Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission | Page 8

prepaid at the point of shipment, and the goods delivered at the
exposition clear of all charges of any description incident to the
transportation.
ARTICLE X.
SECTION I. If no authorized person is at hand to take charge of an
exhibit within reasonable time after its arrival at the exposition
buildings said exhibit will be removed and stored at the cost and risk of
whosoever it may concern.
SEC. II. The installation of heavy articles, requiring foundation, may,
by special agreement with the director of works, begin as soon as the
progress of the construction of the buildings will permit.
SEC. III. No exhibits shall be removed in whole or in part until the
close of the exposition.
SEC. IV. Immediately after the close of the exposition exhibitors shall
remove their exhibits and construction, and complete such removal
before March 1, 1904. Any exhibit or material not removed on March 1,

1904, will be considered to have been abandoned by the exhibitor, and
will be subject to removal at the cost of the exhibitors, or to such
disposition by the Exposition Company as may be deemed advisable.
ARTICLE XI.
SECTION I. All show cases, cabinets, shelving, counters, etc., required
in the installation of an exhibit, must be provided at the expense of the
exhibitor, and all countershafts, steam pulleys, belting, etc., and all
compressed-air connections, and all water and sewerage connections
must be paid for by the person applying for the same.
SEC. II. All decorations and designs to be constructed in connection
with the installation must conform to the rules and regulations
promulgated by the director of exhibits, and receive the approval of the
chief of the department interested.
SEC. III. No exhibitor will be permitted to install an exhibit so as to
obstruct the light or occasion any inconvenience to or
disadvantageously affect the display of other exhibitors.
SEC. IV. The flooring of an exposition building must not be cut or
removed, or its foundation disturbed, and no part of the construction of
a building shall be employed for installation purposes, except upon the
recommendation of the director of exhibits, approved by the director of
works.
SEC. V. Special rules regulating the height of platforms, partitions,
rails, cases, cabinets, counters, and any special trophy or feature will be
issued by the chiefs of the different departments, with the approval of
the director of exhibits.
SEC. VI. All designs for the treatment of exhibition spaces must be in
accordance with the foregoing limitations. The material used for
covering counters, screens, partitions, or floors will be subject to the
approval of the director of exhibits, upon the recommendation of the
chiefs of the department, and must be in accordance with the general
color scheme of the director of works.

SEC. VII. Special rules and regulations in addition to and not in
conflict with the general rules and regulations of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company may be promulgated by the different
departments.
ARTICLE XII.
SECTION I. All articles which shall be imported from foreign
countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon
which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, will be admitted free of
payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe under an act of the
Congress providing for the exposition.
SEC. II. It will be lawful at any time during the exposition to sell for
delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported for and
actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on the grounds,
subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the
collection of import duty as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
prescribe. Such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the
United States will be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such
articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of the importation, and
all penalties prescribed by the laws of the United States will be applied
and enforced against such articles and against the person who may be
guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.
SEC. III. Such arrangements will be made with the Government of the
United States as will permit the transportation of foreign exhibits in
bond direct to the exposition grounds, which will be designated as a
United States bonded warehouse.
ARTICLE XIII.
SECTION I. While the Exposition Company will provide every,
possible protection for exhibits and for the property of exhibitors, it
will not be responsible in any case for loss by fire, accident, vandalism,
or theft, through which objects placed upon exhibition may suffer,
whatever may be the cause or the amount of the damage.

SEC. II. Any object or article of a dangerous or detrimental character,
or that is incompatible with the object or