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'•'-1' NAPOi.itoN, by the grace of God, and the national will, EmpbbuB Op the French, to all whom these presents may concern, greeting : On the report of our Minister, Secretary of State for the department of tho Interior : We have decreed and do hereby decree as follows : ■'^"''' '"■ Art. 1. — A Universal Exhibition of agricultural and manufacturing products will be opened at Paris, in the Palace of Industiy, on the Carr^ de Marigny, on the 1st May, 1865, and will close on«the 30th of September, following.' The products of all nations will be admitted to this Exhibition. Art. 2. — ^The quinquennial exhibition, which, by the terms of Art. 5 of the ordonnance of the 4th of October, 1853, was to open on the 1st May, 1854, will be united to the Universal Exhibition. Art. 3. — An ulterior decree will fix the conditions in which the Universal Exhibition will take place, the regulations under which the goods exhibited will be placed, and the various kinds of objects capable of being admitted. Art. 4. — Our Minister, Secretary of State for the department of the Interior, is charged with the execution of the present decree. Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, this 8th of March, 1853. Signed: 'Savolko^. Countersigned: F. de Pebbiokt, Minister, Svcretai'y of State for the Interior. ; im > , ^ - Napoleok, by the grace of God, and the national will, Empebor op the Fbench, to all whom these presents may concern, greeting : Considering that one of the most efficient means of contributing to the progress oi the arts is a Universal Exhibition, which, by throwing open a competition amongst all the artists of the world, and by placing so many various works in face of each other, ought to be a powerful motive to emulation, and present an occa- sion for fruitful comparisons ; Considering that improvements in manufactures are closely connected with high perfection in the Fine-Arts ; That, however, all the exhibitions of industrial products which have been 1 The date fixed for the cloBing of the Exhibition has been extended to October 81. (TKcle Art. 1 of tho General Regulations.) B HHP hitherto held, have admitted the works of artists in only a very insufficient proDortion. That besides it belongs especially to France, whose manufactures owe so much to the fine-arts, to assign to them m the coming Universal Exhibition, the place which they merit ; Wk have decbeed and do hebeby dbcbee, as follows : Art. 1. — A Universal Exhibition of the Fine- Arts will be held at Paris, at the same time as the Universal Exhibition of Industry. The building, in which this Exhibition is to take place, will be designated here- after. Art. 2. — ^The annual exhibition of the Fine- Arts of 1854 is postponed to 1855, and united with the Universal Exhibition. Art. 3. — Our Minister of State is charged with the execution of the present decree. Given at the Palace of Saint-Clpud, this 22nd of June, 1858. Signed: Napoleon. Countersigned : Achille Fould, Minister qf State. t,!H'>Hi> Napoleon, by the grace of God, and the national will, Emperor op the French, to all whom these presents may concern, greeting : On the report of our Minister, Secretary of State for the department of Agricul- ture, Commerce, and Public Works ; # Taking into consideration our decrees of the 8th of March and 22nd of June last, declaring that there will be opened at Paris, on the 1st of May, 1655, a Univeraal Exhibition of the products of Agriculture, Manufactures, and the Fine-Arts ; We have decreed and do hereby decree, as follows : ""» Art. 1. — ^The Universal Exhibition of the'products of Agriculture, Maniifiicturcs, and the Fine- Arts, is placed under the direction and superintendence of a Connnis- sion, of which our well-beloved cousin. Prince Napoleon, will be the President. Art. 2. — ^That Commission is composed oi the following members : MM. Baroche, president of the Council of State ; t' Elie de Beaumont, senator, member of the Institute ; v/i- ■ t . i- ^ Billault, president of the Legislative Body ; Blanqui, member of the Institute, director of the superior school of com- merce : Eugene Delacroix, painter, member of the municipal and dcpai'tmental commission of the Seine ; Jean Dollfus, manufacturer ; Arl^Dufour, member of the chamber of commerce of Lyons ;. , ' ' Dumas, senator, member of the Institute : , 'V ! Baron Charles Dupin, senator, member of the Institute ; i ■ > Henriquel-Dupont, member of the Institute ; Count de Gasparin, member of the Institute ; Gre'terin, Councillor of State, director-general of Customs and Indirect Taxes ; Heurtier, Councillor of State, director-general of Agriculture and Com- merce ; Ingres, member of the Institute ; ,..!,,!. ^ Logentil , president of the chamber of commerce of