e approved by the National Commission on October 15,
1901. The rules are as follows:

Adopted under, and in pursuance of an act of the Congress of the
United States, 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 3, 1901, a copy of which said act is hereunto
attached. As provided by law the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
will be held in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri,
U.S.A., and will be opened on the 30th day of April, A.D. 1903,
and will be closed on the 1st day of December of that year. The
exposition will be closed on Sundays.

This exposition will embrace an exhibition of arts, industries,
manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and
sea. It will be held to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary
of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States
from France.

The exposition will be international in character, as
contemplated by section 9 of the act of Congress, which reads as
follows:

"That whenever the President of the United States shall be
notified by the National Commission that provision has been made
for grounds and buildings for the uses herein provided for, he
shall be authorized to make proclamation of the same, through
the Department of State, setting forth the time at which said
exposition will be held, and the purposes thereof, and he shall
communicate to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations
copies thereof, together with such regulations as may be adopted
by the Commission, for publication in their respective
countries, and he shall in behalf of the Government and the
people invite foreign nations to take part in the said
exposition and appoint representatives thereto."

Rules and regulations have been adopted by the National
Commission to be communicated to the diplomatic representatives
of foreign nations for publication in their respective countries
as follows:

ARTICLE 1. All communications relating to the exposition should
be addressed to Hon. David R. Francis, president of the
Exposition