82 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 5 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON 

 MEETINGS OF THE COTTON STATES ENTOMOLOGISTS 



For the purpose of considering the various cotton boll weevil 

 quarantine regulations now in force in the various states with a view 

 of securing uniformity, the Association of Cotton States Entomologists 

 met at Atlanta on December 5 and 6, and at Washington on December 

 29. The following resolutions and recommendations were unani- 

 mously adopted: 



RECOMMENDATIONS IN REGARD TO GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW 



I. -^Legislative enactment to provide for quarantine under an official 

 Board of not over five to constitute a responsible body, which shall 

 be charged with formulation and administration of all quarantine 

 regulations against insect pests and plant diseases. 



The law should provide competent State Entomologists of proper 

 training and experience. 



II. — All specifications of dangerous insects, plant diseases, etc., and 

 all regulations relating thereto, shall be adopted and published by said 

 Board, and shall be subject to change upon proper public notice and 

 announcement. 



III. — Law should provide for suitable means of prosecution of 

 violators of regulations and fix penalties therefor, including fine or 

 imprisonment, and confiscation of material. 



IV. — Law should give police power to authorized parties adminis- 

 tering quarantine. 



The report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of formulat- 

 ing a schedule of articles to be restricted and exempt, was read and 

 each item discussed. The following resolutions were adopted: 



RECOMMENDATIONS FOR QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS APPLYING TO 

 ARTICLES ORIGINATING WITHIN QUARANTINE AREA 



1. Seed cotton. 



2. Cotton seed. 



3. Seed cotton sacks, cotton seed sacks, and cotton pickers' sacks, 

 any of which has been used within eight months for any of the purposes 

 indicated. 



4. Cotton seed hulls, between August 1 and December 30. 



5. Spanish moss and corn in shuck between October 1 and June 30. 



