Annual supplement to the Labor compendium The Louisiana purchase centennial exposition . tlemen abovenamed, and they showered much praise upon Senators Vest and Cockrell,of Missouri, and Congressmen Bartholdt, Joy and Pearce, of the St. Louisdistricts, who had never swerved in their endeavors to secure the bills pass-age. HISTORY OF the; I^OUISIANA PURCHASE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. INCORPORATION. The next necessary step, after the passage of legislation appropriatingmoney by the Federal Government, was the filing of papers of special state law, x^assed in behalf of the St. Loui
Annual supplement to the Labor compendium The Louisiana purchase centennial exposition . tlemen abovenamed, and they showered much praise upon Senators Vest and Cockrell,of Missouri, and Congressmen Bartholdt, Joy and Pearce, of the St. Louisdistricts, who had never swerved in their endeavors to secure the bills pass-age. HISTORY OF the; I^OUISIANA PURCHASE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. INCORPORATION. The next necessary step, after the passage of legislation appropriatingmoney by the Federal Government, was the filing of papers of special state law, x^assed in behalf of the St. Louis Worlds Fair, re-quired that one-tenth of the $5,000,000 stock subscribed must be paid in be-fore articles of incorporation could be filed; it also required that the incor-porators must agree upon the names of ninety of the subscribers to stockwho should qualify as the first Board of Directors, these to be divided intothree equal groups, the members of which should hold ofiice for one, twoand three years, respectively, their successors to be elected annually by thestockholders. ~^^.. JOHN SCHROERS, Chairman of the Committee on Education and Member Press and Publicity Committee. PIERRE CHOUTEAU,Chairman of the Historical Committee. With the view to securing proper representation upon the Board of Di-rectors, the Worlds Fair Union Labor Committee, of Febriiary 10, 1900, afterprevious notice having been given to unions affiliated, had held an electionfor the purpose of nominating three candidates for members of the trades were represented at the meeting. The election resultedin the choice of H. W. Steinbiss, W. W. Morrison and Cuthbert Childs. Thesecretary was instructed to certify their names with the Secretary of theCommittee of Two Hundred, asking that they be chosen in the order namedabove, H. W. Steinbiss to be the first choice in case it should be determinedthat Organized Labor was entitled to but one representative on the board. At this meeting. Delegates
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