Public Law 64–480

Joint Resolution

Authorizing the Postmaster General to provide the postmaster of Gulfport, Mississippi, with a special canceling die for the Mississippi Centennial Exposition celebration.

Whereas the city of Gulfport, Mississippi, is making extensive preparations

Mississippi Centennial Exposition.

Preamble.

to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of the State of Mississippi into the Union, the celebration to begin on October first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and to continue until April first, nineteen hundred and eighteen; and

Whereas the projected celebration in said city will include industrial, agricultural, horticultural, and other exhibitions, pageants, national athletic games, tournaments, parades, conventions, and many other interesting features that will attract visitors from all parts of the United States; and

Whereas the Mississippi Centennial Exposition Commission having the celebration in charge will widely advertise the approaching events, with the result that a great increase of incoming and outgoing mail matter will be handled by the Gulfport post office; and

Whereas the governor of the State of Mississippi has issued a proclamation inviting all the States of the Union to participate and will invite the countries of South and Central America and Mexico to participate in the celebration; and

Whereas the extensive preparations being made by the citizens of Gulfport and the State of Mississippi for the celebration give to said celebration a national character and significance: Therefore be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Approved, September 8, 1916.