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President P. J. Parrott: I think that this is implied in the report 

 and unless there is objection the vice-presidents will be designated 

 so that there will be no misunderstanding as to the sections over 

 which they will preside. 



Mr. H. T. Fernald: I would like to ask whether one vice-president 

 for the general Association is likely to be always sufficient. I recall 

 at least one meeting at which at the last moment we found that one 

 of the vice-presidents was unable to be present. If we had not known 

 before that the president could not be there and if we had not a second 

 vice-president we would have been without a president pro tern. It 

 is merely a question of whether or not more than one vice-president 

 for the general Association might be advisable. 



Secretary A. F. Burgess: It seems to me that the number pro- 

 vided for in this amendment will, except in extreme emergency, be 

 sufficient. At the St. Louis meeting a number of years ago, only 

 one officer of the Association was present. That happened to be 

 myself, who was Secretary at that time. But the late Dr. James 

 Fletcher was called to the chair to preside and we had a most enjoy- 

 able meeting, and I think if such emergency should arise again we 

 would probably get along as nicely. 



Mr. E. p. Felt: It seems to me that if the president and vice- 

 president-at-large were both absent, the first sectional vice-president 

 could call the meeting to order and complete the organization. 



On motion the report of the committee was accepted and its recom- 

 mendations adopted. 



President P. J. Parrott: I will now call for the report of the com- 

 mittee on Publication of Economic Literature. 



The report which was presented at the first session was read by 

 Doctor Britton and at the suggestion of Doctor Felt the part of the 

 report concerning the publication of the bibliography of economic 

 entomology was considered first. 



Mr. W. M. Wheeler: I would like to inquire if it is to be the 

 general policy of the Association to go into the publication of ento- 

 mological literature. 



President P. J. Parrott: I do not think so. The question to be 

 considered is in regard to the publication of the bibliography. 



Mr. W. M. Wheeler: As I understand it, the recommendations 

 of the committee are made in case the government will not under- 

 take the publication of the bibliography. It occurs to me that 

 there are other alternatives. It is the function of many academies 

 and scientific institutions to publish papers that cannot be handled by 

 Journals, and it seems to me that it might be worth while to see whether 

 this paper could not be published by som.e of these institutions. I am 



