Committee on foreign affairs, consisting of eight commissioners, who shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the foreign exhibits of the Exposition that may be referred to them by the national Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on legislation, consisting of the commissioners and alternates from each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia, and also the commissioners at large and their alternates, which shall have consideration of all matters pertaining to the National, State, Territoral, or municipal legislation affecting this exposition. Committee on fine arts, consisting of eight commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to fine arts which may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on science, history, literature, and education, consisting of eight Commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to these subjects that may be referred to it by the Commission; its excutive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on agriculture, consisting of sixteen commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to agriculture which may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on live stock, consisting of sixteen commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to live stock, including domestic animals, poultry, and birds of all varieties, as shall be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on horticulture and floriculture, consisting of sixteen commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to these subjects that may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control. Committee on finance, consisting of eight commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the expenditures of this Commission under the act of Congress, or such other matters of finance as may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on auditing, consisting of four commissioners, which shall have charge of examining and auditing all paid bills and accounts of the Commission; and this committee may hold sessions at the call of its chairman not oftener than once in two months.

Committee on Ceremonies, consisting of eight commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the inauguration of the World's Columbian Exposition, and all ceremonies connected from time to time therewith.

Committee on Classification, consisting of sixteen commissioners, which shall have charge of all subjects pertaining to the classification of exhibits, and the limitation of space there for, as may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on Manufactures, consisting of sixteen commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to this subject that may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control. Committee on Commerce, consisting of sixteen commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to commerce that may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on Mines and Mining, consisting of sixteen commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to metallurgy, mines, and mining processes, as may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on Fish, Fisheries, and Fish Culture, consisting of eight commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to these subjects as may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control. Committee on Electricity, Flectrical and Pneumatical Appliances, consisting of eight commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to these subjects that may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

A Committee on Machinery, consisting of eight commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to machinery that may be referred to it by the Commission, the executive committee, or the board of reference and control.

Committee on Forestry and Lumber, consisting of eight commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to these subjects as may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control. Committee on Printing, consisting of six commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to this subject as may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on Press, consisting of six commissioners, which shall have charge of all matters pertaining to this subject as may be referred to it by the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Committee on World's Congresses, consisting of eight commissioners, who shall act in

connection with the local directory in reference to any world's congress that may desire to assemble here during the Exposition.

Committee on Grounds and Buildings, consisting of six commissioners, which shall have charge and supervision of the grounds and buildings in so far as the Commission may exercise authority over the same, and shall also examine and report to the Commission as to the provision made by the World's Columbian Exposition for such buildings, as it shall be thereto required, by the order of the Commission, its executive committee, or its board of reference and control.

Each of the said several standing committees herein before enumerated shall have power and authority to investigate from time to time the workings of the several great departments, respectively, having charge of the particular subject, or subjects, with reference to which each such committee was created; and from time to time to make reports and recommendations respecting the same, either to the board of reference and control, the executive committee, or to the Commission.

ARTICLE ELEVENTH.

BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS.

The board of lady managers shall consist of two women from each State and Territoy and the District of Columbia, to be nominated by commissioners from the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia, and of one woman to be nominated by each of the commissioners at large, and to be appointed by the President; and also nine women of the city of Chicago, to be appointed by the president, as has been expressly determined by the order of the Commission; and a like number of alternates, to be appointed in the same manner as the principals, and to assume the duties and functions of such principals only when the principals are unable to attend. Priucipals and alternates shall be duly commissioned in accordance with the direction of the Commission. The board of lady managers shall be convened by the order of the executive committee of the Commission at such time and place as it may deem proper, and when so convened shall organize by the election of a chairman and secretary. The duration of such first meeting, as well as the number and duration of each subsequent meeting, shall be wholly under the control and be determined by said execu tive committee. The members of this board shall be officers of the Commission, and shall perform such duties in connection with the woman's department of the exposition as said executive committee shall prescribe. Each member of the board shall be entitled to receive six dollars per day for each day necessarily absent from home engaged in the work of the Commission, and also the expenses for transportation actually incurred by her on that account. The alternates shall receive no compcusation nor expenses for transportation, except in cases where their principals are unable to attend to the duties assigned to them. No expenses for tranportation shall be allowed except the travel be authorized by the said executive committee and certified accordingly.

ARTICLE TWELFTH.

STATED MEETINGS.

