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RESOLUTIONS. [Nc. l_.] A Resolution .s»tp_p to other Joint Resoluliops to People 9[ Inc March 12, 1867. grated States to partwzpate m Advantagesqf the Unwersal Exhzlnlzon at Pans, an _"""""""" Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, I. That the commission of the The commis- United State at the Universal Exhibition to be held at Paris in the year ¤l°¤ of m UNF eighteen hundred and sixty-seven shall consist of the commissioner-gen-· gg2t2f3Q?;?; eral and honorary commissioner, whose appointment was approved by the bition of Paris joint resolution of January twenty-two [fifteen], eighteen hundred and :_’hg’:'l'*°f sixty-six; also of the thirty commissioners whose appointment was pro· v01_` xm mb vided for by the joint resolution of July five, eighteen hundred and sixty- 847, 862- six, and of twenty commissioners, whose appointment is hereinafter pro— vided for. II. That the commissionengeneral shall be the president of the com- Presideutot mission thus constituted, with a vote on all questions that may arise, *h° °°'°m*”l°¤· III. That the commission shall meet at Paris as early as possible Commission before the opening of the exhibition, upon the call of the commissioner- ;_°b‘;’°:ni3 £:”'• general, and, when properly organized, shall make such rules and regula- whose call; tions as may be necessary for efficient action, with power to elect a tv ¤1¤k¤ rule!. vice-president from their own number, who, in the absence of the com- missioner-general, shall preside at all meetings of the commission, and to appoint commitappoint committees and chairmen of groups. *6* §·¤d °h¤l1‘· IV. That the commission may designate additional persons, not exceed- mggy dcsiguau ing twenty in number, being citizens of the United States, known to be honorary conqskilled in any branch of industry or art, who are hereby authorized to £:°;’:;’;6;:__l" attend the exhibition in behalf of the United States, as honorary ocmmis- tm; sioners without compensation. · V. That the commission may employ a secretary and clerks for the mw emploi" commission, the necessary scientific assistants and draughtsmen, and may :%*%:2égE engage suitable rooms for the commission. men. VI. That no commissioner shall act as agent for the show or sale of _ N° °<>*¤m;¤· any article at the exhibition, or be interested, directly or indirectly, in mg °'° any profits from any such article. Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That fifty thousand dollars, or so Appropriation; much thereof as may be necessary for the purposes severally specified, are hereby appropriated put of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated :—— _ For additional freights from New York to Havre. ¤u§"J"·:;$%;“¤_ For transportation and freight 'from Havre to Paris. (jon; p For return freight of articles owned by the United States or lent to the government by individuals. For marine and tire insurance on the articles thus lent. for insurance; For additional steam·power at Paris, in the “ palace " and the “a·n- ¢%¤¤{¤·1><>W¤1‘ nex," or supplemental building, and in grounds adjacent. M hm'; For the exhibition of machines, agricultural and other, and for the ¤¤l{ll>i*·i¤¤ ¤f erection of buildings to illustrate the education and agriculture of the g;:}'})°:{1§Q)°Z',’ United States, and for the collection of specimens of agricultural produc- &¤. tions, under the joint resolution for that purpose.