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Resolved, further, That this minute be spread upon the records of 

 the society and published as a part of its proceedings. 



Respectfully submitted, 



John B. Smith, 

 Henry Skinner, 

 'M. V. Slingerland, 

 Lawrence Bruner, 

 R. A. Cooley, 



Committee. 



By vote of the Association the resolutions were adopted as read. 

 The report of the Committee on Resolutions was presented as 

 follows : 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS 



Resolved, That the Association of Economic Entomologists hereby ex- 

 presses its appreciation for the courtesies extended by the local committee 

 on arrangements and by the Board of Education of Baltimore. 



Resolved, That as an Association we urge upon Congress the importance 

 of passing House Bill No. 21318 and Senate Bill No. 6515, which pi'ovides 

 for regulating the standards of insecticides and fungicides entering into inter- 

 state commerce. 



Resolved, That we again place on record our conviction that the control 

 of the gyi*sy moth in New England is an entomological problem of the first 

 magnitude and of great practical importance to the entire country. Fur- 

 thermore, we would emphasize the necessity of the State of Massachusetts 

 continuing with undiminished vigor the policy prosecuted so ably during the 

 past few years. 



Resolved, That this Association emphasizes most strongly the importance 

 of insects as carriers of disease, and hereby urges its members to do all in 

 their power to better sanitary conditions. 



Resolved, That the members of this Association hereby express their 

 thanks to A. F. Burgess for his most efficient services as Secretary during 

 the past four years. 



Respectfully submitted, 



E. P. Felt. 



F. L. Washblrx, 

 R. I. Smith, 



Commitee. 



The following amendment presented by ^Messrs. Washburn and 

 Smith of the committee was added, and by vote of the Association the 

 report was accepted as amended. 



Resolved, That this Association in congratulating itself on the success of 

 the Journal of Economic Entomology during the past year, hereby testifies 

 its appreciation of the work of the Journal's Board of Editors, through 

 whose generous efforts the success of this, its first year, has been secured. 



