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The SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman, that is correct; the amendment 

 will leaA^e it just as it is now; the amendment as offered refers only 

 to the liquor licenses. 



The CHAIR: Is there any further discussion? 



^ There appearing to be none, the Chair put the question, and a 

 viva voce vote was taken which left the Chair in doubt as to the 

 result, whereupon a rising vote was taken, the question being on 

 the amendment to strike out the designated words, and the motion 

 was lost. 



The CHAIR: Now the question is on the adoption of the report 

 of the committee. Those who are in favor of same will say aye, op- 

 posed no; it is carried. 



The CHAIR: Is there any more unfinished business? If not, we 

 will go on to New Business. 



The SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman, under the head of New Busi- 

 ness there is a matter that I would like to submit to the Board, and 

 that is this: The act of Assembly provides that the election of 

 officers shall take place on the fourth Wednesday of January at their 

 meeting at Harrisburg each year. It has been customary to meet 

 on Tuesday preceding the first Wednesday in January — am I right 

 about that? 



MR. HERR: Wednesday. 



The SECRETARY: It has been customary, with but one excep- 

 tion, to meet on the fourth W^ednesday of January. There are some 

 people who want to hold their meetings at the same time; for in- 

 stance, the State Live Stock Breeders' Association, in whose work 

 we are all interested, and the State Dairy Union would like to hold 

 their meeting the same week in order that they may have the ad- 

 vantages of the lecturers employed by the State Board, and that 

 we may have the advantage of their lecturers employed by them, 

 but if we meet on Wednesday, there would be only left four days 

 of the week. They came to me and asked if we could arrange to 

 begin our meeting on Tuesday, so that they might have a part of 

 the time during the week, and I said to them in reply that it was not 

 a matter for me to decide. I shall be pk ased to have the matter taken 

 up by the State Board or by the Executive Committee and I shall be 

 glad to follow their instructions. I shall be pleased if the State 

 Board or the Executive Committee will take some action in regard 

 to this matter. I have had requests from the Dairy Union and also 

 from the State Live Stock Breeders' Association asking that we 

 begin our meeting on Tuesday. If we do we will have to put off the 

 election of officers until the second day of our meeting. Those of 

 you who were present then, know how we got along. This is a 

 matter for you to consider now. 



The CHAIR: You have heard the suggestion of the Secretary. 

 Is there any motion? 



MR. CLARK: Mr. Chairman, this matter has been mentioned to 

 me quite frequently. Men who are very much interested in this 

 question have spoken to me about it, and I can assure you that I 



