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The following were members of the eonvention: Hon. Robert A.Howard, repre- 

 senting the governor of Arkansas; Hon. A. P. Williams, representing the San Frar^ 

 Cisco Chamber of Commerce; M. Hayes, esq., secretary Delaware board of agriculture; 

 Hon. J. J. Finley, of Florida; Hon. Judson C. Clements, representing the governor 

 of Georgia; Hon. George Hillyer, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia; Hon. Charles F. Muhler, 

 mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Silas T. Bowen, esq. , president of Indianapolis Board 

 of Trade; Hon. E. H. Conger, representing the city of Des Moines, Iowa; Hon. Samuel 

 J. Crawford, representing the governor of Kansas; Gen. John Marshall Brown, 

 representing the governor of Maine; Hon. Frank Brown, president of Maryland 

 Agricultural Association; Charles D. Fisher, esq., president Baltimore Board of Trade; 

 C. T. Crane, esq., secretary Baltimore Board of Trade; E. M. Shryver, esq., jiresident 

 Baltimore Corn and Flour Exchange; John R. Bland, esq., secretary Merchants and 

 Manufacturers' Exchange of Baltimore; J. Frank Supplee, est}., Baltimore, Maryland; 

 Frank Frick, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; Thomas W. Johnson, esq., Baltimore, 

 Maryland; William T. Biedler, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; E. Levering, esq., Balti- 

 more, Maryland; 0. A. Gill, esq., Baltimore, Maryland; George R. Skillman, esq., 

 Baltimore, Maryland; Hon. J. B. Wakefield, representing the governor of Minnesota; 

 Hon. A. A. Ames, representing the city of Minneapolis; Hon. Charles W. Johnson, 

 representing the board of trade of the city of Minneapolis; Hon. Charles H. Dewey, 

 representing the Omaha Board of Trade; H. M. Baker, esq., representing the 

 governor of New Hampshire; Hon. Nicholas T. Kane, representing the mayor 

 of Albany; Henry S. Thayer, esq., representing the mayor of Buffalo, New York; 

 William Thurstone, esq., representing Merchants' Exchange and Board of Trade, 

 Buffalo, New York; Hon. W. R. Cox, representing the governor of >orth 

 Carolina; Hon. Amor Smith, jr., mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; Hon. James P. 

 Goodwin, mayor of Springfield, Ohio; S. J. Ritchie, esq., of Akron, Ohio; C. D. Fire- 

 stone, esq., president Board of Trade, Columbus, Ohio; Hon. Samuel F. Forbes, 

 mayor of Toledo, Ohio; X. X. Crum, esq., representing the Cleveland (Ohio) Board 

 of Trade; Amos R. Little, esq., representing the governor of Pennsylvania; W. R. 

 Johns, esq., representing Oil City Board of Trade; Hon. A. J. Caldwell, representing 

 the governor of Tennessee; Hon. Zachary Taylor, representing the Merchants' 

 Exchange of Memphis, Tennessee; Hon. W. H. Crain, representing the mayor of Gal- 

 veston, Texas; Hon. John T. Caine, representing the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah; 

 X. X. Chartters, representing the National Grange and Virginia State Grange; John 

 Trimble, esq., representing the National Grange; John T. Edwards, esq., president 

 Tobacco Association of Lynchburg, Virginia; Hon. Philip Pendleton, representing the 

 governor of West Virginia; Noyes S. Burlew, esq., president Board of Trade, Charles- 

 ton, West Virginia; Joseph Ruffner, esq., secretary Board of Trade, Charleston, 

 West Virginia. 



Minneapolis Expos it ioi i. 

 March 3. 1887. 



(An act, etc. ) 



Whereas ample means have been provided for the holding in the 

 city of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, of an exposition of the prod- 

 ucts of agriculture, manufactures, and the tine arts; and 



Whereas the objects of such an exposition should commend them- 

 selves to Congress, and its success should be promoted by all reasona- 

 ble encouragement, provided it can be done without expense to the 

 general public: Therefore, 



Be if riKicted, etc.. That all articles which shall be imported for the 

 sole purpose of exhibition at the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition, 



