State action.

Maryland.

ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MARYLAND.

Approved March 23, 1876.

AN ACT to provide for the proper representation of the State of Maryland at the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of American independence.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to the representation of the manufactures, the products of the soil and mines, of the State, and its progress, at the International Exhibition to be held in the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the present year.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said sum so appropriated shall be disbursed by and under the direction of John H. B. Latrobe and Samuel M. Shoemaker, or their successors, Commissioners on the Commission authorized and constituted under and by virtue of an Act of the Congress of the United States to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of American Independence, and that said Commissioners, or their successors, are hereby authorized and empowered to expend the said sum of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purposes aforesaid, in their discretion, and the Comptroller is hereby directed to draw warrants upon the Treasurer for such sums as said Commissioners may require, not exceeding the amount herein appropriated, and the Treasurer be, and is hereby, directed to pay the same.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its approval by the Governor.

ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ANNAPOLIS, October 2, 1876.

TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND:

The Executive of this State has been officially notified by the United States Centennial Commissioners that the 19th of October will be especially set apart "for the delivery of the address commemorative of Maryland's share in the Declaration which, one hundred years ago, separated the thirteen colonies, now the United States, from the Government of Great Britain."

In view of the prominent and patriotic position maintained by the State of Maryland in the struggle that secured our freedom, it is desirable that she should be fitly represented among her sister States, who shared the trials of those eventful days, and therefore a cordial invitation is extended to all who take an interest in the past history and future welfare of this Commonwealth, to be present at the ceremonies which will designate "Maryland Day” at the great Centennial Exhibition.

The States have vied with each other in their efforts to do honor to the wonderful creation at Philadelphia, which has placed the wealth and resources of the world before our eyes, and it is hoped that the town and city authorities, together with the press throughout the State, will co-operate in making the occasion well worthy of the memories it is intended to renew.

JOHN LEE CARROLL, Governor.

JOHN H. B. LATROBE,

SAMUEL H. SHOEMAKER.

Commissioners, Baltimore City, Md.

MASSACHUSETTS.

State action.
Massachusetts.

EXTRACT FROM THE ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM GASTON.

January 7, 1875.

The year upon which we are now entering will be one of peculiar interest to the American people, and especially to the people of our own Commonwealth, as it completes the century from the opening scenes of the war of the Revolution. The one hundredth anniversary of the 19th of April, 1775, the day "which made conciliation impossible and independence certain" in the conflict between Great Britain and her colonies, will be celebrated by the people of Massachusetts during the term for which we have been elected.

On the seventeenth day of June, 1775, occurred that great historic event, the battle of Bunker Hill. Its one hundredth anniversary will be celebrated on the seventeenth day of June, 1875, in a manner worthy of the dignity of such an occasion.

I am sure that you will unite with me in the hope and the endeavor that this Centennial year shall be made the occasion for quenching party animosities, reviving patriotic sentiments, and devoting ourselves in the spirit of our fathers to the public service.

I take pleasure in communicating to you an invitation from the inhabitants of the town of Concord to the two branches of the General Court, to be present as the guests of the town on the 19th of April next and take part in a fitting commemoration of the events which make the day famous. A similar invitation from Concord was accepted by your predecessors twenty-five years ago, and I commend this invitation to your favorable, consideration.

Nearly a century has elapsed since at Philadelphia "the representatives of the United States of America in general Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of their intentions," did, "in the name and by the authority of the good people of the colonies, solemnly publish and declare that the United Colonies were and of right ought to be free and independent States." And for the support of that declaration" they did, "with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, mutually pledge to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor."

To the celebration of this great event, which will occur in Philadelphia in the year 1876, I invite the attention of the Legislature.

As we are passing from the first century of our existence as free and independent States, and are about stepping upon the threshold of the second, it certainly is an appropriate time for us to look back to our early history, and seek from it, as we well may, a guide for the future.

This Centennial anniversary will be of incalculable benefit, if it shall recall to our minds that primitive time, when high office was held as a great and sacred trust, and when official position was sought for the opportunity which it furnished for honest and faithful public service, and not as a means of personal emolument or gain.

