Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission | Page 2

in the law and proceedings throughout as
"The National Commission."
Pursuant to a call by the Secretary of State, the members of the
Commission met at the Southern Hotel, in the city of St. Louis, on
April 23, 1901, and adjourned until the following day, when
organization was perfected.
Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, was elected president; Martin H. Glynn,
of New York, vice-president, and Mr. Joseph Flory, of St. Louis, Mo.,
secretary.
The following committees were appointed:
_Executive._ THOMAS H. CARTER. JOHN F. MILLER. PHILIP D.
SCOTT. JOHN M. ALLEN. FREDERICK A. BETTS.
_Judiciary._ WILLIAM LINDSAY. JOHN M. THURSTON.
GEORGE W. MCBRIDE.
_Plan and Scope._ GEORGE W. MCBRIDE. FREDERICK A. BETTS.
WILLIAM LINDSAY. MARTIN H. GLYNN. JOHN F. MILLER.
_Members of Board of Arbitration._ JOHN M. THURSTON. JOHN M.
ALLEN.
_Auditing._ JOHN F. MILLER. PHILIP D. SCOTT. JOHN M.
THURSTON.
_Insurance._ THOMAS H. CARTER. MARTIN H. GLYNN.
FREDERICK A. BETTS.
_Ceremonies._ THOMAS H. CARTER. JOHN M. ALLEN. JOHN M.
THURSTON. WILLIAM LINDSAY.
Mr. Claude Hough, of Sedalia, Mo., was appointed official
stenographer of the Commission on May 6, 1901, and has capably and
efficiently served in that capacity throughout.
The organization of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company was
not formally perfected until about a month after the first meeting of the
National Commission, when the association which had theretofore
existed under that name was duly organized and became an
incorporated company under and in conformity with the laws of the
State of Missouri. In the meantime informal conferences were held
between the Commission and the prospective officers of the company

in reference to a site for the exposition.
The municipal assembly of the city of St. Louis enacted an ordinance
authorizing the use of a portion of Forest Park as a site for the
exposition, as follows:
An ordinance authorizing the use of either O'Fallon Park or Carondelet
Park or a portion of Forest Park as a site for the world's fair, to be held
in commemoration of the Louisiana Purchase.
_Be it ordained by the municipal assembly of the city of St. Louis as
follows:_
SECTION 1. The corporation or association formed to manage and
conduct the world's fair or exposition in commemoration of the
purchase of the Louisiana Territory, when organized or incorporated in
accordance with the law, is hereby granted the privilege of using either
O'Fallon Park or Carondelet Park or that portion of Forest Park lying
west of the line described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the
intersection of the south line of Forest Park with the north line of
Clayton road, and running thence in a northerly direction along the
west line of the Concourse drive two thousand five hundred fifty feet;
thence in a northerly direction to the east end of the large lake, a
distance of twelve hundred feet; thence northwesterly direction about
two thousand feet to the intersection of the south line of Lindell avenue,
with the west line of De Baliviere avenue produced southwardly, for
and as a site for said world's fair or exposition, reserving, however,
unto the city of St. Louis all regulation and control of any of the sites
above described, together with all right to excises and licenses.
SEC. 2. The board of public improvements shall at all times, beginning
with the selection of the site out of the three sites above referred to,
until the close of said world's fair or exposition, and until the complete
restoration of said site as hereinafter provided, have the power to
provide such regulations, conditions, and requirements as it may deem
necessary to protect the interests of the city with respect to the
construction of all sewers, drains, and conduits of any kind, and the
laying of water pipes or fixtures; and the plans and specifications for
the construction of the foregoing work shall be subject to the approval
of the board of public improvements, and no such work of any kind
shall be done without such approval by the board. All such sewers,
drains, conduits, pipes, and fixtures shall become and be the property of

the city.
SEC. 3. Within six months after the close of said fair or exposition, the
corporation or association aforesaid shall clear the park, or in the event
of the selection of Forest Park, the part thereof above described, of all
tramways and railway tracks, rubbish and debris, and of all buildings,
sheds, pavilions, towers, and other structures of every kind, and shall
within twelve months after the close of such fair or exposition, fully
restore the park selected as a site, or in the case of Forest Park, that
portion thereof above-described, by doing all necessary grading, the
restoration and repair, or the formation of all walks and roads, the
planting of trees, the placing of sod and the planting of shrubs and