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cotton in all its conditions of culture and manufacture will be the 

 chief exhibit, but which is designed also to include all arts, manu- 

 factures, and products of the soil and mine; and 



Whereas such an exhibition should be national and international in 

 its character, in which the people of this country and other parts of 

 the world who are interested in the subject should participate, it 

 should have the sanction of the Congress of the United States: 

 Therefore, 



Be it enacted, etc., That a World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial 

 Exposition be held in the year 1884, under the joint auspices of the 

 United States Government, the National Cotton Planters' Association 

 of America, and the city where it may be located. 



SEC. 2. That the President of the United States may, upon the rec- 

 ommendation of the executive committee of the National Cotton 

 Planters' Association of America, appoint six United States commis- 

 sioners, and upon the recommendation of the majority of subscribers 

 to the enterprise in the city where it may be located, may appoint 

 seven United States commissioners who, together, shall constitute a 

 board of management of said World's Industrial and Cotton Centen- 

 nial Exposition. 



SEC. 3. That the President of the United States may, on the recom- 

 mendation of the governors of the various States and Territories of 

 the Union, appoint one commissioner and one alternate commissioner 

 for each State and Territory, whose functions shall be denned by the 

 said board of management. 



SEC. 4. That all of said commissioners shall be appointed within 

 one year from the passage of this act. 



SEC. 5. That the said board of management shall hold its meetings 

 in such city as may be selected for the location of the said exposition 

 by the National Cotton Planters' Association of America as aforesaid, 

 and that a majority of said board of management shall have full power 

 to make all needful rules and regulations for its government. 



SEC. 6. That said board of management shall report to the Presi- 

 dent of the United States a suitable date for opening and closing the 

 exposition ; a schedule of appropriate ceremonies for opening or dedi- 

 cating the same; and such other matters as, in their judgment, may be 

 deemed important. 



SEC. 7. That no compensation for services shall be paid to the com- 

 missioners or other officers provided by this act from the Treasury of 

 the United States; and the United States shall not be liable for any 

 of the expenses attending such exhibition or by reason of the same. 



SEC. 8. That whenever the President shall be informed by the said 

 board of management that provision has been made for suitable build- 

 ings, or the erection of the same, for the purposes of said exposition, 

 the President shall, through the Department of State, make proclaina- 



