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Mr. A. J. Cassatt, President Pennsylvania Railroad. 



Mr. Cornelius Fellowes, President Nat. Horse Show Asso- 

 ciation of America. 



Mr. C. W. Wetmore, President New York and Milwaukee. 



Hon. John Kean, U. S. Senator, New Jersey. 



Dr. Walter B. James, New York. 



Mr. Oliver E. Cromwell, New York and Albuquerque, 

 New Mexico. 



Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, Providence and Newport, R. I. 



Chairman : Nominations for Treasurer are now in order. 



Mr. William J. Matheson was nominated as Treasurer by 

 J.Ir. G. Waldo Smith. 



The nomination was duly seconded, and upon being put to 

 a vote was unanimously carried. 



Letters of co-operation and regret were then read from a 

 number of the gentlemen whose names are on the list of V^ice- 

 Presidents, as well as from Secretary Wilson, Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Chairman : We now come, gentlemen, to the papers and 

 addresses. The first gentleman whom I shall call upon is Dr. 

 John B. Smith, New Jersey State Entomologist. It is due to 

 his energy and persistency that the first appropriation was 

 made by a State for the extermination of mosquitoes, and I 

 call upon him first because I am advised he has a later 

 engagement at Camden, and we wish to convenience him as 

 much as possible. 



Air. E. L. DiCKERSON : Dr. Smith was not able to be present 

 this afternoon on account of another engagement, but he has 

 handed me a paper which he would like to have me read. 



Chairman: If that be agreeable we will have this paper 

 read. 



There being no objection, Mr. Dickerson read the following: 



HOW A STATE APPROPRIATION MAY BE 5PENT. 



Dr. John B. Smith, New Jersey. 



The topic in its present form is unfortunate, because a 

 State appropriation is usually made for a specific purpose and 

 must be spent in accordance with its terms. I will assume, 



