Report of the New Jersey Commissioners on the Centennial Exhibition

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Naar, Day, & Naar, printers, 1877 - Centennial Exhibition - 423 pages
 

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Page 23 - Company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal.
Page 30 - ... shall be paid by the treasurer of the state, upon the warrant of the comptroller, from moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Page 78 - The fund for the support of free schools, and all money, stock, and other property, which may hereafter be appropriated for that purpose, or received into the treasury under the provision of any law heretofore passed to augment the said fund, shall be securely invested, and remain a perpetual fund ; and the income thereof, except so much as it may be judged expedient to apply to an increase of the capital, shall be annually appropriated to the support of public schools, for the equal benefit of all...
Page 23 - An act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of American Independence by holding an international exhibition of arts and manufactures, and products of the soil and mine, in the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six...
Page 25 - Three members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Page 20 - That an Exhibition of American and Foreign Arts, Products and Manufactures, shall be held, under the auspices of the Government of the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six.
Page 25 - ... shall also adopt such by-laws, rules, and regulations, for its own government, and for the government of its officers, as may be deemed expedient...
Page 20 - Domini 1776, the birthday of the nation; and whereas it is deemed fitting that the completion of the first century of our national existence shall be commemorated by an exhibition of the natural resources of the country and their development, and of its progress in those arts which benefit mankind, in comparison with those of older nations...
Page 27 - That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to create any liability of the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created by said commission in excess of appropriations made by Congress therefor.
Page 21 - That whenever the President shall be informed by the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania that provision has been made for the erection of suitable buildings for the purpose, and for the exclusive control by the Commission herein provided for of the proposed Exhibition, the President shall, through the Department of State, make proclamation of the same, setting forth the time at which the Exhibition will open and the place at which it will be held ; and...

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