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cause the said building or buildings to be constructed from plans to be 

 approved by said Government board; and he is authorized and required 

 to dispose of such building or buildings, or the material composing 

 the same, at the close of the exposition, giving preference to the city 

 of Saint Louis or to the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company 

 to purchase the same at an appraised value, to l)e ascertained in such 

 manner as he may determine. 



Sec. it. That the commissioners appointed )\y the President under 

 the authorit}^ of this Act shall receive as compensation for their serv- 

 ices and expenses the sum of five thousand dollars each per annum, 

 the same to be paid by the Secretar}^ of the Treasury and deducted 

 from any money appropriated for said exposition. 



Sec. 18. That no member of said commission or of said Government 

 board, whether an officer or otherwise, shall l)e personallj^ liable for 

 an}^ debt or obligation which may be created or incurred by the said 

 commission or by the said United States Government board herem 

 authorized. 



Sec. 19. That whereas the Secretary of the Treasury has certified, 

 under date of February sixth, nineteen hundred and one, that the Loui- 

 siana Purchase Exposition Company has presented to him proof to his 

 satisfaction that it has raised ten million dollars for and on account of 

 inaugurating and carrying forward an exposition at the city of Saint 

 Louis, Missouri, in the j^ear nineteen hundred and three, to celebrate 

 the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Ter- 

 ritory; therefore there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in 

 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five million dol- 

 lars, to aid in carrying forward such exposition, to pa}^ the salaries of 

 the members and secretar}- of the national Commission herein author- 

 ized, and such other necessary expenses as ma}' be incurred b}' said 

 commission in the discharge of its duties in connection with said 

 exposition, and to discharge all other obligations incurred by the 

 Government on account of said exposition, except for the erection of 

 its own buildings and the making and care of its own exhibits at said 

 exposition. That the monej^ hereby appropriated shall be disbursed 

 under the direction of the said Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com- 

 pany under rules and regulations to he prescribed b\^ the Secretary of 

 the Treasur}' and upon vouchers to be approved b}^ him: Provided^ 

 That, except for the payment of the salaries and expenses of the 

 national commission, no part of said appropriation shall become 

 available until the sum of ten million dollars shall have been expended 

 by said company on account of said exposition to the satisfaction of 

 the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided furtliei% That all sums 

 expended bj' the Government on account of said exposition, including 

 the salaries and expenses of said national commission, except for the 

 erection of its own buildinofs and the makingf and care of its own 