Paris ; _ ^ , . . , i < Leplay, engineer-in-cb'«if of mines ; Count de Lesseps, director of consulates and of commercial affaii-s at the ministry of Foreign Affairs; _.,. j. , ,„., ;. ;,:,. ,, .,...,.. M^rim^e, senator, member of the Institute ; .. > Michel Chevalier, Councillor of State, member of the Institute ; j ; Mimerol , senator : General Morin, director of the Conservatoire Imperial dcs Arts-et-Metiers ; Count de Momy, deputy at the Legislative Body, member of the superior council of Commerce, Agriculture, and Manufactures ; • 'J. "■ I'L* { MM. Princo de la Moskowa, senator ; Dukp ^i. Mouchy, senator, member of the superior council of Comiqercet . ,: Agriculture, and Manufactures ; -,. Marquis de Pastoret, senator, member of the Institute ; Emile Pereire, president of the board of directors of the Southern Railway ; General Poncelet, member pf the Institute ; . . Regnault, member g" the Institute, administrator of the imperial manufac- tory of Sevres ; Sallandrouze, manufacturer, deputy at the Legislative Body : De Saulcy, member of the Institute, conservator of the Museum of Ar- tillery ; Schneider, vice-president of the Legislative Body, member of the superior council of Commerce, Agriculture, and Manufactures ; /: .1. Baron Seilli^re (Achille) ; Seydoux, deputy at the Legislative Body ; Simart, member of the Institute ; Troplong, president of the Senate, first president of the Court of Cassation, member of the Institute ; Marshal Count Va^Uant, grand marshal of the Palace, senator, member ol the Institute ; Visconti, member of the Institute, architect tP the Emperor, .,<. Abt. 3. — ^The Commission is divided into two sections : That of the Fine- Arts, and that of Agriculture and Manufactures. . .! The following are the members of the section of the Fine- Arts : MM. Baroche, MM. Prince de la Moskowa, Eugene Delacroix, ' '*>"' Duke de Mouchy, Henriquel-Dupont, 'mvi. oj • Marquis de Pastoret, Ingres, De Saulcy, '' M^rim^e, •i>!V'-«t'.'i. ■- >i ^ Simart, i^i-.hi! Count deMomy, Visconti. ■» The following ^re the members of the section of Agricult"re and Manufkcttires i MM. Count deXes vri.l -It ■-.■■ ;> fii I. Art. 4. — In case' Prince Na^leon should be absent, the Commi^ion when as^ sembled at a general meeting, will be presided over by the Minister of State, or by the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works ; and in default of these gentlemen, by a vice-president, voted for at the first sitting. The section of the j^ ine-Arts will be presided over by the Minister of State ; and the section of A^culture and Manufactures, by the Minister of Agriculture, Com- merce, and Public Works, Each section will elect a vice-president. Art. 6. — M. Arles-Dufour is appointed Secretary of the Commission, and M. Adolphc Thibaudeau, Assistants-Secretary. M. de Mercey, chief of the section of the Fine-Arts at the Ministry of State, is named Secretary of the section of the Fine- Arts. M, Audiganne, chef de bureau of Manufactures, and M. Chemin-Dupont^, chef de bureau of the general movement of Commerce and Navigation at the department B a of foreign commerce, are nominated Secretaries of the section of Aginculture and Manufactures. Art. 6. — Our Minister of State, and our Minister, Secretary of State for the de- partment of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, are charged with the execution of the present decree. Given at the Palace of the Tuileries, this 24th of December, 1853. Signed: Napolkok. Counteraiffned : Achilu Fottld, Minister of State, P. MAaNB, MinisteT, Secretary of State for Agriculture, Commerce, and PuUic Works. The Imperial Commission assembled for the first time on the 29th of December, 1853, at the Palais-Royal, Prince Napoleon presiding. His Imjperial Highness, after reading the decrees instituting the Commission, delivered the tollowing address : Oentlemen, The Emperor confides to us a noble and honourable mission, when he charges us to oi^nize this grand competition, in which France will show herself worthy of her name> by the eagerness with which her artists and her manufacturers will re- spond to the appeal which is made to them. Our duty towards foreigners is to receive them with a liberal and kind-hearted hospitality. AH opmions in matter; of political economy are represented in our body, not for the purpose of entering into fruiUess discussions, which are foreign to our mission, but of co-operating with equal ardour, whatever may be their point of view, in the success of this work, which is calculated to throw so great a lustre on France and Kurope of the nineteenth century. On that point, Gentlemen, there cannot be any difference of opinion amongst us. The Emperor has testified his high impartiality in assembling in the same body the leading men in politics, sciences, arts, manufactures, and