20 New York at the Woei.b's Columbian Exposition. 



by the president of the board of general managers and by the chief 

 executive officer to be correct, shall be prepared and filed in the office of 

 the Comptroller of the State. The board of general managers shall have 

 power to expend such sum or sums for the transportation and care of dairy 

 products as in their judgment may be deemed necessary to secure a credit- 

 able exhibit of said products at the World's Fair. 



§ 6. The board of general managers of the State is also empowered to 

 take such steps and make such preparation as in their judgment may be 

 necessary or proper for the representation of the State of New York upon 

 the occasion of the naval review in New York harbor in April, 1893, 

 which is to be held pursuant to section eight of the act of Congress here- 

 inbefore referred to. And they are also hereby authorized and empowered 

 to provide with appropriate ceremonies for the commemoration within the 

 State on the 12th day of October, 1892, of the 400th anniversary of the 

 discovery of America. 



§ V. The total expenditures to be incurred under the provisions of this 

 act shall not exceed the sum of $300,000; and for the purpose of paying 

 such expenditures, the sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as may be 

 necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not 

 otherwise appropriated, to be paid by the State Treasurer upon the warrant 

 of the Comptroller, issued upon the requisition of the board of general 

 managers, signed by its president and secretary, accompanied by estimates 

 of the expenses for the payment of which the money so drawn is to be 

 applied. 



§ 8. This act shall take eifect immediately. 



Appointments. 



A board of general managers of six members was provided for, of 

 whom three were named in the act, Messrs. Chauncey M. Depew, of 

 New York city, John Boyd Thacher, of Albany, and Gorton W. Allen, 

 of Auburn, previously appointed by the President of the United States 

 members of the World's Columbian Commission from the State of 

 New York. On April 12, 1892, the following were appointed by Gov- 

 ernor Flower as the other three members of the Board : Messrs. Louis 

 Meredith Howland, of New York city, Walter L. Sessions, ot James 

 town, and Charles A. Sweet, of Bufialo. The board, as thus consti- 

 tuted, was non-partisan, Messrs. Depew, Allen and Sessions, representing 

 the Republican party, and Messrs. Thacher, Howland and Sweet the 

 Democratic party. On April twelfth the Governor appointed John 

 Foord, of New York city, secretary, and on April eighteenth ex-Sena- 



