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2. That all state or territorial officials in charge of nursery inspection be urged to 

 accept these certificates at their face value, and that in states where laws are now in force 

 which will not allow the acceptance of such certificates, the inspection departments be 

 requested to endeavor to secure such state legislation as will make this possible. 



C — That Congress should authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to proceed to extermi- 

 nate or control imported insects or plant diseases, or any insect previously native to a re- 

 stricted locality, but which may become migratory and threaten the whole country, 

 whenever in his judgment such action is practicable, and that an appropriation be made 

 for this purpose as a reserve fund for emergency use against any such pest which may 

 arise. 



The joint committee proposes to have two bills prepared for introduction 

 into Congress ; one of these embracing the subject matter of sections A and B, 

 and the other embracing only the subject matter of section C, and that if the 

 passage of both measures be found impracticable or impossible then all 

 efforts be concentrated in the attempt to secure the passage of the bill 

 involving the certiflcation and inspection of imports and the control of 

 nursery stock shipments entering into interstate trade, as above outlined. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WiLMON Newell, 

 Member of Joint Committee. 



It was moved and seconded that the report be received and that the 

 recommendations of the committee be endorsed by the Association. 



Mr. J. B. Smith favored laying the report on the table until it 

 could be more thoroughly examined by the members, as he considered 

 it unwise to take hasty action on the matter. 



In reply Mr. Newell stated that the report is practically the same 

 as that endorsed by the Association at the last annual meeting. The 

 reason for desiring immediate action was that a number of the repre- 

 sentatives of the nurserymen were obliged to leave the city that even- 

 ing and, as they desired to have a bill drafted at once for presentation 

 to Congress, they wished the further endorsement of the Association 

 at this convention. 



After a brief discussion the motion prevailed. 



Mr. Hill, President of the American Association of Nurserymen, 

 thanked the Association for the endorsement of the report and stated 

 that the action taken would be of great assistance to the committee in 

 securing the desired legislation. 



The report of the Committee on Nomenclature was presented at the 

 Saturday morning session as follows: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. 

 Your committee on nomenclature begs leave to report as follows: 



First, that no additional list of names for final adoption is submitted at 

 this meeting. 



Second, that we recommend that the lists previously adopted be brought 



