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one of such installments, or of a monthly compensation, shall l)e the 

 rate to be paid for each day. For the purpose of computing such 

 comjiensation each and-every month shall he held to consist of thirty 

 days, without rega.i'd to t]ie acttifal number of days in any month, thus 

 excluding the thirty-first day of any month from the computation, 

 and treating February as if it actually had thirty days. (Approved 

 April 28, 1904; Statutes, XXXIII, 513.) 



KENT OF WORIvSIIorS. LOUISIANA rURCIIASK EXPOSmON. 

 GOVERN-AIENT BoARl), LoilSlAXA I'lRCIlASE Exi'OSITlON : TllC act 



of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hmidred and two, 

 entitled ''An act making approj^riations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the (lover-nment foi" the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 

 hundred and three,- and for other j)urposes," is hereby amended l>y 

 inserting at the end and as a part of the paragraph making an appro- 

 priation of eight hundred thousand dollars for a (iovermnent exhibit 

 at the Louisiaiui Purchase Ex})ositi<)u to be held in the city of Saint 

 Louis, in the State of Missouri, the followiug words: "Pror'/dcd fitf- 

 tlici , 'i'hat the said TTuitcMl States (Jovernment r)oard is autiioi'iz'Ml to 

 rent such worksho[)s and storage and oflice rooms in the District of 

 Columbia as may be recpiired for temporary use in connection with 

 the preparation and safe-kee])ing of the said (ilo\ernment exhibit."' 

 And the accounting officers of the Tivasui'y r)ei)artnient are herel)v 

 authorizi'd to allow any I'easonable expense lu>retofore incurred by 

 said (Joverument lioai'd in the rental of workshops and storage and 

 office rooms in the Disti'ict of Columbia for the purpose named. 

 (Approved February is, P.)04 : Statutes, XXXTII, 10.) 



EEWIS AM) CI, AUK CENTENMAI. KX POSITION. 



AN ACT to authui'ize llic ( Juveniniciit o\' llic riiitcd States to jiai'tieipate in 

 celebrating the one Imndrcdth anniversary nf the exploration of the Oregon 

 country by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the years eight- 

 een hundred and four, eighteen hundred and five, and eighteen hundred and 

 six, and for other purposes. 



Whereas by an act duly passed by the legislature of the State of 

 Oregon, ai)pj()ved January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, 

 said State authorized the holding at the city of Portland, Oregon, 

 counnencing May first, nineteen hundred and five, and ending 

 November fii'st, nineteen h.nndred and five, an industrial e\[)osition 

 to ap[)roi)riately celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the 

 exploration of the Oregon country by (^ai)tains Meriwether LeAvis 

 and William Clark, and '^ by means of said exhibition to benefit the 

 peoide of the State of Oregon by way of the advei-tiscMuent and 

 development of its agricultural, horticultural, mineral, lumber, manu- 



