Section 11
SEC. 11. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Commission, five honorary commissioners, who shall be representative Filipinos, to visit the Exposition in May, nineteen hundred and four, and to remain in the United States, chiefly in Saint Louis, for the purpose of acting upon the committees of award, of advising the Board appointed under this Act, and of representing the Filipino people upon all occasions, when such representation will be necessary or proper, in the public meetings and congresses at the Exposition. Such honorary commissioners shall receive their actual traveling expenses and subsistence in going from Manila, to Saint Louis, in their stay in Saint Louis, and in their return to Manila, and a per diem compensation of seven dollars per day each for a period beginning thirty-five days before the day of the opening of the Exposition until thirty-five days after its close, or so long as they may remain in the United States in attendance upon the Exposition for any less period. The honorary commissioners shall have the right to visit Washington to pay their respects to the President of the United States during the first two months of the Exposition, and their expenses of travel and subsistence during this trip from Saint Louis to Washington and return shall be included in the traveling expenses and subsistence allowed under this section.