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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 50.

AN ACT to appropriate the sum of forty thousand dollars

for the use of the Commissioners appointed by the Governor,

under the authority conferred upon him by the Act of 1902,

to represent the State of Maryland at the St. Louis Louis-

iana Purchase Exposition, to be held at St. Louis, Mis-

souri, in the year 1904.

Maryland and

WHEREAS, It is of great importance to this State and the

St. Louis Ex-

credit of its citizens that it should be properly represented at

position.

the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held in the

City of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904; and,

WHEREAS, The Commissioners appointed by the Governor

Appropriation
inadequate

to represent this State at said exposition have given a great

from Tins
State.

deal of time and attention to the duties devolving upon them,

and find that the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars appro-

priated by the Legislature in 1902 will be totally inadequate to

enable them to secure a proper display of the varied interests

and industries of this State, believing as they do that it is of

great importance that the natural resources, industrial develop-

ment, agricultural interests and general progress of the State

of Maryland should be creditably displayed to the world at

said exposition, and that the commercial and business interests

of the State can be greatly benefited by a larger appropriation

for the purpose of having the State properly represented at

said exposition; and,

WHEREAS, Apart from the benefit that will inure to this

State's repre-
sentation at

State from a proper representation at said exposition, a par-

same.

donable State pride is another reason why this State, occupying

as it does such a conspicuous position in the galaxy of South-

ern States, should be prominently in evidence at St. Louis so

as to contribute her share toward making the proposed expo-

sition a success; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Sum of money
for creditable

land, That the sum of forty thousand dollars, or so much

display.

thereof as may be necessary for said Commission, is hereby

appropriated, and the Comptroller of the State is hereby au-

thorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of

this State for the payment of said requisitions to the extent of

this appropriation, as may from time to time be made upon him

by the said Commissioners, the said requisitions to be signed

by the chairman of the said Commission and countersigned by