Conditions precedent SEC. 10. That whenever the President of the United States shall to official proclama be notified by the commission that provision has been made for tion. grounds and buildings for the uses herein provided for and there has also been filed with him by the said corporation, known as "The World's Exposition of eighteen hundred and ninety-two," satisfactory proof that a sum not less than ten million dollars, to be used and expended for the purposes of the exposition herein authorized, has in fact been raised or provided for by subscription or other legally binding means, he shall be authorized, through the DepartProclamation by the ment of State, to make proclamation of the same, setting forth the time at which the exposition will open and close, and the place at which it will be held; and he shall communicate to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations copies of the same, together with such regulations as may be adopted by the commission, for publicaInvitation to partici- tion in their respective countries, and he shall, in behalf of the Government and people, invite foreign nations to take part in the said exposition and appoint representatives thereto. President. Notification to for eign nations. pate, etc. Articles for exhibition, imported free of duty, etc. close. SEC. 11. That all articles which shall be 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 admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawSales for delivery at ful at any time during the exhibition to sell for delivery at the close of the exposition any 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of the import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for Consumption in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation,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. Proviso. If sold or withdrawn, tc., subject to duty. Enforcement of pen lties. Appropriation; ad nission goods. SEC. 12. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or as much of foreign thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropri ated, for the remainder of the present fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for purposes connected with the admission of foreign goods to said exhibition. Commission reports. Limited existence of commission. Non liability of the United States. United States Government exhibits. 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 exposition. SEC. 14. That the commission hereby authorized shall exist no longer than until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. SEC. 15. That the United States shall not in any manner, nor under any circumstances, be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings or representations of the said corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its officers, agents, servants, or employes, or any of them, or for the service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employes, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued by said corporation or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses of any kind whatever attending such 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 its Executive Departments the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Fish Commission, and the National Museum, such articles and materials as illustrate of selection, etc., to Composition, selec of the board. the function and administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace and its resources as a war power, tending to demonstrate the nature of our institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people; and to secure a complete and harmonious arrangement of such a Government exhibit, a board shall be created to be charged A Government board with the selection, preparation, arrangement, safe-keeping, and be created. exhibition of such articles and materials as the heads of the several Departments and the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum may respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall be composed of one person to be named by the head of each Executive Department, and tion, and organization one by the directors of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, 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 Life-saving station directed to place on exhibition, upon such grounds as shall be allotted for the purpose; one of the life-saving stations authorized to be constructed on the coast of the United States by existing law, and to cause the same to be fully equipped with all apparatus, furniture, and appliances now in use in all life-saving stations in the United States, said building and apparatus to be removed at the close of the exhibition and re-erected at the place now authorized by law. to be exhibited. Removal, etc., at close of exhibition. Government exhibits, building, etc. Site. Partial appropria. Building material to be used. Disposal by sale, at close. SEC. 17. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the World's Columbian Exposition for the Government exhibits, as provided in this act, and he is hereby authorized and directed to contract Authority to erect. therefor, in the same manner and under the same regulations as for other public buildings of the United States; but the contracts for said building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of four hundred thou- Limit of cost. sand dollars, and for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, there is hereby appropriated for said building or buildings, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of tin one hundred thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the said building or buildings to be constructed as far as possible, of iron, steel, and glass, or of such other material as may be taken out and sold to the best advantage; and he is authorized and required to dispose of such building or buildings, or the material composing the same, at the close of the exposition, giving preference to the city of Chicago, or to the said World's Exposition of eighteen hundred and ninety-two to purchase the same at an appraised value to be ascertained in such manner as he may determine. SEC. 18. That for the purpose of paying the expenses of transpor- Expenses of Governtation, care, and custody of exhibits by the Government and the maintenance of the building or buildings herein before provided for, and the safe return of articles belonging to the said Government exhibit, and for the expenses of the commission created by this act, and other contingent expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon itemized accounts and vouchers, there is hereby appropriated for the remainder of this fiscal year and for the fiscal Appropriation. year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That the United States shall not be liable, on account Preferred purchas ers. ment exhibits, etc. Proviso. of the erection of buildings, expenses of the commission or any of mental liability. its officers or employees, or on account of any expenses incident to or growing out of said exposition for a sum exceeding in the aggregate one million five hundred thousand dollars. STAT L-VOL,XXVI-5 commissioners, etc. Transportation. Subsistence. Compensation of SEC 19. That the commissioners and alternate commissioners appointed under this act shall not be entitled to any compensation for their services out of the Treasury of the United States, except their actual expenses for transportation and the sum of six dollars per day for subsistence for each day they are necessarily absent from their homes on the business of said commission. The officers of said commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by said commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, which shall be paid out of the sums appropriated by Congress in aid of such exposition. officers. Non-liability of the United States in ex SEC. 20. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create cess of appropriation. any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission in excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor. No State law to be interfered with, etc. No personal liability of the commissioners. SEC. 21. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to override or interfere with the laws of any State, and all contracts made in any State for the purposes of the exhibition shall be subject to the laws thereof. SEC. 22. That no member of said commission, whether an officer or otherwise, shall be personally liable for any debt or obligation which may be created or incurred by the said commission. Approved, April 25, 1890. April 26, 1890. San Diego and Wil mington, Cal. Immediate transportended to. tation privileges ex Vol. 21, pp. 178, 174. CHAP. 159.