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kind the Legislature and the Appropriations Committees must 

 take into account. It seems to me the most important thing 

 to do is to interest our individual members of the legislature 

 at home in our proposition." 



Mr. Galloway — "I move you that this body now express 

 itself, both for itself and for the benefit of those other selves 

 that may be constrained to listen to us, to the effect that we 

 are in sympathy with the passage of this bill which has been 

 presented for this institution in Springfield." 



]\Ir. Andrews — "Would it not be better if this motion should 

 be referred to a committee to report to this convention the 

 wording of a resolution with definite presentation of argu- 

 ment?" 



The motion to appoint a committee was put and carried. 



Air. Gleason then moved to appoint a committee to secure 

 funds from the legislature for the publication of the transac- 

 tions of this Academy. 



In talking to the motion, Mr. Johnson said: "I heard a 

 discussion the other day as to the wrong and right of making 

 these special appropriations to particular societies. For in- 

 stance, why should the Bee Keepers' or Poultry Association 

 of only a few people spend the peoples' money? There is no 

 way of having any one responsible for that expenditure. I 

 should lake it, inasmuch as this is a scientific body, that it 

 would be unwise for us to ask for unscientific legislation. In 

 other words, if we want to publish a j^ublication let us look 

 after it ourselves." 



Discussing the matter further, Mr. Crook said: "Steps 

 have been taken in this direction. The Academy is not asking 

 for special legislation. It j^roposes a service to every one in 

 the State. The results of the work of the Academy should 

 be available to every citizen. If the Academy iwblishes its own 

 proceedings the edition will 1)c small. If the State does so 

 the results may be widely distributed. This is right in line 

 with what the National Government is doing. The National 

 Academy of Sciences has recently been requested by the gov- 

 ernment to consider and rej^ort on the methods and expense 