There shall be two stated meetings of the Commission in each year during the existence of the Commission, to be held on the first Wednesday of April and on the first Wednesday in September in each year respectively, commencing with the first Wednesday of April, 1891.

ARTICLE THIRTEENTH.

SPECIAL MEETINGS.

Special meetings shall be held upon the call of the president, and such call therefor may be made on his own motion, and shall be made at the written request of the executive committee or of one-third of the members of the Commission, or six of the members of the board of reference and control, and reasonable notice and the time and place of such meeting shall be given to each commissioner.

ARTICLE FOURTEENTH.

REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS.

It shall be the duty of the secretary of this Commission, and of any and all other officers thereof authorized or empowered to certify any account or voucher for ex

penses incurred in the work of this Commission, to report the same in detail at least once each month, and before the tenth day thereof, to the executive committee, or to the board of reference and control, and to make detailed reports of the same to this Commission at each of its stated or special meetings, and not later than the third day of each meeting.

ARTICLE FIFTEENTH.

SALARIES OF OFFICERS.

Annual salaries shall be paid to the president, secretary, and director-general, as follows:

To the president, a salary of $12,000.

To the secretary, a salary of $10,000.

To the director-general, a salary of $15,000.

And such salaries shall commence to accrne from the date each has assumed or shall assume the duties of his office.

ARTICLE SIXTEENTH.

VICE CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

There shall be also an officer of the Commission designated vice chairman of the executive committee, who shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Commission or its executive committee, and who shall receive an annual salary of eight thousand dollars, which shall commence to accrue from the date of assuming the duties of his office.

ARTICLE SEVENTEENTH.

BOARD OF REFERENCE AND CONTROL.

There shall be a board, to be designated "board of reference and control," to consist of the president of the Commission, the vice chairman of the executive committee, and six members of the Commission, to be appointed by the president, upon which board are conferred all the powers and duties of the Commission when the said Commission and its executive committee shall not be in session, except in cases in which the act of Congress requires the action of the Commission or of a majority of the commissioners; said board of conference and control, with a like committee of the directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, to be appointed by the president thereof, shall constitute a committee of conference, to which shall be referred all matters of difference, and the joint action of the two boards, constituting the joint commitee on such matters of difference, shall be conclusive. The said board of conference and control shall keep accurate records of all its proceedings and make full reports of the same to the Commission at each session thereof within the first two days of the session.

ARTICLE EIGHTEENTH.

EMPLOYMENT OF COMMISSIONERS.

No commissioner shall demand or receive for any service rendered as chief of, or subordinate employé in, any of the great departments any sum of money, except such as he may be entitled to demand and receive under the provisions made by the act of Congress for the transportation and subsistence of the members of this Commission; and no member of this Commission shall accept any office created by the local Illinois corporation to which a salary is attached, nor shall he accept any office to bo here. after created by this Commission to which a salary is attached.

ARTICLE NINETEENTH.

THE OFFICIAL SEAL.

There shall be an official seal of the Commission, circular in form, with the following devices thereon, viz, around the margin thereof the words:

"World's Columbian Commission, created by act of Congress of the United States of America, organized 1890."

In the center a vignette composed as follows:

In the top of the circle the eagle, copied from our national coat of arms, perched upon the figure of a globe, and below it a section of the well-known picture of the landing of Columbus, showing the prow of the boat.

ARTICLE TWENTIETH.

AMENDMENTS.

Amendments shall only be made by a two-thirds vote of the commissioners present; and all propositions to alter or amend shall be referred to the committee on rules, by-laws, and regulations and be by it considered before any final action thereon by the Commission.

EXHIBIT B.

BY-LAWS OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. (LOCAL BOARD.)

ARTICLE I.-Government.

The government and control of the corporation shall be vested in the board of directors.

ARTICLE II.-Stockholders' meetings.

The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the first Saturday of April, in each year, at the hour of 10 o'clock, in the forenoon, at such place in the city of Chicago as may be designated by the board of directors.

A written or printed notice, signed by the president or secretary, stating the time, place, and object of the meeting, shall be mailed to each stockholder at least ten days before the date of the meeting, and shall also be published in three or more daily newspapers, in the city of Chicago for five consecutive days immediately before said meeting.

ARTICLE III.-Stock certificates and transfers.

