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The President : A motion has been made to take a 

 recess until two o'clock. Gentlemen, before we adjourn, 

 I would like to have you hear from the gentleman who 

 is the Chairman of the Committee on Entertainment 

 tomorrow; and it is cjuite likely that he will outline 

 what you ma}' expect from the committee. 



Mr. Davis: Gentlemen, in behalf of the Fish 

 Commissioners of the State of New York, I desire to 

 state that the committee will give an excursion tomor- 

 row to the Cold Spring Hatchery, leaving Pier i\, just 

 adjoining the Battery, at nine o'clock. We would like 

 to have you all present with 3'our friends. 



The President : There is one further nuitter my 

 attention has been called to. There is a register here, 

 which it is desirable to have each and every member 

 sign, so that we may get his name and address cor- 

 rectly. 



The meeting then adjourned until 2 o'clock. 



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The President called the meeting to order at 2:10 

 o'clock. 



Mr. E. Whitaker : Mr. President and gentlemen : 

 Having had a somewhat extended experience in at- 

 tempts to pass and defeat game laws, and having stud- 

 ied a great deal as to the solution of the difficulty, in 

 order to overcome and obviate the necessity for the 

 everlasting changes being made, so that a man may 

 know from month to month and 3'ear to year what the 

 game laws are — I say, after considering that, I have 

 come to the conclusion that there is just one way in 

 which the game laws can be put into such shape that 

 there will be at least some certainty and some reasona- 

 bleness in them ; and that is, that the constitutions or 

 statutes of the several states should contain a provis- 



