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cussions on these matters stricken from our records, I therefore 

 would move to reconsider the vote whereby this resolution was 

 adopted. 



Mr. Sias. Before this motion is put I wish to say a word. 

 No doubt Prof. Porter,in offering this resolution, did so in good 

 faith. He is a friend of this Society and has admitted here that 

 he knew nothing of this firm of L. L. May & Co., that he never 

 had any business transactions with them. There are others who 

 have had transactions with them and are fully aware of the facts 

 of the cas3. Had he known all the f icts I am satisfied he wonld 

 not have ofifered the resolution. I do not suppose the Society 

 understood fully the nature of the action being taken and there- 

 fore would b3 willing to rescind ths vote than taken. 



The motion of Mr. Cutler was adopted. 



Mr, Gonld. It seems to me this is going on in a curious 

 way; I should like to have a record of the vote taken so it will 

 be known how we stand in this respect. It has been the custom 

 of our Society to keep out personal matters and I fear we are 

 getting ourselves into trouble. I hardly know how to act in the 

 matter. 



Mr. C. L. Smith. Mr. Miy cams in here and requested j^er- 

 sonally to have an opportunity to be heard ; having gotten much 

 the worst of it he was pleased to have someone get up and help 

 him out of it ; that is exactly what we did by jDassing that reso- 

 lution of Prof, Porter's. I want the discussions had to go on 

 the record as they occurred. I am not ashamed of it at all, and 

 those who are opposed to this can vote against it. 



The motion then being upon the adoption of the resolution 

 offered by Prof Porter the motion was lost. 



Mr. Brand offered the following resolution, which was 

 adopted: 



Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the chair 

 to investigate the extent and quilifcy of pine lands belonging to 

 the Stite,from which th3 tiui!)3r his b33n cut, their location and 

 the practicability of their protection from fire and improvement 

 bj-^ planting, thinning and cultivation, said committee to report 

 at our next annual meeting. 



Upon the foregoing resolution the following committee was 

 appointed, viz: O. F. Brand, J. W. Boxell, and C. L. Smith. 



Mr. Smith was then called upon to address the Society on 

 small fruits. 