commerce. For the first time, to a Universal Exhibition of Industry will be adjoined a Uni- versal Exhibition of the Fine- Arts. It belongs to our country to set the example of this alliance, which is so well suited to our initiatory genius. ^ I hope. Gentlemen, mat the most entire confidence will] preside over our rela- tions, and I ask you to grant me, as your president, that indulgence of which I stand in need. Feeling my insufficiency for the great mission which the confidence of the Emperor has been pleased to confer on me, I shall at least devote to it ray most ardent zeal and the firm determination to act for the best, which is tiie first con- dition of success. The questions which we shall have to solve are numerous and complicated, and are connected with a multitude of diversified interests, I propose to submit them to your decision successively, as they will present themselves, in order not to over- burden ourselves uselessly at the commencement of our labours. They naturally divide themselves into two great parts: — the questions which may call for decrees on the part of His Majesty, and these which we can solve on our own authority. In execution of the decree which has been published, our first operation is the nomination of the Vice-President of the general Commission, and of the two Vice- Presidents of the sections of Manufactures and of the Fine-Arts. I shall afterwards request you to adjoin to me a sub-commission to assist me in the execution of the measures which you shall have decided on. Business can only be got through in a practical manner by a small number of persons devoting to it their special aptitude and their time. The first question to occupy the attention of that sub-commission will be to draw up a series of regulations for the prompt dispatch of the numerous affiiirs which we shall have to decide on. , >;:.♦, .!;;> P. Maone, Minister, Secretary of State for Agriculture^ ,,.( . Commerce, and PiMic Works. vt. '.+1! GENEBAL BEQUIiATIONS. >1' OENEBAL ABBANOEMENTS. Art. 1. The Universal Exhibition, appointed to be held at Paris in the year 1855, will receive the agricultural and manufacturing products as well as the works of art, of all nations. It will open on the 1st of May, and will close on 31st of October of the same year. i Art. 2. The Universal Exhibition of 1855, is placed under the direction of the Imperial Commission, nominated by the decree of the 24th of December, 1853. Art. 3. In every department, a committee, nominated by the Prefect, in accordance with the instructions of the Imperial Commission, will be charged with the necessary measures for the success of the Exhibition, and with the admission and rejection, in proper lime, of the articles presented. There shall also be appointed, should the Imperial Commission deem it neces^ sary , local sub-committees or special agents, in every town and centre of industry, where the necessity of them may be felt. •>,i,...i Art. 4. Special instructions will be addressed, in the name of the Imperial Commission, to the Ministers of War and Marine, for the exhibition of the products of Algeria and of the French colonies. Art. 5. The various foreign Governments will be invited to appoint, for the examina- tion, selection, and transmission of their national products, committees, the forma- tion and composition of which should be notified as soon as possible to the Imperial Commission, in order that it may immediately place itself m communication with such committees. Art. 6. .^ :• The departmental 'committees, as well as the foreign committees authorized by their respective Governments, will correspond directly with the Imperial Com- mission, which will not hold any correspondence whatever with the exhibitors themselves, or with other private persons, either French or foreigners. Art. 7. Such French subjects or foreigners, as intend exhibiting, should apply to the committee of the department, colony, or country which they inhabit. ! Foreigners, residing in Franco, may apply to the official committee i of tluir repectiye cuuntriea^ Art. 8. No article will be admitted to the Exhibition, if not Sent with the authorization, and utider the Sf>al of the departmental or foreign committees. Art. 9. The foreign and departmental committees should make known, as soon as ^tos- sible, the presumed number of exhibitors in their division, and the space which it is supposed Uiey will require. Art. 10. ' •• ' On receipt of that intimation, the Imperial Commission will, without delay, pro- ceed to the division of the general space amongst France and the other countries, in proportion to the demands sent in. Art. 11. When that divbion has been effected, notice of the same will be immediately sent to the French and Foreign committees, who will then