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one of such iiistiilliiioiits, or of a inonlhly coiiijH'nsiitiou. shall he the 

 rate to be i)ai(l I'or each day. For (he purpose of (•oiu])utiii*'- such 

 compensation each and every month shall he held to consist of thirty 

 days, without regai-d to (he actual number of days in any mouth, tluis 

 excludin<2; the thirty-lirst day of any uiouth from the computation, 

 and treating February as if it actually had thii-ty days. (Approved 

 April -28, 1904: Statutes, XXXIIT, 51:3.) 



KENT OK WORKSHOPS, LOUISIANA PUKCIIASK EXPOSITION. 



Government Board, Louisiana Purchase Exposition: The act 

 of Conoress ap})roved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, 

 entitled ''An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the (Jowrnment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen 

 hundred and three, and for other purposes," is hereby amended by 

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

 priation of eight hundred thousand dollars for a Government exhibit 

 at (he Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in the city of Saint 

 Louis, in the State of Missouri, the following words: ^"Proinded fur- 

 ther^ That tlie said United States Government Pioard is authorized to 

 rent such workshops and storage and oflice rooms in the District of 

 Columbia as may be ixMpiired for temporary use in connection with 

 (he preparation and safe-keeping of the said Government exhibit." 

 And the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby 

 authorized to allow any reasonal)le expense heretofore incui-red by 

 said Government Board in the rental of workshops and storage and 

 office rooms in the District of Cohunbia for the purpose named. 

 (Approved Fel)ruary 18, 1004; Statutes, XXXIII, 19.) 



LEWIS AND CLARK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. 



AN ACT to juithorize the (JovevniuGnt of the United States to participate in 

 celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the exploration of the Oregon 

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

 een hundi-ed and four, eighteen hundre<l 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, approved January thirtieth, nineteen hinidred and three, 

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

 commencing May first, nineteen hundred and five, and ending 

 November first, nineteen hundred and five, an industrial exposition 

 to api)ropriately celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the 

 exploration of the Oregon counti-y by Captains Meriwether Lewis 

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

 people of the State of Oregon by way of the advertisement and 

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



