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to promulgate the rules and regulations
so far as agreed upon, and that the matter in dispute should be left to
subsequent arbitration. On November 22, 1901, the Commission
consented to the promulgation of the rules and regulations, so far as
modified, with the understanding that the provision in dispute,
hereinbefore stated, should thereafter be incorporated and given due
publicity, provided it was adopted by the board of arbitration. On
December 1, 1901, the rules and regulations were published, and a
copy thereof, as approved by the National Commission, is as follows:
An act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the
purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States, by holding an
international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the
products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea, in the city of St. Louis, in the
State of Missouri, approved March 3, 1901, a copy of which said act is
hereto attached.
As provided by law, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be held in
the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, U.S.A., and will be opened on

the 30th day of April, A.D. 1903, and will be closed on the 1st day of
December of that year. The exposition will be closed on Sundays.
This exposition will embrace an exhibition of arts, industries,
manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea. It will
be held to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of
the Louisiana Territory by the United States from France.
The exposition will be international in character, as contemplated by
section 9 of the act of Congress, which reads as follows:
"That whenever the President of the United States shall be notified by
the National Commission that provision has been made for grounds and
buildings, for the uses herein provided for, he shall be authorized to
make proclamation of the same, through the Department of State,
setting forth the time at which said exposition will be held, and the
purposes thereof, and he shall communicate to the diplomatic
representatives of foreign nations copies thereof, together with such
regulations as may be adopted by the Commission, for publication in
their respective countries, and he shall, in behalf of the Government
and the people, invite foreign nations to take part in the said exposition
and to appoint representatives thereto."
Rules and Regulations.
The following general rules and regulations are promulgated by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, having been approved by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission:
ARTICLE I.
SECTION I. Under a proclamation of the President of the United States,
signed August 20, 1901, all nations and peoples are invited to and may
participate in this exposition.
SEC. II. The site of the exposition will be the west portion of Forest
Park and adjacent territory, and will comprise, approximately, 1,000
acres.

SEC. III. The executive of the exposition is the president of the board
of directors of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. There are
four principal executive divisions presided over by the following
officers: Director of exhibits, director of exploitation, director of works,
director of concessions and admissions.
Under the officers subordinate departments for the supervision of
exhibits, of construction, and of maintenance may be created, each
department having its individual chief.
SEC. IV. The bureau of transportation shall have entire charge of all
matters relating to the transportation of passengers and freight to and
from the exposition grounds from all parts of the world. It will quote
rates and classifications, remedy delays, and be constituted in such a
manner as to extend practical assistance and information to all
exhibitors and the public at large. This bureau has for its chief officer a
traffic manager, who will report direct to the president.
ARTICLE II.
SECTION I. For the development of the exposition to the full extent of
the general plan as outlined, provision will be made for the installation
and care of exhibits, and for the construction of exhibition palaces,
ample and adequate to the theoretical and physical scope of the
exposition.
SEC. II. For the purposes of installation and review of exhibits a
classification has been adopted. The classification heretofore adopted
has been divided into a number of departments, each of which is again
divided into groups and subdivided into classes. Under this scope and
plan the exposition will be constructed, the installation perfected, and
the system of awards conducted. In conformity therewith the following
exhibit departments are created: Department A--Education; Department
B--Art; Department C--Liberal Arts; Department D--Manufactures;
Department E--Machinery; Department F--Electricity; Department
G--Transportation; Department H--Agriculture; Department
J--Horticulture; Department K--Forestry; Department L--Mines and
Metallurgy; Department M--Fish and Game; Department

N--Anthropology; Department O--Social Economy; Department
P--Physical Culture.
Exhibits shall be classified into 15 departments, in 144 groups, and in
807 classes.
ARTICLE III.
SECTION I. The directors of the four executive divisions, and the