have to subdivide thu space thus allotted to them amongst the exhibitors of their divisions. Art. 12. The Ibts of the exhibitors who arc admitted must be sent to the Imperial Com- mission, by the 30th of November ; 1834, at the latest. These lists ought to mention : 1st. The names, christian names (or name of firm), profession, and address of the parties applying : 2nd. The nature and number, or quantity of the Articles which they desire to exhibit ; Srd. The space which they require in height, width, and depth. '• "I" ■'" '^ ■ ' These lists, as well as all other documents coming from foreign countries, ought, as much as possible, to be accompanied by a translation into French. ADMISSION AND 0LAB8IFI0ATION OF FBODVCTS. Art. 18. All the products of Agriculture, Manufactures, and Art are admissible to the Uni- versal Exhibition, with the exception of these included in the following categories ; 1st. Living animals and plants ; 2nd. Vegetable and animal substances in a fresh state, and of a nature liable to bo spoiled from keeping ; Srd. Detonating substances, and, in general, all such as may be considered dan- gerous ; 4th. And, finally, such objects, as, by their bulk, do not come within the scope of the Exhibition. t^ii-t^yi ]i.i -K'^t)!.^. Art. 14j >i-.,T!f: •;; i f ' Spirits or alcohols, oils and essences, acids and corrosive salts, and generally bodies easily, inflammable, or of a nature to lead to combustion, will only be admitted ' to the Exhibition when contained in solid and perfectly closed vessels : the owners of such articles will, besides, be bound to conform to such measures of safety as toay be prescribed to them. II Ah. 15< The Imperial Commission will have the right of excluding, on the proposition of the competent agents, such French objects as may appear to it injurious or incom- patible with the object of the Exhibition, and of diminishing those which have been setit in excess of the requirements or accommodation of the Exhibition. Art. 16.* The objects sent for Exhibition will form two distinct divisions : Products of I A document entitled Syttem of cbutifjcati&H, and specifying the division of all branclies of manu- factures and of all the arts, of then- raw materials, their means of action and their products, amongst the ibirtj secUons established in this article, will be published hereafter. Industry, and Works of Art. They will be distributed, for each country, into eight groups, com|)rising thirty sections, viz : Ist DIVISION. — PnoDucTS OF Industry. 1st OROUP. — Indmtriul pttrsuita having for principal object the extraction or production of raw matericda, Ist Class. Mining and Metallurgical products. 2nd — Everything i^lating to the management of trees, or to hunting, ^ ' shooting, and fishing, and products obtained without cultivation. 3i-d — Agriculture. 2nd GROUP. — Industrial pursuits having specially for object the employment qf ') ■ ' mechanical power, 4th Class. Machinery in general, as applied to industry. 5th — Special machinery and apparatus for railways, and other modes of transport. j'lj' 6th — Special machinery and apparatus for workshops. 7th — Special machinery and apparatus for the manufacture of woven fabrics. 3r(l anouF. — Manufactures specially based ..«(!» id; The Imperial Commission will likewise take caro that the goodn shall bo watched over by an active and numerous staff; the Commission will not, however, be re- sponsible for any thefts or fi^uds which may take place. Art. 37. Each exhibitor will have the faculty of having his goods watched over at the Exhibition by an agent chosen by himself. Notice must be given, before the Exhibi- tion opens, of the name and position of this agent. A personal card of admission will be given him, which, as long as the Exhibition remains open, he is neither to transfer nor lend, under pain of forfeiture. ■:.-A -M't i>, Art. 38. :>■, .;>'(;■"(:' '.K The agents of exhibitors must confine themselves to answering such questions as may be addressed to them, and to delivering cards of address, prospectuses, or lists of prices, when asked for. They will be interdicted, under pain of expulsion, from soliciting the attention of visitors, or inducing tham to purchase the articles exhibited. Art. 89. Tha Current trade pt4ce of any article, at the period of the Exhibition, mfey be prominently affixed to it. Any exhibitor, who may wish to avail himself of this permission, must announce his intention beforehand to the local committee of his divbion, who will sanction theprices, on having ascertained their convctness. The price thus affixed must, in case of a sale taking place, be strictly adhered to by the exhibitor, as regards the buyer. In case the declaration should be proved to be false, the Imperial Commission may order the goods to be removed from the building, and the exhibitor excluded from exhibiting any longer. Art. 40. ' ' ■' ■■ ,„_■,'.' Articles sold cannot be removed until the close of the Exhibition. FOREIGN GOODS.