Public Law 68–532

That there is

Mecklenburg Sesquicentennial Commission.

Established with elevon members.

No pay.

hereby established a commission to be known as the United States Mecklenburg Sesquicentennial Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) and to be composed of eleven commissioners, as follows: Three persons to be appointed by the President of the United States, four Senators by the President of the Senate, and four Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker. The commission shall serve without compensation and

Amount authorized for expenses.

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shall select a chairman from among their number.

Sec. 2.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to be expended by the commission for actual and necessary traveling expenses and subsistence while discharging its official duties outside the District of Columbia.

Sec. 3.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any

Amount authorized for participating in celebration at Charlotte, N. C.

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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000 to be utilized in the discretion of the commission for the appropriate participation on the part of the United States in the celebration and observance at the city of Charlotte, county of Mecklenburg, North Carolina, on the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d days of May, 1925, of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the patriotic action of the citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in May, 1775, in declaring their independence of the English Crown.