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of the scientific work being carried on by the government. I 

 beHeve if this motion is carried it will simply incite us to ac- 

 tion." 



Motion was put and carried unanimously. 



The Secretary suggested that the Academy require that all 

 papers be in the hands of the Secretary two weeks in ad- 

 vance of the meeting. Mr. Watson suggested that the 

 time it would take to present the paper also be noted in order 

 that an estimate might be made of the length of the program. 

 No definite action was taken, however, on this subject. 



Mr. Andrews called attention to one point in the remarks 

 made by Professor Forbes on the Brown-tail Moth. 



"I never knew until two years ago," he said, ''what this 

 was or meant ; but in taking a trip or walk through the moth- 

 infested district of Massachusetts, one runs a risk of serious 

 personal trouble and inconvenience, as serious as the ivy 

 poisoning that w^e get here, and I am sure that we would have 

 applauded even more heartily if we had known of the personal 

 inconvenience from which we have perhaps been saved." 



Chairman Crew then announced the following committee 

 to take charge of whatever legislative agitation the Academy 

 thought wise : 



Forbes, Coulter, Crook and Hessler. 



Professor Goss then extended an invitation to the Academy, 

 in the name of the portion of the membership from Urbana, 

 to hold the next meeting at Urbana, and asked the Executive 

 Committee to give the invitation due consideration. 



Adjournment was then taken until 6 o'clock P. M., when 

 a banquet was given by the Chamber of Commerce at the 

 Y. M. C. A. Building. 



