emonies connected with the
dedication of the buildings of the exposition, and in all
official functions in which women may be invited to participate,
and in other official functions upon the request of the company
and the Commission.

Fourth. To elect such officers, appoint such committees, and to
make and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be deemed
necessary for the efficient discharge of the duties aforesaid;
provided, that said board shall not make any expenditures nor
incur any financial obligation except under authority previously
obtained from the company and the Commission.

The members of the board of lady managers voluntarily proposed to serve
without compensation, and in view of such proposal, at a conference
between the Commission and the president of the Exposition Company, it
was decided to remunerate them for their traveling and other expenses
while attending meetings of the board by an allowance of 5 cents per
mile for travel and a per diem allowance of $6 in lieu of subsistence
during the sessions of the board.

It was decided, also, that the membership of the board be increased to a
maximum of 24 members.

Early in 1902 it became evident that it would be necessary to postpone
the exposition for one year, and the Exposition Company consequently
notified Congress to that effect.

In the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the
Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and for other
purposes, approved June 28, 1902, provision was made for the
postponement of the Exposition until 1904 in terms as follows:

_Provided, further:_ That sections eight and twelve of an act
entitled "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 Saint Louis, in the State of
Missouri," approved March third, nineteen hundred and one, be,
and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 8. That said Commission shall provide for the dedication of
the buildings of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in said city
of Saint Louis not later than the thirtieth day of April,
nineteen hundred and three, with appropriate ceremonies, and
thereafter said exposition shall be