Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-05-20
i EXPOSITION COMMISSION.
SPECIAL TAX LEVY PROVIDED.

House Bill No. 1872. an act providing
for the collection. arrangement and
display of the products of the Territory
of New Mexico at the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition or st. Louis Would's
Fair of 1904, and to make an appro-
priation therefor.
Be it enacted by the Legislative AS
sembly of the Territory of New Mex
leo:
Section 1. That for the purpose of
exhibiting the resources, products and
general development of the Territory
of New Mexico at the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition or st. Louis Worlds
Fair to take place within or near the
souri,, in 1904. a commission is hereby
created to be called the Territorial
Board of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position Managers of New Mexico to
be organized and continue it's duties
as hereinafter provided. said commits
sion to consist of seven members e S
idents of said Territory of New Mexi-
co. The members of said territorial
board shall be appointed by the gov
ernor of New Mexico within sixty
days after the passage of this act.
Sec. 2. Said members shall meet
within thirty days after their appoint
ment, and organize by the election Of
a president. n vice president, a secre.
tary and a treasurer, who shall act as
aforesaid and in the absence of the
president the vice president of said
board shall be the presiding officer
thereof. Five members of said board
constitute a quorum for the transec-
ton of business. The said board shall
have power to make rules and regula-
tions for it's own government, and to
do such other things as may be neces-
sary and proper for carrying out the
provisions of this act. Any member
of said board may be removed. at any
time, by the governor for cause, and
any vacancy which may occur in the
membership of the board shall be filed
by appointment by the governor.
Sec. 8. The members of the board
created by virtue of this act shall be
entitled to their actual expenses for
transportation. and the sum Of SO per
day for subsistence for each day neces-
sarily absent from their homes on
business of said board, but no member
of said board shall receive any further
compensation from said territory;
provided, that no member of said
board shall receive any compensation
for any time that he is not actually
engaged in attending to the meetings
or the work as prescribed in this act
as being the duty of said board.
Sec. 4. The said board shall have
charge of the collection and prepare
ton of the exhibits of New Mexico for
said exposition or st. Louis Worlds
Fair and it shall communicate with
the officers thereof and obtain and dis
seminate information regarding said
exposition in due and ample time for
the proper exhibit of said resources
and products of New Mexico at said
exposition.
Sec. 5. The members of said board
shall have and exercise full authority
in relation to the participation, the
displaying and the arrangement of the
exhibits Of New Mexico, and the re.
ception of its citizens, at the said
Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904
but shal incur no expense to the Ter
ritory of New Mexico in said reception
of it's citizens.
Coo q Tho aid haarJ ,LalI ...1x- -
report of its proceedings and expendi
lures from time to time to the govern
or and at any time upon written re
quest; and such reports shall be trans.
mitted by him to the legislative assem-,
bly, of the Territory of New Mexico of
as he may deem important for future
like exhibitions.
Sec. Z. To carry out the provisions
of this act the sum of thirty thousand
dollars $3.50, 100000 or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appro
priated, from taxes to be levied and
collected for said purpose, as hereinaf
ter provided, and the territorial treas
urer is hereby directed to pay the
same, from the fund to be created out
OF said taxes to be levied and collected
as aforesaid. on requisition of saiC
board, signed by the president and sec
rotary thereof, and approved by the
governor, and accompanied by esti
mates of the expenses for the paymen
of which the money so drawn is to be
applied
Sec. s. Said fund shall be called the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Fund
and for the purpose of creating and es
tablishing said FUND as specified in sec
ton Z of this act, the auditor of tn,
territory shall cause to be levied upoT
all taxable property in the territory
during the 55th and seth fiscal years
the tax of three-ffths of one mill TO b,
certified by him each of said fisca
years to the various county commits
sioners as all of the territorial take
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