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years that amount has been turned into the fund because 

 there was no use for it . 



I offer a resolution and will send it up to the secretary to 

 read. 



The secretary then read the following resolution presented 

 by Mr. Wilcox: 



' 'That a committee of three gentlemen be selected to go to 

 St. Paul and extend an invitation to His Excellency, the Gov- 

 ernor, Wm . R. Merriam, the state officers and the members of 

 the legislature to visit the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the 

 Minnesota State Horticultural Society, now in session at the 

 Guaranty Loan building in Minneapolis . 



' 'To come at their own convenience, morning, afternoon or 

 evening, Tuesday or Friday, and take part in the discussions 

 and examine the display of Minnesota grown products of the 

 orchard, garden and conservatory, and other objects of value 

 to the agriculturist, horticulturist and all other industries of 

 the state." 



President Elliot: — I will appoint on the committee L. H. 

 Wilcox, C. L. Smith and M. Cutler. 



L. H. Wilcox: — The meeting of the Bee-keepers Association 

 will necessarily keep me very busy, so I think you will have to 

 appoint some one else on the committee. 



M. Cutler: — I am in about the same position as Mr. Wilcox. 

 I am on the executive commmittee of the Bee-keepers Asso- 

 ciation, and it will be impossible for me to leave to-morrow 

 morning. 



President Elliot: — I will appoint in place of Mr. Cutler, Dr. 

 Moyer, and if Mr. Wilcox thinks he cannot serve I will put 

 Mr. Smith in his place as chairman of the committee. 



C. L. Smith: — I regret the question has taken the form it has, 

 but I think it is only just to myself and those associated with me 

 to make just a little explanation. At the same time that the legis- 

 lature made an appropriation providing for a bounty for tree 

 planting in Minnesota, they also provided a second appropri 

 ation of five thousand dollars for this Minnesota State Forestry 

 Association, to be used in the collection and dissemination of in- 

 formation in regard to tree planting in the state of Minnesota. 

 About fifteen hundred dollars of that money was expended when 

 the secretary, Mr. Hodges, died. I was elected as secretary of 

 the association in his place. Meetings were held and about one 



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