This celebration will be one in which all parts of the country can cordially unite. The memory of this grand event can awaken no emotions except those of pride, either in the North or in the South, in the East or in the West. Its celebration belongs to the whole country. Here all can stand on common ground, and can, as heirs of a common glory, rejoice together. This celebration will fail in one of the purposes which ought to be accomplished by it, if it shall not tend to allay sectional hatred and sectional strife, and to give new life to the spirit of that ancient patriotism which had no boundary lines except those of the whole country. If it shall tend to any large extent to accomplish such results, then the fourth day of July, 1876, will be a day worthy of future remembrance.

State action.
Massachusetts

RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Approved May 19, 1875.

Resolved, That the Governor and Council are hereby authorized to take such steps and do all such things as to them shall seem proper for securing at the Exhibition at Philadelphia a due representation of the different arts, industries, and institutions of the Commonwealth, and to expend at their discretion for such purpose such sums as may be required, not exceeding in the aggregate fifty thousand dollars, which is hereby appropriated; and such sum or sums shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury, on warrant drawn by the Governor, at such time or times as shall to him seem expedient, not exceeding the amount appropriated.

EXTRACT FROM THE ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR ALEXANDER H. RICE.

January 6, 1876.

The most interesting event in America during the current year will undoubtedly be the great Exhibition of the products of the industry of all nations, at Philadelphia. In nothing is the progress of the world so measured and exemplified as in the development of the arts, and in the application of science thereto. And perhaps there is no moving tendency more salutary and effective than the commingling of different nationalities in the competition for supremacy in those material results which inure to the wealth, the comfort, and the happiness of mankind. Such exhibitions as that in contemplation are known to have stimulated all kinds of industry in European countries; and, beside the benefit to be derived by our capitalists and workmen, it is worthy of a great and progressive nation that the Centennial anniversary of its birth shall be commemorated by the triumphs of peace, rather than by the loud and fiery clangor of war.

Modern discoveries applied to the purposes of locomotion and electric communication have realized to us the common brotherhood of men, and the substantial unity of all nations, in the most comprehensive aspect of human interest. Mountains and oceans are now but ridges and ferries on the lines of communication, and the once measureless continent is but a ribbon of earth, over which the message flies with the velocity of thought. Nature has sufficiently diversified industry by the varied gifts of soil, climate, and mineral deposit, to make their culture, fabrication, and exchange the profitable employment of men. While each nationality has been for years, perhaps for a century, pursuing its own line of discovery and application, what can be more beneficial and more instructive than that all shall come together at last for an interchange of thought, as well as of merchandise; to rub off the asperities and jealousies which distance and separation engender, and to cultivate those friendly sentiments and that mutual esteem which may precede the beating of swords into plowshares and of spears into pruning-hooks?

The response to the call of our national Government to join in this international display has been so general that we may expect one of the most valuable and important collections of the objects of utility and beauty that has ever been gathered. The Legislature of last year appropriated the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of "securing at the Exhibition at Philadelphia a due representation of the different arts, industries, and institutions of this Commonwealth;" and in pursuance thereof the Governor and Council appointed three Commissioners or agents to carry out the objects of the appropriation. This sum, perhaps, exhibits the extent to which the Legislature trusted in the pride and patriotism of the people of the Commonwealth to enter by voluntary effort and contribution into such a representation as should be worthy of their attainments and of their renown. The Commissioners above referred to have been assiduous in the use of the means placed at their command; and those appointed by the national Government have also made encour

aging progress in securing the co-operation of manufacturers, mechanics, and inventors, to State action. prepare and forward specimens of their skill and handicraft.

The educational institutions of the State are preparing a thorough exhibit of their plan of operations, and I trust that the facilities for training the young for the service of life, by means of primary, high, normal, and industrial schools, academies, institutes, and colleges, will be completely represented. It is especially desired that the organization of Massachusetts as a State should be accurately reported upon at this time in her history; and I would urge upon the officers having charge of the various departments of her civil economy, to prepare the most thorough and elaborate illustrations of what the State has done and is doing, and the theory and plans upon which her efforts in this direction have been based.

