of Seattle, shall be used by it only in connection with and as a part of its public park system. Any diversion or attempted diversion of such lands from park purposes, shall cause the title to said lands to revert to the state. SEC. 7. An emergency exists and this act shall take Emergency. effect immediately. Passed the Senate January 30, 1907. Passed the House February 1, 1907. Approved by the Governor February 4, 1907. CHAPTER 4. DISPOSITION OF ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION FUND. AN ACT relating to the special Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition fund, making certain warrants to be drawn upon it preferential, and transferring any residue thereof into the general fund of the State Treasury. Regents to Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. That a sufficient amount of the money to come into the special fund to be called the Alaska-YukonPacific Exposition fund, provided for by an act of this legislature, shall be set apart and held to meet the appro- University priation of six hundred thousand dollars, to be expended expend under the direction of the Board of Regents of the University of Washington, as provided by an act of this legislature, and that all warrants drawn upon said fund pursuant to the act making said appropriation, including interest thereon, shall be paid in the same manner as the state's general fund warrants are paid. $600,000. to expend surplus. SEC. 2. That the surplus money to come into said spe- Commission cial fund in excess of the amount set apart by the pre- $400,000 from ceding section, or a sufficient part thereof, shall be held to meet the appropriation of four hundred thousand dollars to be expended by the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Commission, as provided by an act of this legislature, and Residue transferred to general fund. warrants drawn upon said special fund pursuant to said last mentioned act shall be paid in full with interest thereon out of said surplus, in the same manner as the state's general fund warrants are paid. SEC. 3. The residue of said special fund, if there be any remaining after payment of all warrants provided for by the two preceding sections, shall be transferred into the general fund of the state treasury. Passed the Senate January 30, 1907. Passed the House February 1, 1907. Approved by the Governor, February 4, 1907. CHAPTER 5. PROVIDING FOR EXHIBITS AND BUILDINGS OF STATE AT AN ACT to provide for an exhibit of the resources, products and Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: SECTION 1. That for the purpose of exhibiting the general developments, resources, products, and advantages of the State of Washington, and the erection of a state building or buildings, at the World's Fair of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, to be held at Seattle, Washington, in 1909, and by means thereof to benefit the people of the Commission. State of Washington, there is hereby created a commission Apportionment. to be known as Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Commission of the State of Washington. For convenience, said commission will be hereafter in this act referred to as The Commission. It shall consist of seven members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, and be residents of the State of Washington. Said Commissioners shall hold office from the date of appointment to January 1, 1910, unless sooner removed for cause by the Governor. In the event of vacancies occurring in said Commission by reason of Vacancies. death, inability or refusal to act, or removal for cause, appointments shall be made by the Governor to fill such vacancies. tion. SEC. 2. Each of said commissioners so appointed shall Compensaserve without salary, but shall be allowed actual necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of said Commission in discharge of the duties of the office, to be paid out of the sum of money hereinafter appropriated, upon vouchers approved by the Commission. tion. SEC. 3. The members of The Commission shall meet at Organizathe call of the Governor within ten days after their appointment, and organize by the election of one of their members as president, and the employment of a secretary, who shall keep full records of the proceedings and the accounts of The Commission. Headquarters shall be opened at Seattle, in the State of Washington, where such regular or stated meetings as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act shall be held. The Commission Duties. shall fix the salaries of all persons employed by it in collecting, installing and displaying the exhibit herein provided for, such salaries to be paid out of the money hereinafter appropriated. Double entry accounts shall be kept, together with complete vouchers covering every financial transaction involving the disbursement of the money hereinafter appropriated, and at the close of the exposition period, The Commission shall report to the Governor of the State of Washington a complete summary of its administration, with a detailed statement of disbursements made. The Commission shall appoint an executive commis- Executive sioner who shall be a citizen of the State of Washington, sioner. and he shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered, under direction and control of The Commission, to assume and exercise all powers and functions necessary to secure, install and maintain a complete and creditable display of the resources, products and interests of the State of Washington at the said exposition; he shall have direct charge Commis State bureaus, of the solicitation, collection, transportation, installation and exhibition of all materials sent under authority of the State of Washington to said exposition, and shall have authority over the employes and assistants engaged in assembling, installing and displaying the said exhibit. He shall report to The Commission as often as required, and shall hold his office at its pleasure. The said executive commissioner shall be required to furnish a surety company bond in favor of the treasurer of the State of Washington, to be approved by the Governor, in the sum of ten thousand dollars. SEC. 4. All state bureaus, departments and instituassist Com- tions are hereby authorized and directed to co-operate with etc.. to mission. Washington State building. Sale of exhibits. Appropriation. said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Commission in furthering the purposes of this act, and to loan to it such materials, cabinets and specimen collections in their possession, as may be desired for exhibition purposes; said materials to be removed and returned free of cost to said institutions and departments. SEC. 5. The Commission is hereby authorized to erect a suitable building, to be known as the Washington State Building, upon the exposition grounds, and any additional buildings necessary to protect and display the materials, specimens, and productions constituting the exhibit. Said building, or buildings, shall conform to plans and designs to be approved by the supervising architect of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. SEC. 6. At the close of said exposition, the Governor shall have the power to sell such exhibits as may have become the property of the state, and which it is proper to dispose of, to the best advantage, and shall deposit the proceeds in the general fund of the state treasury. SEC. 7. To carry out the purposes and provisions of this act, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the special Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition fund. The State Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to issue warrants payable out of the said Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition fund, not exceeding the said sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), upon requisitions made by said executive commissioner, when approved in writing by the president of The Com- mission and attested by its secretary; and the State Treas- urer is hereby authorized and directed to pay such war- rants, but only out of the surplus, if any, of money which shall come into said special fund in excess of the amount appropriated out of said fund, to be expended by or under direction of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of Washington. Said warrants shall bear inter- SEC. 8. Indebtedness incurred or warrants issued here- Liability of under shall be payable only from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific SEC. 9. An emergency exists and this act shall take Emergency. Passed the Senate January 30, 1907. PROVIDING FOR BUILDINGS FOR UNIVERSITY OF WASH- INGTON AND USE THEREOF BY ALASKA-YUKON- AN ACT appropriating funds for the erection of buildings for the University of Washington, and providing for the use thereof tion. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Washington: |