ARTICLE 1. All communications relating to the exposition should be addressed to Hon. David R. Francis, president of the Exposition Company, St. Louis, U.S.A. ART. 2. All applications for space for buildings must be filed with the company on or before July 1, 1902. ART. 3. Applications for space for exhibits in the buildings of the Exposition Company must be filed on or before the respective dates following, to wit: (A) For machinery and mechanical appliances intended for exhibition, in operation, October 1, 1902. (B) For machinery and mechanical appliances not intended for exhibition, in operation, November 1, 1902. (C) For works of art, natural and manufactured, products, and all productions not herein expressly classified, December 1, 1902. ART. 4. Applications for special concessions to individuals, associations, or corporations, December 1, 1902. All applications must be in writing and should be presented on forms which will be furnished by the Exposition Company. ART. 5. No charge will be made for space allotted for buildings or exhibits of foreign governments. Allotments of space to exhibitors from countries whose governments have appointed commissioners to the exposition will be made by or through such commissioners. ART. 6. No exhibit shall be removed in whole or in part until the close of the exposition. Immediately after the close of the exposition exhibitors shall remove their effects and complete such removal before January 1, 1904. ART. 7. Exhibits from foreign countries will be admitted free of customs duties, as provided in the law and the regulations of the Treasury Department. ART. 8. The Exposition Company may from time to time, with the approval of the National Commission, promulgate a classification and such additional rules and regulations, not in conflict with the law or regulations herein announced, as may be necessary to facilitate the success of the exposition and to serve the interest of exhibitors. On October 15, 1901, the Commission was notified that the Exposition Company had, by a resolution dated October 8, 1901, of which the Secretary of the Treasury had been duly notified, authorized the Commission to disburse the sum of $10,000 per annum for contingent expenses, in accordance with the act of Congress therein referred to. Following is a copy of the resolution: _Resolved_, That the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission be, and is hereby, authorized to disburse out of the $5,000,000 appropriated under the provisions of the act approved March 3, 1901, in aid of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the sum of $10,000 annually for contingent expenses of said Commission under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and upon vouchers to be approved by him. D.R. FRANCIS.