St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-07

the fair This is the amount which
Acting Secretary Spalding has recon-
mended to be appropriated for the pur-
pose. 1t has been decided to incorpor-
ate this in the bill after a conference
between Chairman st. Clair and others
of the federal legislative committee
OF the Worlds Columbian COM
mission, President Baker, of the Chi
cagO directory, and members of the
government board of control The bill,
with the exception of the claims re-
ferred 10, has been completed. A long
preamble to the bill refers to the act of
congress provi ding fC the holding of
the fair; recites that fifty-nlne for
eign nations have formally accepted
invitations to participate therein; that
the site required for the exposition has
been furnished and accepted by the
Worlds Columbian commission, and
more than $10,000.000 provided for, as
required by the act of congress, and that
the work of preparation has progressed
i'll manner satisfactory on plane and
scope c1editable to the people of the
United States.
The preamble further recltes that the
rapid growth and development of the
1IiuuoIl idi 70 anu ctppliOQ
the universal interest felt and taken in
said exposition by the people of the sew
eral states and territories of the United
States and the foreign nations OF the
world, render 1t necessary to determine
q plan and scope of said exposition, and
to construct larger buildings and pro-
vide more extended facilities for its ac-
commodation than have been necessary
in any previous exposition, involving,
according to careful estimates,
necessary expenditure of not
less than SS.000.000 in excess
of the $10,000,000 available
under the acts of congress, and that the
people of the United States have pa
triotically inaugurated and given pledge
to carry forward said enterprise to sue
cess, in a manner commensurate with
the Importance of the event to be
commemorated. and so as to cOmpOrt
with the dignity and honor of the
nation, which can only be accom-
plished if congress shall render such
financial aid under said act as the peo-
pie Of the United States may of right
demand.
Section 1 of the bill appropriates
$1,000, 600 for the purpose of defraying
the expense and cost of completing in
suitable manner the work OF prepare
ton for Inauguration and holding the
fair at Chicago.
Section 9 authorizes the president of
the United States to detail discussing
officer of the United States to diSburSe
the money appropriated in the bill, no
part Of the moneys to be paid out except
for work done and material furnished
in preparing and completing the grounds
and buildings, for installing exhibits and
the Inauguration and holding of the fair.
Payment is to be made only upon eSti-
of construction of the Worlds Column
mittee having charge of the grounds
and buildings, and certified by the
president and secretary of the eXposi-
ton.
Section 8 requires monthly reports to
be made as to the secretary of the treas
ury showing the amount of money ex-
pended during the preceding month.
At the close of the exposition state
ment of all receipts and disbursements
by the Worlds Columbian exposition
shall be filed with the secretary
of the treasury. Out of the
net amount received into the
exposition treasury as the result of the
exposition, there is to be paid to the
secretary of the treasury of the United
States such proportion of the amount
received into the treasury of the eX-
position as the amount appropriated by
this act bears to the amount which has
been subscribed and paid. OF may here
after be contributed and paid, by the
stockholders and by the city Of Chicago
for the preparation, completion and
conduct of said exposition.
Such payment to the secretary of the
treasury is to be made at such times
and in such inStallmentS as are made to
the shareholders and the city eff Chi
cago.
In order to provide for the expendi-
lures incident and necessary to the dis
charge of the duties imposed upon
the Worlds Columbian commission
under the act section appropri-
ates $1,050,0O0. Of this amount
100000 is to be expended to pay the
judges and examiners and all the nee
eSSary incidental expenses of the COM
mittee on awards, 100000 for the pur-
pose of defraying the expenses of the
Worlds Columbian commission, the
salaries of the necessary Off
GERS and all expenses con-
dent to the admission of foreign goods
to the exposition; $4,000 for the pay
ment of the deficiency in the expenses
of the Worlds Columbian commission
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1892,
and $l25,0OO for the expenses Of the
board of lady managers for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1898.
Section appropriates 100000 for
the manufacture of dies and medals,
and $4,000 for the engraving of di-
piomas, both of which sums are to be
paid out of 100000 mentioned in sec
ton 4.
The amount appropriated by section
is to be disbursed on vouchers ap-
proved by the board of reference and
control of the national commission and
by the president and secretary thereof.
Pawn ent is to be made on vouchers
submitted in duplicate, one copy to be
filed with the secretary of the treasury
and one to be preserved by the secre-
tary of the national commission.