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scrutiny of the civilized world. The bill took the regular course 

 through the Legislature, passing the Senate on February twenty-eighth, 

 and was only delayed for about three weeks while the State Comp- 

 troller was preparing an itemized account of the expenditures of the 

 Board of General Managers pursuant to a resolution adopted by the 

 Assembly. The result of the inquiry was creditable in the highest 

 degree to the prudence and ability of the board, and the bill unani- 

 mously passed the Assembly on March 22, 1893. Contracts which 

 had been awaiting the decision of the Legislature were signed and 

 work in each department pushed ahead on the broad lines already 

 planned but temporarily suspended. 



By the action of the board at its December meeting Mr. Louis Mere- 

 dith Howland, a member of the commission, was appointed a com- 

 mittee of one in charge of the New York State Building to supervise 

 its construction and furnishing. It was deemed extremely desirable to 

 have it in readiness for the presidential visit on opening day, even if 

 not complete in its minor details. 



On the twenty-third of March the Judicial District Commissions were 

 abolished by the following resolution passed at the monthly meeting of 

 the board : 



Whereas, the bureaus established in the several judicial districts 

 have accomplished and completed the purposes and labors for which 

 they were organized ; and, 



Whereas, the constant demands for aid from the State, in collect- 

 ing and making exhibits require the husbanding of the moneys appro- 

 priated by the Legislature, therefore, be it 



Resolved, that the chief executive officer be and he is hereby 

 directed to notify the said judicial district boards to close their respec- 

 tive bureaus, dispense with the services of clerks, salaried officers, etc., 

 and cease on or before April 1, 1893, all expenses which otherwise 

 would be a charge upon the funds and resources of the Board of Gen- 

 eral Managers. 



The work of the District Commissions was in a sense supplementary 

 to that of the Board of General Managers, inasmuch as the chief eiiorts 

 of the latter were directed towards making the collective exhibits in 

 the seven departments already referred to, while the efforts of the 

 former were mainly to procure individual exhibits in the other six 

 departments which were more mercantile. Many of the commissions 

 performed their duties with ability and were of great service to the 



