LXII ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 



Vacancies in said commission to be tilled in the same manner as original 

 appointments. 



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

 by the Secretary of State of the United States, in the city of Saint 

 Louis, by 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 meeting - , shall organize by the 

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

 such executive or other committees 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 much thereof as may be necessary, 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 difference 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 modify 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 may be 

 so referred, said board of arbitration shall appoint a fifth member 

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

 fifth member, such fifth member shall then be 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 may be selected and offered, and such plans and specifications of 

 buildings for such purpose at the expense of and tendered by 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 hereby authorized to appoint a board of lady managers, of 

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



