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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156. 1890. 63 and under the same conditions as provided herein for their original appointment. · _ Ec. _4. That the Secretary of State of the United States shall, N¤¤ifi¤¤¤¤¤_¤> sovimmediately after the passage of this act, notify the governors of °m°”t°”°mm°w‘ the several States and Territories, respectively, thereof and request such nominations to be made. The commissioners so appointed mist meetiugof uioshall be called together by the Secretar of State of the United States °°m““”i°”°”·· in the city of Chicago, y notice to the commissioners, as soon as convenient after the appointment of said commissioners, and within thirty days thereafter. The said commissioners, at said first meet- organization. ing, shall organize by the election of such officers and the a pointment of such committees as they may deem expedient, and for this purpose the commissioners present at said meeting shall constitute Quorum. a quorum. E0. 5. That said commission be em owered in its discretion to Discretionarypower accept for the purposes of the World’s Columbian Exposition such f,"?,,,,",; §,fc‘f°*’““g “‘“’• site as may be selected and odered and such plans and specifications Y of buildings to be erected for such urpose at the ex use of and tendered by the corporation organized) under the laws ofnthe State of Illinois, known as “The Worlds Ex osition of Ei hteen hundred and ninety-two: “Provided, That said) site so tendered and the build· .Pr0vL•0a. ings proposed to be erected thereon shall be deemed by said commis· q,§,‘,'§j °°°·· °°"° '“*°· sion adequate to the purposes of said exposition: And provided, That said commission shall be satisfied that the said corporation has an actual bona Bde and valid subscription to its ca ital stock which Subscrivtiont0capwill secure the payment of at least five millions ofp dollars, of which ‘“““"°°*· not less than five hundred thousand dollars shall have been paid in, Capital psidin. and that the further sum of five million dollars, making in all ten Balance or oopuna. million dollars, will be provided by said corporation in am le time for its needful use during the prosecution of the work for the complete preparation for said exposition. Sec. 6. That the said commission shall allot space for exhibitors, mgowenaccmaw prepare a classification of exhibits, determine the plan and scope of °°mm’°°i°°‘ , the exposition, and shall appoint all judges and examinersfor the exposition, award all pfemiums, if any, and generally have charge of all intercourse wit the exhibitors and the representatives of foreign nations. And said commission is authorized and required to appoint a board of lady managers of such number and to perform Board ot lady nan. such duties as may be prescribed by said commission. Said board "°"'°”°*PP°‘¤*°°- may appoint one or more members of all committees authorized to I" °¤**¤•¤ award prizes for exhibits, which may be produced in whole or in M r•<>w¤··¤· part by female labor. Sec. 7. That after the plans for said exposition shall be prepared runs. by said corporation and approved by said commission, the rules and nfnglgg c*;gfm;sg:·· regulations of said corporation governing rates for entrance and ad- Entmnceaudadmbmission fees, or otherwise adecting the rights, Hprivileges, or interests “°“ ‘°°*·°°°· of the exhibitors or of the public, shall be xed or established by said corporation, subject, however, to such modification, if any, as may be 1m sed by a majority of said commissioners Sec. 8. That the President is hereby empowered and directed to Naval review. hold a naval review in New York Harbor, in April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and to extend to foreign nations_ an invitation mgpiwtionwromp to send ships of war to join the United States Navy in rendezvous Bdiildezvous. at Hamptom Roads and proceed thence to said review. Sno, 9. That said commission Shallprovide for the dedication of _Dedicm<>¤ orxxpo ' the buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition in said city of ““°“· °‘°· Chicago on the twelfth day of October eighteen hundred and ninety- two, with appropriate ceremonies, and said exposition shall be open jruno or opening to to visitors not later than the first dey of May eighteen hundred and ‘"""°’& ninety-three, and shall be closed at such time as the commission may Hnalclosing. determine, but not later than the thirtieth day of October thereafter.