—An act in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, amendatory of the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. Be it enacted by the Senate und House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an act entitled "An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to include the ports of San Diego and Wilmington, in California, and that all dutiable goods or merchandise delivered at said ports and destined for either of the ports specified in the seventh section of said act as hereby amended shall be entitled to immediate transportation to the port of their destination, as provided in the act which is hereby amended. Approved, April 26, 1890. April 26, 1890. Baton Rouge, La. Site. Building. Cost. Proposals for site invited. Responses. CHAP. 160.—An act to construct a public building at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site and cause to be erected thereon a suitable, commodious, and substantial building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, and internal-revenue office, and other Government offices, in the city of Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana; the cost of the site and the building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city for at least fourteen days prior to the date specified in the advertisement for opening the proposals. The proposals made in Commission to con Oaths. response to said public advertisement, at the time named in the Vol. 18, part 3, p. 276.. Final determination. Commissioners' compensation. Expenses. Appropriation immediately available. For incidental site For plans, etc., upon So much of the appropriation herein made as may be necessary to defray the expenses of advertising for proposals, compensation and actual traveling expenses of the commissioners, and other expenses incident to the selection of the site, shall be immediately available expenses. So much of said appropriation as may be necessary for the preparation of sketch-plans, drawings, specifications, and detailed esti- receipt of report. nates for the building by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department shall be available immediately upon the receipt of the report of the commissioners selecting the site. pay reported valid and So much of said appropriation as may be necessary to make For site when title ment for the site shall be available upon the receipt of the written jurisdiction passes. opinion of the Attorney-General in favor of the validity of title to the site selected, and when the State of Louisiana shall have ceded to the United States jurisdiction over the site selected, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein; or so much of said appropriation as may be necessary to acquire title to the site by condemnation shall be immediately available; and, after the site shall by condemnation. have been paid for, and the sketch-plans and detailed estimates for the building shall have been prepared by the Supervising Architect, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Postmaster-General, the balance of said appropria- Available balance tion shall be available for the erection and completion of the building, including fire-proof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches. For acquiring title for building, etc. The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open Open space. space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys. Approved, April 26, 1890. CHAP. 161—An act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of North Dakota shall constitute one judicial district. SEC. 2. That for the purpose of holding terms of the district court said district shall be divided into four divisions, to be known as the Southwestern, Southeastern, Northeastern, and Northwestern divisions; that portion of the State comprising the present counties of Burleigh, Stutsman, Logan, McIntosh, Emmons, Kidder, Foster, Wells, McLean, and all the territory in 'said State of North Dakota lying south and west of the Missouri river shall constitute the Southwestern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Bismarck. That portion of the State comprising the present counties of Cass, Richland, Barnes, Dickey, Sargent, La Moure, Ransom, April 26, 1890. North Dakota judicial district. Vol. 25, p. 682. In four divisions.. Southwestern. Southeastern.. Northeastern. Northwestern. Terms of district court; places. law, as to terms. Vol. 25, p. 682. Griggs and Steele shall constitute the Southeastern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Fargo. That portion of the State comprising the present counties of Grand Forks, Traill, Walsh, Pembina, Cavalier, and Nelson shall constitute the Northeastern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Grand Forks. That portion of the State comprising the present counties of Ramsey, Eddy, Benson, Towner, Rolette, Bottineau, Pierce, McHenry, and Ward, and all the territory in said State of North Dakota lying north of the said Southwestern Division, shall constitute the Northwestern Division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Devil's Lake. SEC. 3. That the terms of the district court for the district of North Dakota shall be held at Bismarck on the first Tuesday of April in each year; at Fargo on the third Tuesday of May in each year; at Grand Forks on the first Tuesday of December in each year, and at Devil's Lake on the first Tuesday of February in each year. And Repeal of existing the provisions of law now existing for the holding of said court on the first Monday in April and November of each year is hereby repealed, and all suits, prosecutions and processes, recognizances, bail bonds, and other proceedings of whatever nature pending in or reTransfer of causes, turnable to said court on the days last named are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable to and have force in the said respective terms provided in this act in the same manner and with the same effect as they would have had had this act not been passed. -etc. Jurisdiction. Serving of final proc. ess, etc. Issues of fact; where triable. Terms of circuit court. SEC. 4. That all civil suits not of a local character now pending or which shall be brought in the district or circuit courts of the United States for the district of North Dakota, in either of the said divis ions against a single defendant, or where all the defendants reside in the same divisions of said district, shall be brought in the division in which the defendant or defendants reside, or, if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions, such suit may be brought in either division, and all mesne and final process subject to the provisions of this act, issued in either of said divisions, may be served and executed in either or all of said divisions. All issues of fact in civil causes triable in any of the said courts shall be tried in the division where the defendant or one of the defendants reside, unless by consent of both parties the case shall be removed to some other division. SEC. 5. That the circuit court of the United States for said district shall be held at Bismarck on the first Tuesday of April in each year, and at Fargo on the third Tuesday of May in each year, and at Grand Forks on the first Tuesday of December in each year, and at Devil's Lake on the first Tuesday of February of each year; and Appeals and writs cases taken on appeal or writ of error from the District Court shall of error. Juries. Appointment of deputy clerks. be returnable to the Circuit Court held in that judicial sub-division from which the appeal was taken. When the Circuit Court and District Court is held, as provided in this act, at the same time and place, one grand and one petit jury only shall be summoned and serve in both said courts. SEC 6. That the clerk of the circuit and district courts for said district shall each appoint a deputy clerk at the place where their respective courts are required to be held in the division of the district in which such clerk shall not himself reside, each of whom shall, in the absence of the clerk, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of clerk within the division for which he shall be appointed: Provided, That the appointment of such deputies shall be approved Subject to judicial by the court for which they shall have been respectively appointed, and may be annulled by such court at its pleasure, and the clerks shall be responsible for the official acts and negligence of all such deputies Proviso. approval, etc. Approved, April 26, 1890. |