All certificates for shares of the capital stock shall be signed by the president and secretary, who shall affix the corporate seal. In the absence of the president, they shall be signed by one of the vice presidents, in their order. They shall be numbered in progression, beginning with number one, and each certificate shall show upon its face the number of shares for which it is issued, and that the stock therein mentioned is transferable only upon the books of the company, and upon the surrender of such certificates. A book of "stock registry" shall be kept, in which shall be entered the number of each certificate issued, the name and address of the stockholder, and the number of shares to which he is entitled. The transfer of any share or shares of stock inay be made by a surrender of the certificate issued therefor, and a written asignment thereof by the owner or his duly authorized attorney in fact, upon a book to be called the "Register of Transfers." Upon such surrender and assignment, a new certificate or certificates shall be issued to the assignee as he may be entitled; but without such surrender and assignment no transfer of stock will be recognized by the company. The "registry of transfers" will be closed thirty days before each aunual meeting of the stockholders, and no assignee of shares shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy, at any meeting unless such surrender and assignment shall have been made before the time specified for the closing of said "Register of Transfers."

ARTICLE IV.-Officers.

SECTION 1. The officers of this company shall consist of a president, first vice president, second vice president, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as shall from time to time be provided for by the directors. The officers shall be elected by ballot at the first meeting of the board after the annual meeting of the stockholders, and shall hold their respective offices for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified, provided that any officer may be removed by the affirmative vote of twenty-three directors.

SEC. 2. The salaries of the several officers shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors, before such officers are elected, provided, however, that this clause shall

not be operative until after the first election of said officers. No member of the board of directors, except its officers, shall receive any compensation whatever for his services.

ARTICLE V.-Directors' meetings.

SECTION 1. The board of directors shal! hold their regular meetings at the office of the company in Chicago, on the second Friday of every month, at such hour as the board may direct.

Twenty-three members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of at least that number shall be required for the election or change of officers, or selection of site.

SEC. 2 The president of the company shall have the power to call special meetings of the board of directors whenever he deems it expedient so to do; and it shall be his duty to call special meetings of the board whenever five members shall request him so to do, and shall state the object of such meeting. The secretary of the company shall mail to the address of each director a notice of any special meeting, and shall specify briefly the subject that will come before said meeting. The business of said meeting shall be confined to such subject.

ARTICLE VI.-Duties of president.

The president shall preside over all the meetings of the board, and shall appoint all committees, unless otherwise directed; he shall be ex officio a member of all standing committees, and shall have all the power and authority incident to his office. In the absence of the president a vice president, in his order, if present, shall perform the duties of president. In their absence the board may appoint a chairman pro tem.

ARTICLE VII.-Duties of secretary.

The secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and board of directors, and shall keep in a book prepared for that purpose a true and fair record of all such meetings, and shall have charge of all books, documents, and papers which properly belong to his office. He shall attend the meetings of any committee of the board when requested, and keep minutes of the proceedings thereof. He shall have the custody of the corporate seal, and shall attach the same to all documents which require sealing. He shall perform such other duties as may be required by the board.

ARTICLE VIII.-Duties of treasurer.

The treasurer shall safely keep and account for all moneys, funds, or other property of the company which may come into his hands, and shall deposit, in the name of this corporation, all moneys in such banks or places of deposit as the board of directors may direct. Payments shall be made upon vouchers. Vouchers shall be certified to by the chairman or acting chairman of the committee in interest. They shall be approved by the director-general and auditor. No payment shall be made except by check. All checks shall be countersigned by the auditor. The treasurer shall give bonds for the proper performance of his duties in such sum and with such sureties as the board of directors may approve. He shall keep an account of all receipts and expenditures, and shall report at least once a month to the board the balance on hand at such banks or other depository; he shall also report quarterly to the board, or oftener if required, all receipts and expenditures. His books shall at all times be open to the inspection of the president or any member of the finance committee.

ARTICLE IX.-Auditor.

There shall be elected an auditor, who shall have charge of the books of account of the company, which shall be kept under his supervision and direction; he shall see that all accounts are kept in proper form, and that the proper vouchers are returned for all disbursements made; that the same are distributed to their proper accounts, and after such distribution carefully filed and preserved. It shall be the duty of the anditor to know that all bonds required of the officers and employés are given, and he shall discharge all other duties imposed upon him by the board of directors; his books and papers shall at all times be open to the president, vice presidents, and any special committee appointed for that purpose by the board of directors. It shall be the duty of the auditor to examine the accounts of the treasurer at infrequent periods at least as often as once each three months, and make report thereof to the board of directors.