return of articles belong
ing to the said government exhibit.
and for the expenses Of the commission
created by this act and other contin-