— CUSTOMS. , ,. ■ ^ ^^ Art. 41. V7ith respect to foreign goods admitted to the Exhibition, the Szbibitiuii-Falaoe will be constituted a bonded warehouse. Art. 42. Thdse goods, accompanied by the bulletins mentioned in Art. 19, wiU eater FAmce by the ports and frontier-towns here mentioned, viz : Lisle, Valenciennes, Forbach, Wissembnrg, Strasburg, Saint-Louis, Les-Verrieres-de- Jouz, Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Chapareillan, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Marseilles, Cette, Fort- Vendres, Perpignan, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Nantes, Havre, Boulogne, Calais, and Dunkirk. Art. 43. Packages may be durected to agents designated by the Imperial CCmmlssion hi 6ach of these ports or towns. These agents, for a certahi amount of remuneration fixed before- hand, will undertake the requisite custom-house formalities, and forward the articles to the Exhibitiob-Palace. Art. 44. Foreign goods, thub imported into Fr&nce, will be received at the Exhibition-Palace, where they will be taken charge of by the custom-house officers. Art. 4.'), .i.,i,:!iM The removal of the lead-stamps, and the openhig of the packages can only take place in the interior of the Palace, in presence of the exhibitors or of then: agents, and by the custom-house oflQcers^ Art. 46. One copy of the bulloUn sent with each package, to be considered as certificate of origini will be retained by the customsdepartmedt ; another copy will be left with the 11 sommiasioDflF of amugiment at the Szhibition ; (md the tiiird will he deposited at the office of the Beeretary of the Imperial Commission. Art. 47. Foreign exhibitors, or their agents will have ta declare, after the close of the Ex. hibition, whether their goods are intended for re-exportation or for interior consumption. In the latter case, they will be at liberty to dispose of them immediately, after paying the duty, in the fixing of which the Customs' authorities will take into account the depreciation the goods may have undergone in consequence of their stay in the Exhibition. Art. 48. Goods, at all other times prohibited, will, by special eitceptlon, be admitted to interior consumption, on paying a duty of 20 per cent, on their actual value, That amount of duty will be the maximum levied on any article exhibited. INTERIOR OBGAKIZATION ANU POLICE ABBANGBllBKtS. Art. 49. The interior organization and police of the Exhibition, are placed under the direc- tion of an Executive Committee, composed of ditterent heads of department, who will decide on all questions coming under their jurisdiction. Art. 50. '.•;., A set of regulations, published before the time fixed for the reception of goods, and posted up within the building, will decide all points relative to the order of the interior service, and will designate tlie persons charged to assist the exhibitors, and to watch over the order and security of the Exhibition. . j„. Art. 61. The agents and oificers, attached to the foreign divisions, must speak one or more of the languages of those nations, with which they are to be in communication. Interpreters, officially designated by the Imperial Commission, will besides be placed in various parts of the foreign division. Art. 62. -' '/''''''i''' ^ •'' urir/i ,-:-i,ii,_ ': . ,. ^ Foreign Governments arc requested to accredit to the Imperial Commission, spe- cial commissioners, whose duty it will be to represent their countrymen at the Ex- hibition, during the reception, classification, and placing of the goods, and in all circumstances where their interests arc concerned. : *ni • )j! PBOTtCTION OF INDUSTHIAL DESIGNS ANU INVENTIONS, i J." ''>•«( Art. 53. Every exhibitor who is the inventor or legal proprietor of any process machine, or design admitted to the Exhibition, and not yet registered or patented, may obtain from the Imperial Commission a certificate descriptive of the article exhibited, provided he make an application to thai; effect, before the opening of the Exhibi- tiouj or during the first month after the opening. Art. 54. That certificate will secure to the person, who receives it, the pft)pe'rty of the article therein described, as well as the exclusive privilege of employing it to the best advantage, for the period of one year from the 1st of May, 1855, without {Prejudice to any jMitent which the exhibitor may take out, in the usual manner, before the expiration of that period. Art. 55. Every application for an inventor's certificate should be accompanied by an ac- curate description of the object or objects for which protection is sought, and, should it be necessary, by a plan or drawing of the said objects. Art. 56. These applications, as well as the decisions arrived at with regard to them, will be inscribed in a register kept for the purpose, and which will be ultimately deposited i; 12 at the office of the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works (depart* ment of industry) to serve as a proof, during the period above indicated, or the validity of the certificates. Art, 57. „,.. ,; 'f,, •;(*,,, ^ , iiijjyjol These certificates will be delivered without any charge, j, .