...celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries,...manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri," that provision has been made for...

...15991) to provide for celebrating the first permanent settlement of English-speaking people in America by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mines, forests, and the sea, and a naval and marine exposition in the vicinity of Jamestown, and on...

...celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the Boil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes....

...by Christopher Columbus, by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, mariufactures, and the products of the soil, mine and sea, in the city of Chicago." The act also created the World's Columbian Commission, thus establishing the legal title of the enterprise....

...celebration, thereby giving it an international character ; and Whereas, Said Exposition will consist of an exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest and sea ; and Whereas, It is of great importance that the commercial and manufacturing interests...