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 FORTX-SI5\ ENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 41, 42. 1883. 413 fiftyfour of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia Approved, January 31, 1883. . CHAP. 42.-An act to encourage the holding of a \Vorlu’s Industrial and Cotton Feb. 10, 1883. Centennial Exposition nu the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four. ———-———-— Wliercas it is desirable to encourage for celebration the one hundredth ivomim Indusannxversary of the production, manufacture, and commerce of cotton. mul °“,*l C9“°¤ ' by holding, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in some city g$f'£`;:'°fé.,:“xP°` of the Union, to be selected by the executive committee of the National pm,,,,;,],; ' Cotton Planters’ Association of America, an institution for the public ` welfare, incorporated under the laws of Mississippi, aWorld’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, to be held under the joint auspices of the United States, the said National Cotton Planters’ Association of America, and of the city in which it may be located, and in which cotton in all its conditions of culture and manufacture will be the chief exhibit, but which is designed also to include all arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine; and Whereas such an exhibition should be national and international in its character, in which the people of this country and other parts of the ` world who are interested in the subject should participate, it should have the sanction of the Congress of the United States: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqpreaenmtioes of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a W0rld’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition be held in the year eighteen hundred and eightyfour, under the joint auspices of the United States Government, the National Cotton Planters’ Association of America, and the city where it may be located. . Sec. 2. That the President of the United States may upon the recom- Appointment or mendation of the executive committee of the National Cotton Planters’ °°hm¤*3 *H°'{:*'°· Association of America, appoint six United States commissioners, and mofkmpg upon the recommendation of the majority of subscribers to the enterprise in the city where it may be located, may appoint seven United States commissioners, who, together, shall constitute a board of management of said World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. . Sec. 3. That the President of the United States may on the recom- Apppintment or mendation of the governors of the various States and Territories of the §¤t3¤1w,¢;1¤¤ f°¤' Union, appoint one commissioner and one alternate- commissioner for °“· ° each State and Territory, whose functions shall be defined by the said board of management. _ _ _ Sec. 4. That all of said commissioners shall be appointed within one year from the passage of this act. _ _ _ Sec. 5. That the said board of management shall hold its meetings in Powers of board such city as may be selected for the location of the sand exposition by °*` ¤¤¤¤¤S°¤¤°¤*· the National Cotton Planters’ Association of America as aforesaid, and that a majority of said bpiard of managemeint hall have full power to g mak all needful rules an regu ations ori s governmen. _ SISO. 6. That said board of management shall report to the President iu;)":;,. $,:0 of the United States a suitable date for opening and closing the exposi- 8,,,;,,,, ,,{,m,,,,,,,,,,_ tion; a schedule of appropriate ceremonies for opening or dedieating the same; and such other matters as, in their judgment, may be deemed important. _ _ _, . t Sec. 7. That no com ensation for services shall be paid to the com- United States e missioners or other oftiiders provided by this act from the Treasury of *1:::mP* £*°m°* the United States; and thehUngeldtStates shall p;tub:il,all:g;2t'p;·°any of thee uses attendin >· suc ex 1 1 ion, or yre _ . _ _ Sag);. That wheneséer the President shall be informed_by the said Smdfsgfgglif board of management that provision has been made for suitable build- ,,,0. 0,* P,,,,,,,,,, cf in or the erection of the same, for the purposes of said exposition, ,,;mi,i;,;;n,_£:v theilresident shall, through the Department of State, make proclaims- iw PM ¤ * ·