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several occasions, and the Appropriation Committee do not like, 

 as a general thing, to lake up a thing that has been turned down, and 

 the Governor, as a general thing, don't like to sign a bill that has 

 been disapproved by his predecessor. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: Mr. Chairman, I move you that this Board ex- 

 tend their thanks to the members of the Legislature, and the Gov- 

 ernor for giving us this legislation. 



MR. STOUT: I move to amend, by adding all others who aided 

 in getting the appropriation passed. 



The amendment was accepted and the motion, as amended, agreed 

 to. 



The CHAIR: It is so ordered and the Secretary will communicate 

 this to those interested. 



Dr. Armsby of State College was called for by the Chairman. 



DR. ARMSBY : Mr. Chairman, I did not expect to be called upon 

 to say anything at this time, but I can say very briefly that the 

 Legislature, while it did not entirely meet the wishes of the friends 

 of agriculture, did make, on the whole, a very liberal appropriation 

 for the promotion of agriculture at the State College. It approved 

 the request for $150,000 for the construction and equipment of the 

 agricultural building for which $100,000 was appropriated in 1903. 

 In the same connection the bill carried an appropriation of $24,000 

 for the extension of the steam and electric plants and for piping, 

 the construction of a tunnel and for providing light and heat and 

 power for the same. 



In addition to this, there was an appropriation of $30,000 for two 

 years for the maintenance of agricultural courses and $10,000 for two 

 years for the maintenance of an agricultural experiment station, be- 

 sides a small item of $2,500 for the erection of an implement shed 

 and poultry plant on the experiment station farm. The bill in this 

 form went to the Governor, and as a good many of you know, he 

 approved the items for maintenance, but found it necessary, on 

 account of the limitation of the State's revenue, to disapprove part 

 of the items, reducing it from $150,000 to $75,000 and disapproving 

 entirely the item for the tunnel and other matters providing for the 

 heating and lighting plant, so that the total of the appropriations 

 approved by the Governor is about $114,000. I am trusting some- 

 what in making these statements on the report of the Legislative 

 Committee of the allied agricultural organizations which are 

 about to meet, immediately following this. Having been called 

 upon to make this statement, it seemed best that I should, to this 

 extent at least, anticipate their report. 



