nvention or is an
improvement on the work of some prior inventor. Counting not to
exceed 5.

(h) Number and character of awards received from former
expositions. Counting not to exceed 5.

25. A special award, consisting of a gold medal in each
department, may be recommended by the department jury for the
best, most complete, and most attractive installation.

26. The following scale of markings shall be used in determining
the final merits of an exhibit and fixing the award that should
be made, 100 being used as indicating perfection:

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 60 to 74 inclusive,
bronze medal.

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 75 to 84 inclusive,
silver medal.

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 85 to 94 inclusive,
gold medal.

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 95 to 100 inclusive,
grand prize.

27. The diplomas or certificates of award for exhibitors shall
be signed by the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company, the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Commission, the secretary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company, the director of exhibits, and the chief of the
department to which the exhibit pertains.

28. Special commemorative medals and diplomas may be issued to
the officers of the exposition, to the United States, State, and
foreign commissioners, to the members of the international jury
of awards, and to such other persons as may be deemed worthy of
special recognition.

29. The compensation of foreign jurors shall be fixed and paid
by the countries which they respectively represent.

30. United States jurors, except such as are officers and
employees of the exposition, shall receive actual cost of
necessary transportation, and compensation at the rate of $7 per
day for such time as they are actually engaged in the work
assigned them at the exposition.

DAVID R. FRANCIS,
_President._

FREDERICK J.V. SKIFF.
_Director of Exhibits._

APPROVED.
THOMAS H. CARTER,
_President Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission._

ATTEST:
WALTER B. STEVENS.
_Secretary Louisiana Purchase Exposition._

The Commission early experienced great inconvenience in preparing and
submitting its monthly reports, as required by law, to the President of
the United Sta