FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. IL Bus. 3-5. 1898. 733 methods of reaching the gold iields; forty thousand copies of the map and text to be printed, ten thousand for the use of the Senate, twenty A¤¤¤¤¤¤¢~ thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and ten thousand for distribution by the Geological Survey; and the Director is authorized to have said map and text prepared and printed in the engraving and printing division of the Geological Survey; and two thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the purpose, and that this appropriation be made immediately available. Approved, January 20, 1898. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution To till vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smith- ·I¤·¤¤¤7 24-1898- sonian Institution. , `—*’""’_* Resolved by the Senate and House of jtepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancies in the Board of Re- B,§'?:,}',f‘§ §;‘:,[lj': gents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members son,'\Villiam· rrgseon of Congress, shall be filled by the appointment of Alexander Graham {,‘f,*,.Q',§§,{‘§“gm‘§{’,§’§,§,'§}§§ Bell, a resident of the city of Washington, in place of Gardiner G. 1¤·¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- Hubbard, of the city of Washington, deceased; and by the reappointment of John B. Henderson, a resident of the city of Washingtoii, and of William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, whose terms of omce expire _ on January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Approved, January 24, 1898. [No. 5.] Joint Resolution Accepting_ the invitation of the Government of Nor-‘ ·l“°”¥ *-18*- wagoto take part in an International isheries Exposition to he held at the city ot rgen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domim eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Whereas the United States have been duly invited by the Government ,,{,;*‘},’§’;f;Q{‘,}¤ of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to gen.Noi-way. ' be held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from Ma sixteenth to September thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, 4»e,p.cs:i. which Exposition will also include national sections for industries, agriculture, and the line arts: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said invitation is accepted, and U,f}',},{,°'§L};.?,,,f§g that the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby directed, in per- vagnnccopwd. son, or by a deputy to be appointed by the President of the United °‘°"“'“"i°"°"‘ States, and whose compensation if not in the public service shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars including personal and traveling expenses to represent the United States at said Exposition, and to cause a suitable and proper exhibition and display to be made at nxmma. said Exposition of the food-iishes of the United States, and the methods of catching, salting, curing, and preserving the same, and of the implemen ts and appliances used in carrying on the iishery industries of the United States, and to this end may, at his discretion, use any portion of the collection in the National Museum at said Exposition. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may 4Pr·¤·P¤¤¤•>¤· be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, to pay all the expenses and costs of representing the United States at said Exposition, as aforesaid, and to pay all the costs and expenses and outlays pertaining or incident to the making and carrying on of the exhibition and display aforesaid at said Exposition; Provided, P~·*-··. That the total expenses and liabilities incurred under this resolution shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars. ¤¤¤**·
