700 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



PORTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1873-1875. 



EXPOSITIONS. 



Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. 

 July 3, 1873. 

 Proclamation of President Grant. 



Whereas by the act of Congress approved March 3, 1871, providing for a national 

 celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Independence of the United 

 States by the holding of an international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and pro- 

 ducts of the soil and mine, in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1876, it is provided 

 as follows: 



That whenever the President shall be informed by the governor of the State of 

 Pennsylvania that provision has been made for the erection of suitable buildings for 

 the purpose, and for the exclusive control by the commission herein provided for of 

 the proposed exhibition, the President shall, through the Department of State, make 

 proclamation of the same, setting forth the time at which the exhibition will open 

 and the place at which it will be held; and he will communicate to the diplomatic 

 representatives of all nations copies of the same, together with such regulations as 

 may be adopted by the commissioners, for publication in their respective countries; 

 and 



Whereas his excellency the governor of the said State of Pennsylvania did, on 

 the 24th day of June, 1873, inform me that provision had been make for the erection 

 of said buildings and for the exclusive control by the commission provided for in 

 the said act of the proposed exhibition; and 



Whereas the president of the United States Centennial Commission has officially 

 informed me of the date fixed for the opening and closing of the said exhibition 

 and the place at which it is to be held: 



Now, therefore, be it known that I, Ulysses S.. Grant, President of the United 

 States, in conformity with the provisions of the act of Congress aforesaid, do 

 hereby declare and proclaim that there will be held, at the city of Philadelphia, in 

 the State of Pennsylvania, an international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and 

 products of the soil and mine, to be opened on the 19th day of April, anno Domini 

 1876, and be closed on the 19th day of October, in the same year. 



And in the interest of peace, civilization, and domestic and international friend- 

 ship and intercourse, I commend the celebration and exhibition to the people of the 

 United States; and in behalf of this Government and people 1 cordially commend 

 them to all nations who may be pleased to take part therein. 



In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the 

 United States to be affixed. 



Done at the city of Washington this 3d day of July, 1873, and of the Independ- 

 ence of the United States of America the ninety-seventh. 



U. S. GRANT. 



By the President: 



HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. 



GENERAL REGULATIONS. 



1. The international exhibition of 1876 will be held in Fairmount Park, in the 

 city of Philadelphia, in the year 1876. 



2. The date of opening the exhibition will be April 19, 1876, and of closing will 

 be October 19, 1876. 



3. A cordial invitation is hereby extended to every nation of the earth to be 

 represented by its arts, industries, progress, and development. 



