LXII ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



Vacancies in said commission to be filled in the same manner as orig-inal 

 appointments. 



Sec. 3. That the commissioners so appointed shall be called together 

 b}'^ the Secretar}' of State of the United States, in the city of Saint 

 Louis, b}^ notice to the commissioners, as soon as convenient after the 

 appointment of said commissioners, and within thirty days thereafter. 

 The said connnissioners, at said tirst meeting, shall organize by the 

 election of their officers, and they may then, or thereafter, appoint 

 such executive or other (;onmiittees as may be deemed expedient, and 

 a secretary at a salary of three thousand dollars per annum; that in 

 addition to the salary of the secretary of said commission there is 

 hereby allowed, out of any money appropriated to aid in carrying 

 forward said exposition, the sum of ten thousand dollars per annum, 

 or so uuich tliereof as may be necessarv, for the purpose of defraying 

 the clerical, office, and other necessary expenses of said commission. 



Sec. 4. That said commission, when fully organized under the pro- 

 visions of this Act, shall appoint two of their number to act in con- 

 junction with a like number appointed by the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition Company, to constitute a board of arbitration, to whom all 

 matters of dift'erence arising between said commission and said company, 

 concerning the administration, management, or general supervision of 

 said exposition, including all matters of difference arising out of the 

 power given by this Act to the said company or to the said national 

 commission to modif}^ or approve any act of the other of the two 

 bodies, shall be referred for determination; and in the case of the fail- 

 ure of said board of arbitration to agree upon such matters as ma}'^ be 

 so referred, said l)oard of arbitration shall appoint a fifth member 

 thereof; and in case of the failure of the said board to agree upon a 

 fifth membei". such fifth member shall then l>e appointed by the Secre- 

 tary^ of the Treasury. And the decision of said board shall be final in 

 all matters presented to it for consideration and determination. 



Sec. 5. That said commission be empowered, in its discretion, to 

 accept, for the purposes of the exposition herein authorized, such site 

 as ma}' be selected and oftered, and such plans and specifications of 

 buildings for such purpose at the expense of and tendered bj^ the 

 corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, known 

 as "The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company." 



Sec. 6. That the allotment of space for exhibitors, classification of 

 exhibits, plan and scope of the exposition, the appointment of all 

 judges and examiners for the exposition, and the awarding of 

 premiums, if any, shall all be done and performed by the said Louisi- 

 ana Purchase Exposition Company, subject, however, to the approval 

 of the commission created by section 2 of this Act; and said com- 

 mission is hereb}^ authorized to appoint a board of lady umnagers, of 

 such number and to perform such duties as may be prescribed by said 



