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by the director-general thereof; and authority is hereby given to the 
board of lady managers of the World’s Columbian Commission to pre- 
sent said diplomas of honorable mention to said designers, inventors, 
and expert artisans whenever a certificate is filed with said board of 
lady managers by an exhibitor who has received a medal and diploma 
or the formal commendation of the director-general, setting forth the 
name or names of designers,.inventors, and expert artisans who have 
assisted in the production and perfection of the exhibits for which said 
medals and diplomas were awarded or commendation made, the aggre- 
gate expense thereof not to exceed $5,000, to be paid from the sum of 
$100,000 appropriated by an act approved March 3, 1893, making 
appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and for other purposes, for the 
payment of judges, examiners, and members of the committees to be 
appointed by the board of lady managers as authorized by section 6 of 
an act approved April 25, 1890, authorizing the World’s Columbian 
Exposition and appropriating money therefor. 
(Stat., XCX VIII, 575.) 
August 18, 1894. 
Sundry civil act for 1895. 
, The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to inves- 
tigate and report to Congress at its next session what amount of 
losses was sustained by the Republic of France and by French exhib- 
itors at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago by fire on the 
night of January 8 and 9, 1894, in the building of manufactures 
and liberal arts of said exposition. He shall cause proofs to be taken, 
satisfactory to himself, to determine the amount of such losses sus- 
tained by the French Government and by the several French exhibitors, 
and also by whose fault or negligence, if any, the losses occurred. 
The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in such 
form and manner as he shall deem most suitable, to signify to the 
governments of the several countries duly represented at the World’s 
Columbian Exposition, and to their leading official representatives 
thereat, the grateful appreciation of the Government and people of 
the United States of America for their valued contributions to the 
success of said exposition, and for their friendly participation in the 
commemoration of one of the most important events in human history; 
and the sum of $2,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 
hereby appropriated for this purpose, to be paid upon the order of 
the President. 
To enable the committee on final report to arrange the reports of 
the various departments and prepare a synopsis of the same, $3,500, 
or so much as may be necessary, to be expended in the discretion of 
the committee; and said reports, with synopsis, including index for 
