Century-of-progress Fair at Chicago in 1933: Hearing...on H.J. Res. 448. January 15, 19311931 - 23 pages |
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4,000 square feet allocation already America in Congress amount application of science appointed appropriation Assistant Secretary best possible exhibit bill Castle Centennial Celebration corporation cents a cubic Century of Progress CHAIRMAN Chicago World's Fair CHINDBLOM city of Chicago Colonel Sewell commissioner committee Congress assembled constructed cooperation cost cubic foot DAWES deemed proper delegate Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce director of exhibits erected executive department expenditures expenses exposition Fair Centennial Celebration Fort Dearborn Government building ground HERBERT HOOVER House of Representatives hundredth anniversary Illinois incorporation of Chicago independent office interest invite the participation J. S. Sewell LUDLOW matter ment permanent building PETERSON plans population present President Progress the Chicago purposes question R. W. Dunlap ROBERT LUCE Ruth Hanna McCormick science in industry Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce South Park Commission statement suggest tion title 41 visited World's Fair Centennial
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Page 8 - Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of...
Page 8 - That whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the President that by reason of the existence of cholera or other infectious or contagious diseases in a foreign country there is serious danger of the introduction of the same into the United States, and that notwithstanding the quarantine defense this danger is so increased by the introduction of persons or property...
Page 1 - Commission, and to be composed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce...
Page 3 - Commerce, in foreign countries, may be made in open market without compliance with Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the united States, in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $100 in any instance.
Page 8 - ... of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe...
Page 2 - Celebration), with the knowledge and consent of the commissioner, such articles, specimens, and exhibits which the commissioner shall deem to be in the interest of the United States to place with the science or other exhibits to be shown under the auspices of...
Page 8 - Chicago as a municipality, the President is authorized and requested, by proclamation or in such other manner as he may deem proper, to invite the participation of the nations of the world in the celebration.
Page 2 - Provided, That no such official or employee so designated shall receive a salary in excess of the amount which he has been receiving in the department or branch where employed, plus such reasonable allowance for subsistence expenses as may be deemed proper by the Commissioner.
Page 3 - Commission may deem necessary and proper and without regard to the provisions of other laws or regulations relating to the expendi•ture of public funds (except that this exemption shall not be construed as waiving the requirement for the submission of accounts and vouchers to the General Accounting Office for audit...
Page 8 - 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...