Arizona citizen., 1873-12-20

Have an Official Body of Men to
 Look After and Manage its Inter-
 ests and Articles on Exhibition,
 UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION ,
 No SCI Walnut Street.
 PHILADELPHIA, November 2l, 1s7a.
 His eXcellency, A. P. K. Stafford, Govern or or Afizona, Sir: l have the honor to solicit your concurrence with the United CentennlaI Commission in the work of procuring such represent ati9ns of the natural resources and industrial progress Of your Territory 2S will insure it's succeSS- tul participation in the international ev- hlbllon CT 1876. After careful deliberation, the Commission has concluded that this ehd may best be attained through the in- Strumentality of State boards. which should be composed of men thoroughly familiar with the capabilities Of the State or territory they represent and upon whom will devOlve the responsibility for the eX- hibitIon made under their direction. The scheme upon which it has seemed best to organize these boards is embodied in sec ton hye or the Regulations for Exhibit 0rS Tn the United States" a copy of which is herewith inclosed, and to which I beg to direct your attention.
 The magnitude of the labor of preparing and classifying the exhibits for each State and the limited time remaining convince the Centennial Commission that the or ganization Of the State boards cannot safely be deferred beyond the lSt of April, 1871, without imperiling the interests of the exhibitors they are to represent. nave, therefore, to express the hope that your eXcellency will lay the subject be- fore the legislature of your Territory with such recommendations as will insure the appointment of the members Of the board as suggested at an early day.
 In order that you may have further in formation of the object, scope and require hn TfNpLr T tennial Commission, the commissioners TOT ArlZona have been requested to con fer with you, and they will be pleased to render you any aid you may desire in in- auguratlng means to secure a full repre- SentatiOn of the resources of your Terri tory in the international exhibition. I am with great respect, your Obedient servant.
 4. T. GOSHORN, DirectOr-General,
 Us. Centennial Commission.
 Following are all the regulations re- garding the appointment of State and Territorial boards and which appertain to the mportantpoints governing exhibitors and articles exhibited, and every man and woman who has pride :n the promotion of Arizona interests at home or abroad, should become familiar with them and act accordingly:
 ,. To provide for the efficient adjustment of the preliminaries to the exhibition. and to organize a uniform system to this end throughout the United States, the several States and Territories are invited and rec commended to appoint, as early as possible state centennial managers, not exceeding, five in number They should be selected entirely with regard to their familiarity with the resources, arts, and products Of Uheir state, their business experience, and executive skill. The State managers, with the United States commissioner and aI- ternate commissioner, shall constitute the State board of centennial managers for each State and Territory
 On the State board will devOlve ali the responsibility of organizing it's State or Territory, and of securing it's thorough representation in the exhibition. It will have to care for the interests of it's own State and of it's citizens in matters relating to the Exhibition; to disseminate informal tlon about 1t; to issue invitations to par ucipate; to receive and pronounce upon application for space; to apportion the space placed at it's disposal among the eX- hlbltorS from it's State; and to supervise Such other details relating to the repreSen- tation of it's citizens in the exhibition as may rom time to time be delegated to it by the United States Centennial Commis- sion.
 It is of extreme importance that the State boards shall be organized and at work at the earliest day possible. It is hoped that all may have been appointed before April l, 1874.
 6. The exhibition will be held in build lngS erected for the purpose in Fairmount Park, in the city of Philadelphia, and will be opened on the 18th day of April, 1876, and closed on the 18th of October follow ing.
 :. After the organization of the State boards, all communications to the Gen. hn nptT or requirements for space, must be made through those boards.
 In determining upon the articles to be admitted to the exhibition, each State board should so discriminate as to the character and quality of the objects it selects, that the aggregate exhibition of it's State shall consist of the best specimens of it's products.
 s. Full diagrams Of the building and grounds will be furnished to the State boards, showing the location and area as- signed to each State and Territory in the exhibition buildings, on or before the 4th day of July, 1874. AS soon thereafter as may be, but not later than November l, 1874, the State boards are requested to notify the Director General whether they desire any increase | or diminutiOn of the space offered them. P By the lSt of March 1875, the Director | General will acquaint each State board | With the amount of space at it's disposal, | and the State board shall at once appor- 1 ton 1t among the exhibitors of it's district. | Before October l, 1875, the State boards must furnish the Director-General with detailed plans of their allotted space, showing the space of each single object to be pXbjbitp6 and al with 1ictc cF+ +i,o