Articles for exhibit admitted duty free. Articles at World's Fair. said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall Proviso. SEC. 2. That it shall be lawful, at any time during such exposition, Sales. to sell for delivery, at the close of the exposition, any of the goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of the import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles, when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of the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 articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof. permitted. SEC. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numbered Foreign laborers thirty, entitled "Joint resolution authorizing foteign exhibitors at the World's Columbian Exposition to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits", approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, are hereby extended to and made applicable to said World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition to the same extent as if said World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition was therein specifically named, Provided, No liability shall be incurred by the Government of the United States. Approved, November 3, 1893. CHAP. 16.—An Act To regulate the fees of the clerk of the United States Court for the Indian Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where the clerk of the United States court for the Indian Territory is authorized, or required to perform duties other than those performed by the clerks of the district and circuit courts of the United States he shall be entitled to receive and retain for his own use and benefit such fees as may be allowed by law for such services. Approved, November 3, 1893. RESOLUTIONS. August 17, 1893. Senate and House. [No. 1.] Joint Resolution Making available appropriations for the payment of Session employees of the House and Senate during the first session of the Fiftythird Congress. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriations made Session employees, in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriations Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for compensation of session employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, be, and the same Appropriations are hereby, made available from and including the seventh day of first session, 53d Con August, eighteen hundred and ninety-three until the close of the first session of the Fifty-third Congress; and persons employed under said appropriations shall be paid from the date of their actual employment, without regard to the date of their respective oaths of office, and at the rates per diem or per month as provided in said act. Approved, August 17, 1893. made available for gress. Vol. 27, p. 675. August 17, 1893. Preamble. Capitol centennial. ings and grounds per Use of capitol build mitted for. Joint committee on pointed. Post, p. 578. [No. 2.] Joint Resolution. Providing for the appropriate commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol of the United States, September Eighteenth, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninetythree. Whereas, The One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner Stone of the United States Capitol by President George Washington, September Eighteenth, One Thousand Seven and Ninety-three, is an occasion of national interest becoming the cognizance of Congress, and Whereas, a committee of citizens of the United States, of which Lawrence Gardner, of the District of Columbia, has been elected Chairman, have been appointed to make suitable and appropriate arrangements to duly commemorate the important event and for the maintenance of order and decorum in the proceedings and for guarding the Capitol and its grounds from injury, Therefore, be it Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the use of the Capitol grounds for the ceremonies attending the One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol for and during the Eighteenth of September, On Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninetythree, including processions, literary and musical exercises, and the suitable decoration of the grounds, the Capitol building and its approaches shall be permitted, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to insure the safety of the building and the grounds from injury. That a joint committee of fourteen, to consist of seven Senators to ceremonies to be ap- be appointed by the President of the Senate and seven Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be and is hereby constituted to take order in the matter of arranging for the ceremonies at the Capitol to act with a like committee in number to be selected by the said Citizens Committee. (10) Approved, August 17, 1893. [No. 3.] Joint Resolution Making immediately available the appropriations for mileage of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives. August 21, 1893. Appropriations for, immediately availa Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriations for Mileage to Senators mileage of Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and and Members, Delegates from the Territories made in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year One Thousand Eight ble. Hundred and Ninety-four, approved March third, One Thousand Eight Vol. 27, pp. 675, 678. Hundred and Ninety-three, be, and the same are hereby, made immediately available and authorized to be paid to Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from the Territories for attendance on the first session of the Fifty-third Congress. Approved, August 21, 1893. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution To make the provisions of the act of May Fourteenth, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety, which provides for townsite entries of lands in a portion of what is known as Oklahoma applicable to the territory known as the "Cherokee Outlet", and to make the provisions of said act applicable to townsites in the "Cherokee Outlet." September 1, 1893. Cherokee outlet.. Oklahoma townsite provisions made apVol. 26, p. 109. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in, Congress assembled, That all the provisions of an act of Congress, approved May Fourteenth, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety, which provides for townsite entries of lands in a por- plicable. tion of what is known as "Oklahoma," be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the territory known as the "Cherokee Outlet," and now a part of the Territory of Oklahoma; and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this joint resolution be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, September 1, 1893. [No. 5.] Joint Resolution To make the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three a holiday within the District of Columbia. September 9, 1893. District of Columbia. Capitol Centennial Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be added to the days by law declared to be holidays within the District of Columbia the eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety- made a public holiday. three, the same being the one hundredth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the capitol of the United States. Approved, September 9, 1893. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution To permit the use of certain ensigns, flags and signal numbers to decorate the Capitol and its approaches, September eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. September 9, 1893. Capitol Centennial. