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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 66, 67. 1866. 363 vided, That the period of such service shall not extend beyond sixty days _ Limit *0 his after the close of the exhibition, four thousand dollars, or so much thereof t"°° °f 5°""°°' as may be found necessary. Fourthly. For office rent at New York, for fixtures, stationery, and Omoo rent at advertising; for rent of storehouse for reception of articles and products; N"' Y°’k• &°• for expenses of shipping, including cartages, &c. ; for freights on the articles to be exhibited from New York to France, and for compensation of {our clerks, in conformity with the joint resolution approved on the tif- AW. P- $47- teenth of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for contingent expenses, the sum of thirty-three thousand seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary. Fifthly. For expenses in receiving, bonding, storage, cartage, labor, HEXP°¤S°},**, and so forth, at Havre ; for railway transportation from Havre to Paris ; °“"° md m for labor in the palace; for sweeping and sprinkling compartments for seven months; for guards and keepers for seven months; for linguists (eight men) for seven months; for storing, packing-boxes, carting, and for material for repacking; for clerk-hire, stationery, rent, and contingent expenses, the sum of thirty-five thousand seven hundred and three dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary. Sixthly. For the travelling expenses often professional and scientific Expenses of commissioners, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice °°m¤““’°”°"'• and consent of the Senate, at the rate of one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars, it being understood that the President may appoint ad- Ad¢fii=i9¤¤i ditional commissioners, not exceeding twenty in number, whose expenses °°mm'"'°"°"' shall not be paid ; but no person interested, directly or indirectly, in any Who Shel} ¤¤i= article exhibited shall be a commissioner ; nor shall any member of Con- 2;?°mm'”'°°` gress, or any person holding an appointment or office of honor or trust under the United States be appointed a commissioner, agent, or officer under this resolution. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the governors of the several thepgglggsilgf °l States be, and they` are hereby, requested to invite the patriotic people of vited ,0,,,;,,, m their respective States to assist in the proper representation of the handi- in the exhibidon. work of our artisans, and the prolific sources of material wealth with which our land is blessed, and to take such further measures as may be necessary to diffuse a knowledge of the proposed exhibition, and to secure to their respective States the advantages which it promises. Sec. 3. And be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of the said D¤*~¤ii¤d ¤i>¤¤>- general agent at New York, and the said commissioner-general at Paris, ;1}°;°;ptgn‘5?,:,°£° to transmit to Congress, through the Department of State, a detailed hereby authorstatement of the manner in which such expenditures as are hereinbefore mdprovide[d] for are made by them respectively. APPROVED, July 5, 1866. [N0. 67.] Joint Resolution ekclaralory of!/ze Law o/'Bounty. July 18, 1865. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of lite United States of America in Congress assembled, That where any enlisted man E¤}li¤i°d¤i¤¤ has been or may be detailed for duty as a clerk or for any other duty in 2§5`:l$,°:yf°§°:p°` any executive bureau, at headquaners or elsewhere, he shall not by such thereby to be detail be deprived of any rights to bounties now due or hereafter to be- €°P”l"°d °' come due, but shall be as fully entitled thereto as though no such detail °“m°y` had been made. Approved, July 13, 1866.