Show PORTLAND FAIR BOARD HAMPERED Lewis and Clark Exposition Law Not Operative Till May Hay 9 CALL FOR MONEY REFUSED T I MAY WORK LAW OF TWO TW YEARS AGO The Utah commissioners the Lewis Clark exposition ran against a snag yesterday wOmen lIhen they discovered that there was no emergency emeren y clause in the law aw passed by the time legislature creating the and providing funds for fot forthe forthe the Utah exhibit For this reason the law lav will not go into effect for sixty days from the time tUne it was passed It was not passed by a it majority and it will be May ilay S ii before beor the Jaw law is operative This oversight on the time part of time the leg legislature legIslature legIslature came to light Thursday when Treasurer Rudolph Kuchler Kuebler of the thEt com coni commission commission mission presented a requisition for on State Stale Auditor Edwards The auditor refused to honor the requisition requisition tion the p t had been definitely settled as to whether hether the commission was sas authorized to use the funds This information was wa wai conveyed eon eyed to t Governor Cutler yesterday I by y Secretary of State Referred to Attorney General The matter was turned over to At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney General Breeden for am amt opinion I and he is now looking the matter up It is thought that even Oven should it be de do determined that the tho commission cannot act under the law 18 enacted atthe at the last legislature it can ChUt act under the law en enacted enacted enacted acted by file legislature Je two years ago In that event e rit appropriated at that time will be at once and the other will become avail available avaIlable able abl May 9 The commissioners ivill meet at 1030 this thi morning At that same time those authorized authorised to act art for the Louisiana Purchase Pur hase comm jon Jou will meet for the purpose of turning go over overto overto to the tho new commission sion all the tho exhibits and other property brought home from St Louis It k km the understanding also alo that the old commission will wIn close cloe up all aU its unfinished business meet all Its outstanding obligations and leave the field clear for fOl the Portland exposi exposition exposition tion At the meeting today the Lewis and Clark commissioners will also determine deter determine determine mine definitely on the time for visit visiting visiting visiting ing Portland The present understand understanding ing lug is i that the start will be bc made early earb next week While they are in Portland it Is understood that tho t the com commissioners commissIoners missioners will decide whether or not Utah is to have hae a building at the fair or whether the tho Utah exhibits are ure to tobe tobe tobe be distributed among amonS the main build buildings ings Inga |