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bition thereof, and to the preparation of the reports on the exposition; 

 and that the President may also appoint twent}' additional commis- 

 sioners, no two of whom shall be appointed from an}^ one State, of 

 whom three shall be practical artisan experts, three shall be skilled 

 representatives of commerce and manufactures, and four shall be prac- 

 tical agriculturalists, nine shall ])e scientific experts, corresponding to 

 and specifically assigned to report upon the nine groups into which 

 the exposition will, under the official regulations, be divided, and one 

 who shall be assistant commissioner-general and shall perform the 

 duties of commissioner-general in case of his death or disability, and 

 shall report upon the exhibition at large and the general results 

 thereof; that the allowance to said commissioner-general for salary 

 and personal expenses shall not exceed $5,000 for his whole term of 

 office; and the allowance of the twenty additional commissioners for 

 salary and personal expenses shall not exceed $1,200 each, not includ- 

 ing such clerical service as may be allowed b}" the commissioner- 

 general, which shall not exceed $15,000; and the governors of the 

 several States may nominate and the President appoint two honorary 

 commissioners from each of the several States, and the President ma}^ 

 appoint twenty-four additional honorary commissioners, among whom 

 there shall be at least one resident of each of the Territories of the 

 United States, which said honorary commissioners may report upon 

 such special su.'bjects as the commissioner-general may direct, and shall 

 serve without pay or other expense to the United States: And provided 

 further, That in case the authorities of any State or Territory shall 

 appoint a commissioner or commissioners to represent the interests of 

 such State or Territory at said exhibition, said commissioner or com- 

 missioners so appointed shall have the same status in the commission 

 as the honorary commissioners provided for herein, but shall not be 

 entitled to either pay or compensation out of the money herel:)y appro- 

 priated: Provided always^ That no pcKSon appointed 1)y virtue of this 

 resolution shall have any pecuniary Interest, directly or indirectly, in 

 any article exhibited for competition or act as the agent for any 

 exhibitor. And not more than one of the commissioners entitled to 

 compensation nor more than five of the honorary conmiissioners shall 

 be appointed from any one State or Territory. 



Sec. 3. That the President be authorized, in his discretion, to assign 

 one or more of the public vessels to transport to and from France, free 

 of cost, under regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner- 

 general, such articles as may be offered for exhibition by the citizens 

 of the United States. 



Sec. 4. That in order to defray the necessary expenses above 

 authorized, and for the proper installation of the exhibition, and the 

 expenditvires of the commissioner-general made under the direction 

 of the Secretar}' of State, and with his approval, and not otherwise, 



