The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-21

lied to appoint commissioner general
to represent the United States at the
proposed exposition, and under the
general direction of the Secretary Of
State to make all needful rules and re-
gulations in reference to contributions
from this country, and to control ex-
penjitures incident to a. proper install
lation thereof in the exhibition and
the preparation of reports on the ex-
position; and the President may also
appoint twenty additional commission
ers, provided no two be appointed from
one State, of whom three shall be prac-
tical artisan experts, three shall be
skilled representatives of commerce
and manufactures, four practical agri-
culturalists, nine scientific experts, cor
responding to and specifically assigned
to report upon the nine groups into
which the exposition will, under official
regulations, be divided, and one to re-
port upon the exhibition at large and
the general results thereof. That the
allowance to said commissioner general
for salary and personal expenses shall
not exceed $1,000 for his whole term
of office, and the allowance Of the
twenty additional commissioners for
salary and personal expenses shall not
exceed 81 900 each, not including such
clerical service us may be allowed by
the commissioner general. And the
Governors of the several States shall
nominate and the President may ap-
point two honorary commissionersfrom
each State, and the President may ap-
point twenty-four additional honorary
commissioners, among whom there
be at least one resident Of each Terri
tory, which said honorary commission
ers may report on special subjects, and
shall serve without pay or other ex-
pense, and further provided that in case
the authorities of any State or Terri
tory shall appoint a commissioner or
commissioners 10 represent their inter-
ests, said commissioner or commission
ers shall have the same status in COM
mission as honorary commissioners
provided for herein, but shall not be
entitled to pay or compensation out of
the money hereby appropriated; pro-
vided always that no person appointed
by virtue of this resolution shall have
any pecuniary interest, directly or in
directly, in any article exhibited for
competition, or act us agent for any ex-
hibitor; and no more than one of the
commissioners entitled to compensa-
tion, nor no more than five of the hon
orary commissioners, shall be appointed
from any one State or Territory.
Sec. 3. That the President be author
lied in his discretion to assign one or
more of the public vessels to transport
goods to France free of cost, which
may be offered for exhibition by the
citizens of the United States, and that
several departments of the government
which contributed to the Centennial
Exhibition in Philadelphia may place
under the control of the Commission
er General for exhibition, such articles
as shall be deemed desirable to make
proper collective exhibit on behalf of
the government of the United States.
And said Commissioner General shall
cause the same to lie returned to the
several departments at the close of the
exhibition, and the expenses thereof
shall be betrayed out of the monies
herein appropriated.
Sec. 4. In order TO defray the neces-
sary expenses authorized, and for the
proper installation Of the exhibition
the expenditures of the Commission
will be made under the directions of
the Secretary of State, and with his ap-
proyal.