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inventors in general use, patented l)y the United States, as may be selected Ijy the 

 Commissioner of Patents. 



"4. To allot the recjuisite space on some public reservation in Washington for the 

 erection of, and suitable surroundings for, a building or buildings of sufficient capac- 

 ity for a national and international exposition of the arts and industries, products 

 and manufactures, of the several States and Territories of the United States and of 

 all the nations of the world, to be held in 1892 in commemoration of the four hun- 

 dredth anniversary of the discovery of the Western Hemisphere by Columbus. 



"5. To provide for the appointment of a board of Government directors, who shall 

 have authority to cause or permit the erection of such exposition buildings upon 

 plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, whenever sufficient funds 

 therefor shall be jirovided for the purposes, and not before. 



"6. To provide that the Governmentdirectorsappointasecretaryandtreasurer, the 

 secretary to give to each subscriber to the exposition fund a receipt for the amount 

 subscribed and \:ia\d by him, which shall entitle the holder to a pro rata amount of 

 any net proceeds accruing from said exposition, not to exceed the amount contrib- 

 uted by him. If any surplus remains after the reimbursement of subscribers, the 

 same to remain subject to disposition by Congress. The treasurer to receive into the 

 treasury all contributions and all proceeds of the exposition, and to pay out the 

 same only on drafts authorized by the said Government directors. 



"7. To make all necessary provision for the operations of said exposition. 



"8. To cause the erection of a statue to Columbus on the exposition grounds." 



The committee appointed to prepare and i^resent this memorial respectfully ask, 

 therefore, that, in addition to the things generally set forth in said resolutions, spe- 

 cific provision be made by Congress for the following: 



First. The appointment of a board of location, to consist of five members, who 

 shall have the authority and whose duty it shall be, subject to the subsequent 

 approval by Congress within three months from the passage of such act, to select 

 the requisite space on the public reservations within the city of Washington for the 

 purpose named in the fourth of said resolutions; and this committee suggests as 

 proper officers to compose such board: The Secretary of the Interior, the president 

 of the board of District Commissioners, the engineer in charge of public buildings 

 and grounds, and one member of each House of Congress, to be named by the pre- 

 siding officer thereof, respectively. 



Second. The appointment of a board of twenty-one Government directors to per- 

 form the duties named in the fifth and sixth of said resolutions; and this committee 

 suggests that in the construction of this board seven be appointed by the President of 

 the United States, seven by the President of the Senate, and seven by the Speaker 

 of the House of Representatives. 



Third. The appointment of an advisory commission of one from each State and 

 Territory, to be named by the governor thereof. 



Your memorialists further say that the o1)ject of asking the appointment of direct- 

 ors by the Government to receive and disburse all moneys in connection with the 

 proposed exposition is to guarantee to the nations. States, and individuals, whose 

 liberality is relied on to insure the success of the undertaking, that the financial i^art 

 of it will be under the control of the Government of the United States. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. W. Thompson, N. G. Ordwav, 



W. B. Weuh, .Tefk Chandler, 



George B. Loking, Thomas J. Luttrell, 



Stilson Hutchins, Myron M. Parker, 



George C. Gorham, Thomas PI Waggaman, 



Hallet Kilbourn, John R. Bland, 



Alex. D. Anderson, Owen A. Gill, 



E. W. Fox, Committee of 3h'iiwrkdists. 