I need hardly remind you, Senators and Representatives, that above and beyond the gathered industries of all nations and of every clime, there will be one suggestive and transcendent contribution to this grandest of Exhibitions,-one element which surpasses the inventor's cunning and the craftsman's skill, and which we gladly believe will survive when all the material monuments of human greatness have crumbled into dust or moulded into decay; it is the life of this Republic, new-born every hour in the affections of the American people,-strengthened and defended by increasing millions scattered over the acres of our vast domain,—the inspiration of our patriotism; let it be also the sustaining hope of freedom and progress throughout the world.

Massachusetts

MICHIGAN.

ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MICHIGAN.

Approved April 28, 1875.

AN ACT to provide for paying the expenses of the supervision of such products of soil and mine, works of art, and manufactured articles, as the citizens of Michigan may send to the Centennial Exhibition to be held in Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a Board of Managers, consisting of four persons, representing the agricultural, pomological, mining, and manufacturing interests of this State, whose duty it shall be to supervise the forwarding to the place of the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, to be held between the months of April and October in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, all such articles, whether of art, or the products of soil and mine, or of manufactures, that any of the citizens of Michigan may desire to send to such Exhibition, and shall provide storage for them at the place of shipment, and make such arrangements for freight and conveyance as shall best serve the interest of the owners of said articles. Provided, that the cost of transportation shall be paid by the owners of said articles.

SEC. 2. The members of said Board of Managers shall be entitled, for their services, to a sum sufficient to defray their actual and necessary disbursements in the discharge of their duties, and for personal expenses while actually engaged in the performance of the duties of said Board.

SEC. 3. That the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated from the general fund for the purpose of paying the expenses of said Board as above described.

SEC. 4. Upon satisfactory vouchers of expenses incurred, exhibited by the Managers to the Governor, it shall be the duty of the Auditor-General, upon the requisition of the Governor, to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for such sum or sums, not exceeding the amount hereby appropriated, as may be necessary, to be used for the purpose herein. before prescribed.

Michigan.

State action.
Michigan.

SEC. 5. The Governor shall be Chairman of the Board of Managers, and shall have power to remove any of said Managers, for good and sufficient cause, and to appoint others in their place.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take immediate effect.
Approved April 28, 1875.

Minnesota.

MINNESOTA.

EXTRACT FROM THE MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR HORACE AUSTIN.
January, 1873.

The plan proposed for a celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of our national existence by an International Exhibition of industry and the arts is receiving the increased attention its importance deserves.

Considering that the happy rescue of the nation's life from the perils of internal dissension has vindicated the character of popular government throughout the world, as well from the fears of its friends as the hopes of its enemies, and that the present age is emblazoned rather with the victories of peace than the trophies of war, it would seem peculiarly fitting that the rounded century of the nation's happy existence should be crowned with a display of the fruits of those industries and arts to which it so largely owes its prosperity and its proud position among the nations of the world.

ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MINNESOTA.
Approved March 9, 1875.

A BILL to secure for the State a proper representation of its Resources, Products, and
Manufactures at the International Exhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota :

SECTION 1. The sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury, for the purpose of enabling the State Board of Centennial Managers heretofore appointed, consisting of Pennock Pusey, Philip S. Harris, and Paris Gibson, to make a proper display of the mineral, agricultural, and natural resources of our State, and of its manufactures and products, at the International Exhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876.

SEC. 2. Said money shall be expended on the order of said Commissioners, in such way as they shall deem will best accomplish the object expressed in the first section, and best conduce to the advantage, reputation, and interests of the State in said Exhibition; Provided, that no part of said amount shall be used as pay for services rendered by said Board.

SEC. 3. Said Board shall report to the Governor, prior to the next session of the Legislature, their action, and a statement of the means used by them to accomplish the objects of their appointment.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

EXTRACT FROM THE MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR C. K. DAVIS.

January 7, 1876.

The Legislature at its last session appointed a Board of Centennial Commissioners, and made a small provisional appropriation to enable them to enter upon their work. It appears from their report that they have taken steps to collect a cabinet of ores, minerals, fossils,