-V v o. .'jifi JUBIE8 AND REWARDS. Art. 68. The examination of the articles exhibited, and the decisions with respect to the rewards to be given, will be confided to a gi-eat international mixed jury. This jury will be composed of members and deputies, who will be divided into thirty special juries, corresponding to the thirty classes mentioned in Art. 16. Art. 69. In the divisl-^n of Products of Industry the number of members, for each spe- cial jury, is fixed ^s follows. For each of the classes : • . - Jurors. Depatles. 3, 10, 20, and aS 14 4 2, 6, 16, 18, »iid24 12 3 ' 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 25, and 26 . . 10 2 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 15, 22, and 27 ... . 8 2 In the division of Works of Art, - .. , -t; . Class 28 will have 20 '" 29 — 14 30 — 8 Art. 60. The number of Jurors to be' appointed, will k/C for Fi-ance, as well as for each foreign country, in proportion to the number of exhibitors furnished by each. Art. 61. The official committee of each country will designate persons to form the num- ber of jurors which that countiy is entitled to nominate. The French jurors for the first 27 classes will be nominated by the section of Agriculture and Industry of the Imperial Commission, and for the last 3 classes, by the section of the Fine- Arts. Art. 62. In case the committee of any country exhibiting should not appoint jurors to represent it, the omission will be met by means of the general meeting of the ju- rors present. Art. 63. The Imperial Commission will make the division of the members of the interna- tional jury amongst the various classes. It will also fix the general rules which will serve as the basb for tlie operations of the special juries. Art. 64. Each special jury will have a president named by the Imperial Commission ; like- wise, a vice-president and a reporter, both of whom will be nominated by an ab- solute majority of the votes of the jury. Art. 65. In case none of the members should obtain the absolute majority, the two can- didates who have received the greatest number of votes, will decide the point by lot. Art. 66. The president of each jury, and in his absence the vice-president, will, in case of equality of numbers, have the casting-vote. , ,i' . 't ' '"i>il- Art. 67. Special juries will besides be distributed into groups, representing the branches of industry, connected together by certain points of analogy or similitude. ^ ,. . (depart- [, of the ct to tho f. This to thirty jach spc- luUes. 4 3 2 2 for each ich. the num- scction of 3 ctasijcs, jurors to of the ju- e interna- iles which tion ; like- by an ab- two can- thc point 1, in case branches These groups are eight in number, in conformity with the statement made in Art. 16. The members of each group will elect their own president and vice-president. Art. 68. The decisions of any special jury can only be definitive when sanctioned by the group to which it belongs. Art. 69. ^ Rewards of the highest degree will not be granted until after they have been re- vised by a council, composed of the presidents and vice-presidents of the special juries. The jury for the Fine- Arts is excepted from this regulation. Art. 70. Each special jury will be at liberty to call to its assistance, as associates or ex- perts, one or more persons, technically acquainted with any of the articles sub- mitted to it for examination. These persons may be selected either from the mem- bers and deputies of the other classes, or from amongst persons who do not belong to the jury, but possess the required information. The members, thus called in, will only take part in the labours of the jury as regards the particular object for which their services were required ; they will only be entitled to take part in tho discussion, and not to vote. Art. 71. Such exhibitors as may accept the functions of jurors or deputies, will be by that fact rendered ineligible to receive any reward. The jury for the Fine-Arts is excepted from this regulation. Art. 72. Such exhibitors also as have been called in to aid juries, as associates or experts, will be held ineligible to receive a reward, but only for the particular class in which they have acted. Art. 73. "'' • "^ ■' Each jury may, according to