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THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION
and the place at which it will be held, and such Board of Management shall communicate to the diplomatic representatives of all nations copies of the same, and a copy of this Act, together with such regulations as may be adopted by said Board of Management, for publication in their respective countries.”
Avd, whereas, The duly constituted Board of Managers of the aforesaid "World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition has informed me that provision has been made for the erection of suitable buildings for the purpose of the said Exposition ;
Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of America, by authority of, and in fulfillment of, the requirements of said Act, approved February 10,1883, do hereby declare and make known that the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition will be opened on the first Monday in December, 1884, at the city of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, and will there be held continuously until the 31st day of May, 1885.
- /—*—*	In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
< seal I and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
'—,—' ' Done at the city of Washington this tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
By the President.
Fredekick T. Freylinghuysen,
Secretary of State.
THE WORLD’S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
The World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition was caused by a general desire among the more progressive agriculturists and industrialists of the cotton States to inaugurate an Exposition to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the first exportation ot cotton from America, and to provide a means whereby the people of all nations could obtain a knowledge of the resources, capacity, and products of, more especially, the Southern States of America, under the joint auspices of the United States of America, the National Cotton Planters’ Association, and the city of New Orleans.
One of the most important features will be the exposition of the colored people in the South. This is the first public opportunity that has been given to them, to show the world the progress they have made for tuemselves since their liberation from slavery.
AND NEW ORLEANS.
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OFFICERS OF THE EXPOSITION.
GENERAL OFFICES AT EXPOSITION GROUNDS. CITY OFFICES AT 164 GRAVIER STREET.
EDMUND RICHARDSON, President.
ALBERT BALDWIN,
Vioe-Pkesidents.
WM, B. SCHMIDT.
E. A. BURKE, Director-Gencral. RICHARD NIXON, Secretary. JOHN B. LAKITTE, Treasurer.
F. C. MOREHEAD, Commissioner-General.
Board of Management. EDMUND RICHARDSON, DUNCAN F. KENNER,
E.	M. HUDSON,	WM. B. SCHMIDT,
F.	C. MOREHEAD,	SIMON HERN3HEIM,
SAMUEL H. BACK,	THOS. HAftDEMAN, Jr.,
G.	A. BREAUX.
ALBERT BALDWIN, JULES C. DENNIS, R. M. PATTON,
JNO. V. MOORE,
ROBERT S. HOWARD,
Advisory Finance Commute*. W. J. BEHAN, Chairman. A. J. GOMILA,
C. M. SORIA.
JOS. H. OGLESBY,
General Finance Committee.
W. J. BEHAN, JULES ALDIGE, BERTRAND BEER, A. T. BADGER,
A. BRITTIN,
JESSE K. BELL, CHAS. A. BUTLER, E. L. CARRIERS, JNO. CHAFFE,
Chairman.	CLEMENT
B. F. ESHELMAN, JNO. W. FAIRFAX,
R. F. GRAY,
A. J. GOMILA,
ROBT. S. HOWARD,
A.	HERO, Jr.,
FRANK T. HOWARD, SIGMUND KATZ,
H.	DUDLEY COLEMAN, CARL KOHN,
E. P. COTTRAUX,	VICTOR LATOUR,
E. F. DEL BONDIO,	E. T. MANNING,
JAS. D. EDWARDS,	A. A. MAGINNIS,
. WALKER, Secretary.
P. R. M1DDLEMISS, ADOLPH MEYER,
B.	J. MONTGOMERY, A. J. MICHAELIS,
E. MILTENBERGER, J. H. OGLESBY,
J. G. SCHRIEVER,
C.	M. SORIA,
ADAM THOMPSON,
E. A. WEEKS,
JOE A. WALKER,
E. B. WHEELOCK,
E. D. WILLETT,
B. D. WOOD.
Chiefs of Departments.
PARKER EARLE—Horticulture. SAMUEL MULLEN—Installation.
B. T. WALSHK—Information and Accommodation.
Dr. G. B. LORING—Agriculture.
B.	K. BRUCE—Colored Exhibits.
CHAS. L. FITCH—Transportation.
W. H. H. JUD30N, Printing and Publishing.
Engineers and Architects.
G.	M. TORGERSON, Supervising Architect. S. H. GILMAN, Consulting Engineer. FRED N. OGDEN, Chiqf Superintendent.