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to deliver to the Architect of the Capitol, for the purpose of decorating the thorized. Capitol, its approaches and graud stands to be erected on the Capitol grounds on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol, such of the United States ensigns, flags (except battle flags,) signal numbers and other flags as may be spared, the same to be so delivered to said Architect not prior to the tenth day of September and to be returned by him by the thirtieth day of Sep.. tember, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Approved, September 9, 1893. September 13, 1893. Senate. Document room to be built. [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Providing for the erection of a suitable building for the storage of documents for the use of the Senate. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate of the United States is hereby directed to have erected upon torage the ground owned by the United States, west of the house known as the Maltby House, situated on the southwest corner of New Jersey avenue and B street northwest, a suitable building for the folding and storage of documents for the use of the Senate, on plans and specifications approved by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: Provided, That the expense of erecting said building shall not exceed To be paid from the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and which shall be contingent paid from the miscellaneous items of the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers to be approved by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Proviso. Senate fund. October 2, 1893. Preamble. Approved, September 13, 1893. [No. 8.] Joint Resolution. Empowering the National Board of Commissioners of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park to authorize the State Boards, or organizations building monuments in the Park, to use the materials in said Park, agreeably to such regulations as it may adopt. WHEREAS, The National Board of Commissioners of the Chicamauga and Chattanooga National Park, are in doubt as to their power in the matter of the disposition of certain material, the natural product of said Park; and Whereas, It is desirable that the several states, who through their commissions, are about to build monuments pursuant to the original purpose of the legislation creating said Park; should have authority to use certain material found within the boundaries of said Park; and Whereas, It will save to said boards of State Commissioners a large amount of the expense of the construction of said monuments, if they can procure the necessary stone for the foundations within the territory owned by the United States, in said Park; Therefore Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Chickamauga and America, in Congress assembled, That the said Board of CommissionChattanooga National Park. ers heretofore appointed pursuant to the Statute creating said Park, is hereby empowered to authorize the boards or representatives of the several States building monuments upon said battle field, to take and use, under such rules and regulations, and upon such terms as said Use of material for National Commission may direct, such stone and other material, including sand and gravel, as may be necessary to construct the foundation for any such monuments, and which may be found within the territory of said National Park, and the roads and highways leading thereto. State monuments authorized. Vol. 26, p. 333. October 14, 1893. Pere Marquette. Wisconsin may Statuary Hall. Approved, October 2, 1893. [No. 9.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the State of Wisconsin to place in Statuary Hall at the Capitol the statue of Pere Marquette, Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Wisconsin erect statue of, in be, and is hereby, authorized and granted the privilege of placing in Statuary Hall at the Capitol the statue of Pere Marquette, the faithful missionary, whose work among the Indians and explorations within the borders of said State in early days are recognized all over the civilized world, the same to be received as one of the two statues furnished and provided by said State in accordance with the provisions of section R. S., sec. 1814. p. 321. eighteen hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Approved, October 14, 1893. (No. 10.] Joint Resolution Fixing the qualifications to vote and to hold office in the Cherokee Outlet, Oklahoma Territory, at the first municipal elections. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all male citizens of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, who are actual residents on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninetythree, and have been such residents for thirty days prior thereto, of that portion of Oklahoma Territory opened to settlement by proclamation of the President, September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, known as the Cherokee Outlet, shall be entitled to vote and to hold office at the first municipal elections held in said Cherokee Outlet for the organization of city, village, and town governments. Approved, October 17, 1893. [No. 12.] Joint Resolution That the acknowledgments of the Government and people of the United States be tendered to various foreign governments of the world who have participated in commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. October 28, 1893. World's Fair. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (1) That it is the sense of Acknowledgments Congress that the acknowledgments of the government and people to countries particiof the United States, be tendered to the various foreign governments pating. of the world, who have so generously and effectively co-operated in the Quadri-centennial Exposition held in Chicago, in commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. To be communicated by President of United (2) That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to each foreign government that has participated in said states. Exposition the acknowledgment of Congress for its contribution. Approved, October 28, 1893. October 31, 1893. Derelicts in North Atlantic Ocean. International agree for removing [No. 13.] Joint Resolution For the reporting, marking, and removal of derelicts. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to make with the several governments interested in the navigation of the North Atlantic Ocean, to be authorized an international agreement providing for the reporting, marking, and removal of dangerous wrecks, derelicts, and other menaces to navigation in the North Atlantic Ocean outside the coast waters of the respective countries bordering thereon. Approved, October 31, 1893. [No. 14.] Joint Resolution To amend the act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, relating to the admission of articles intended for the World's Columbian Exposition. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the product of the soil, mine, and sea, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois," be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to permit. That all foreign exhibits at such Fair acquired by contribution or purchase by the Columbian Museum of Chicago for its own use, shall be wholly released from all customs duties. Approved, November 3, 1893. |