circumstances, subdivide itself into committees ; but it cannot come to any find decision without the sanction of the majority of the entire jury. Art. 74. Special commissioners, assisted by the inspectors of the Exhibition will be charged to prepare the works for the jury ; to see that the goods of no exhibitor escape their examination ; to receive the observations and complaints of the exhibitors; to have all omissions, errors, or confusions repaired; to take care that the established rules are observed ; and ,to explain these rules to the juries, when necessary. Art. 76. These commissioners will not interfere with the deliberations of the jury, further than to bring before them facts, remind them of rules, and present the complaints of exhibitors. Art. 76. The nature of the rewards to be distributed, and the general jprinciples to be adopted as the basis of such rewards, will be at a later ^riod determined by a decree based on the recommendations of the Imperial Commission. Art. 77. However, independently of the honorary distinctions which may be granted, the Council of presioents and vice-presidents, will have the power of recommending to the Emperor, such exhibitors as they may think deserving of special marks of public gratitude, on account of extraordinary services rendered to civiliza- tion, humanity, sciences, and the arts ; or of encouragements of a different kind for considerable sacrifices incurred with a view to general utility, due attention being always paid to the position of the inventors or producers. ; ^ . , < ..... I. , ' .ij >mmKf9imm H s I. I SPECIAIi ARnANGEMENTS FOB THE PINE-ATITS. ... ^ , Art. 78. A French jury, instituted at Paris, will decide on the admission of the works of French artists. „ ....-iirtftHf, -rl .-fi' . . /IT Art. 79. The members of the French jury of admission will be nominated by the section of the Fine- Arts of the Imperial Commission. Art. 80. The jury of admission for the Fine-Arts will be divided into three sections : The first will comprise painting, engraving, and lithographic works ; The second, sculpture and die-sinking ; The third, architecture. Each of these sections will decide with respect to works belonging to its special department. . .,; 1 ., i..! .; >> l-.u-! i Art. 81. The Exhibition is open to the works of all French and Foreign artists, alive on the 22nd of June, 1853, the date of the decree which constitutes the Exhibition of the Fine-Arta. Art. 82. .'lUii .'} i("!J> i/if' . -^ •■ . f i •v!. > • / '< i 'h\ ^ 2nd. Pictures and other objects without frames ; 3rd. Sculptures in unbaked clay. Art. 83. The following articles of the present regulations are applicable to the divisionof the Fine-Arts : Arts. 1 to 13; 15 to 30; 36, 86, 40 to 47 ; 49 to 52; and 68 to 77. , ';.rs(';i i'( - in u, lutv KOI- I IJJIM ^ 1 Just before these regulations were finally agreed to, the following circular was sent to all the prefects of the 86 departments of France : — jrf>l- ment, you will examine whether it might not be useful to appoint in one or more arrondissements, in one or more given localities, special agents whose duty would be to stimulate the zeal of our manufacturers, to enlighten them as to the real interest, tendency, and important boai'ing of a Universal Exhibition ; as well as to point out to you branches of industry, heretofore but little known, which it might be useful or interesting to have represented at it. You will be pleased to communicate without delay to the Imperial Commission the results of these nominations, the elements of which should be so combined, that while the largest share is given to the branch of industry which holds the first place in the department, all the others will be also sufficiently represented. You wdl leave to the local Committees the care of electing their own president, reporter, and secretary, reserving to yourself however the righ* of being present at their sittings whenever you think fit. As soon as the Committees shall be duly constituted, which must be elFected within the briefest delay, you will be pleased to communicate that fact to the Secretary of the Imperial Commission, and at the same time to transmit to him an exact list of the members who comjiose them, with the addresses of their presidents and secretaries. Besides the enclosed instructions, which you are requested, M. le Prefet, to con>- municate to the Committees and special agents appointed by you, detailed instruc- tions will be successively forwarded to them, on all points on which doubts might arise. The Commission also requests you, M. le Prdfet, to forward to it all commu- nications which you may deem useful for the success of the Exhibition of all Nations. Receive, M. le Prefet, the assurance of my most distinguished consideration, Signed: Napoleon, ''■' ./.lit:. 