February, '13] ENTOMOLOGISTS' PROCEEDINGS 5 



and senators from different quarlers of the countrj\ Finally it passed both houses 

 of Congress, but was vetoed by President Cleveland. Later Mr. Smith ascertained 

 that President McKinley would sign the bill if it should come to him. After a repeti- 

 tion of the vicissitudes that the previous bill had experienced, it was finally passed 

 and signed by the President. Mr. M. J. Stewart, who was secretary of the Society 

 at the.time of incorporation, has written, "It is our conviction that no other human 

 being but Mr. Smith rould have accomplished what he did, and, without any reason 

 to discourage you, would say that I think j'ou would find it very difficult to get in- 

 corporation by act of Congress." 



The Executive Committee recommends that a special committee be appointed 

 to consider further the matter of incorporation. 



Under instructions from the Associations the committee referred to the A. A. A. S. 

 a list of the active members with the suggestion that they be made fellows of that 

 association. 



W. D. Hunter. 

 T. J. Headlee, 



R. A. COOLEY. 



A. F. Burgess, 



Executive Committee. 



By vote of the Association the report was accepted and the recom- 

 mendations adopted. 



President W. D. Hunter: We will now listen to the report of the 

 Committee on Nomenclature by Prof. Herbert Osborn. 



Mr. Herbert Osborn: No list of insect names has been submitted 

 to the committee during the year and, therefore, we have no list to re- 

 port to the Association. The committee feels that an improvement in 

 the use of common names has resulted from its work. Several books 

 and other publications- that have appeared recently have used the 

 names suggested in the lists. We have no further report to make at 

 this time. 



By vote of the Association the report was adopted. 



President W. D. Hunter: We will now call for the report of the 

 committee on affiliation with other agricultural organizations. Mr. 

 F. M. Webster is chairman of this committee but as he does not seem 

 to be present, I will call on Professor Forbes for the report. 



Mr. S. a. Forbes: The members of this committee which included 

 Professor Webster, Professor O'Kane, and myself have never had a 

 meeting. I have just received a letter from Professor W^ebster in 

 which he says that he will approve any report which Professor O'Kane 

 and myself may make. This being the case I beg leave to report that 

 inasmuch as the present arrangement, whereby this Association holds 

 its meetings at the same time and place with the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, and its related societies, is working 

 very satisfactory and that it does not seem advisable to make a change. 

 The committee is of the opinion that the present arrangement in re- 

 gard to holding annual meetings should be continued. 



