assification, when such action is deemed for the best interest
of the exposition.

Passes will not be replaced during the period for which same may
have been issued. When a pass is lost, prompt notice should be
given to the department of admissions in order that notice of
same may be posted and the pass taken up if presented.

When an employee is discharged or resigns, a pass will not be
issued to his successor until the original pass is returned to
the department of admissions.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition reserves the right to call in
and revoke or cancel any pass at any time.

Passes are void and will be forfeited if showing any evidence of
alteration or erasure. All passes are nontransferable, and will
be forfeited if presented by any other than person named
thereon.

Any person holding a pass may be required to prove his identity
by signature or otherwise.

All passes will be issued subject to the conditions printed
thereon.

All passes issued in conflict with the foregoing rules and
regulations shall be recalled and canceled.

The Exposition Company shall furnish the National Commission a
complete list of all card passes and a statement of all other
passes issued prior to July 1, classified as to departments,
divisions, and bureaus, as accurately as may be done from the
books of the company, and hereafter the company shall keep an
accurate record by departments, divisions, and bureaus, showing
all passes issued by each under the foregoing rules, and shall
furnish a copy of such record to the National Commission with
each monthly financial statement, and such statement shall
contain a list of all card passes issued during the month to
which the financial report refers.

Prior to the approval of the rules and regulations governing free
admissions to the exposition grounds, the president of the Exposition
Company exercised a free hand in the distribution of passes.

On April 30, and during the month of May, 1904, of the 1,841,275 total
admissions only 667,772 were paid admissions, thus making the free
admissions substantially two-thirds of the total.

In June, 1904, the total admissions were 2,448,519, and of this number
1,382,865 were paid.

In July an improvement occurred. Of the 2,498,265 admissions during that
month, 1,514,743 were paid. Thenceforward less than one-half