1 President of the Imperial CommisstGn, vxnstanoitB of locai. coMMirTBES. INSTRUCTIONS, The local committees are the official and necessary medium of communication between the Imperial Commission and all the persons who intend taking part in the Universal Exhibition of 1855. They will be in direct communication with the Imperial Commission and will correspond with it, through their presidents and secretaries, for all the information which they may stand in need of in the interest of their mission. The Imperial Commission will transmit to them, according as circumstances may require, the documents, instructions, and suggestions calculated to enlighten them on all the questions relative to the Exhibition. The Imperial Commission, in thus enabling the local committees to supply its place, and to act directly under their own inspirations, considers itself obliged to de- cline all intercourse and all direct correspondence with the persons or industrial firms which intend taking part in the Exhibition ; it cannot and will not correspond but with the committees. • • n. > The mission of the local committees are : — 1st. To execute and cause to be executed, as far as they are concerned, the pro visions of the general regulations ; • 16 2nd. To disseminate within the circle of their locality all the informations and suggestions lilcelv to strongly direct the attention of the parties interested to the object of the Exhibition ; 3rd. To open a register in which all persons who desire to take part in the Exhibition will be bound to get their names inscribed, on applying for it either ver- bally or in writing ; In this register will be specified the nature of the objects which each person in- scribed proposes to send, and the space which is required for their being airanged in place ;' 4th. To give, within the shortest possible period, to the Imperial Commission an idea of the probable number of exnibitors irom their localities, and of the space which their articles may occupy ; 5th. To encourage, by every means in their ^wwer, the fabrication of objects calculated to throw lustre on our manufactures ; 6th. To visit, for that purpose, all the manufactories and places of production in their neighbourhood, and to enter into direct communication with the proprietors ; 7th. To fulfil, when the proper time airives, the functions of a jury, and to decide on the mection and admission of the articles proposed ;' 8th. To forward to the Imperial Commission, after their examination, a list of the exhibitors admitted ; 9th. To have the objects, which they will have decided to admit and which will be sent to the Exhibition, accompanied by the necessary papers and documents ; 10th. To point out in a written report, the services rendered to agriculture and manufactures by the proprietors of works and factories, foremen, workmen, or labourers, residing in their neighbourhood ; 11th. To stimulate around them tlie desire to visit the Exhibition, and to facilitate the means of doing so as much as lies in their power ; 12th. To make known to the Imperial Commission the measures which may appear to them calculated to procure for the greatest possible number of workmen from their neighbourhood the means of visiting the Exhibition. . > The manufactm-crs ought to limit the number of articles, which they intend exhibiting, to the proportion strictly necessary to allow their establiisbnu nts to be sufficiently appreciated. Art. 13 of the general regulations specifies the objects which a^e not admissible to the Universal Exhibit tion. 8 The Imperial Commission, behig unwilling to use, except in cases of absolute necessity, the right whicli it has reserved to itself of admitting or rejecting, without appeal, th> articles presented, recom- mends the committees from the very outset to encourage only the production of such articles as may contribute to the better knowledge of their local manufactures and to their celebrity. TABLE OF CONTENTS. rAOB Decree constituting the Universal Exhibition of Industry 1 of the Fine-Arts 1 appointing the Imperial Commission 2 Address of Prince Napoleou at the first sitting of the Imperial Commission .... 4 Decree approving of the general regulations 5 General regulations 5 General arrangements Arts. 1 to 12 Admission and classification of products — 13 16 Reception and placing of goods — 17 40 — Foreign Goods. — Customs — 41 48 •— Interior organization and police arrangements — 49 52 Protection of industrial designs and inventions — 53 .57 Juries and rewards — 58 77 Special arrangements for the Fine-Arts — 78 83 Circular to Prefects 14 Instructions to local committees 15 LONDON : rillKTED BV W. CLOWES AND SONS, SIAUITORD S'i'UBKT AND C'HARINO CROSS, •T'"f'!?P^?fPf''?p^PPIi»P mmmm^^^'nm^ iPPpVlPi PAGE . 1 . 1 . 2 . 4 ■/ 14 15