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Mr. Giinckel: I expected this would be a beginning- and 

 lead to the appointment of members from the seaboard states. I 

 did not have time to properly form this so as to cover that. 



The Chairman: 1 want to say for the information of yon 

 gentlemen who do not happen to know about the matter, that 

 Mr. Bell, of Wisconsin, was the father of the movement I have 

 referred to, and he is entitled to great credit for it. It seems 

 there were introduced into the legislatures of Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin, Illinois and Michigan this last year joint resolutions or 

 concurrent resolutions providing for the appointment of repre- 

 sentatives of those states toi meet and decide upon uniform laws 

 to regulate the fisheries. As I understand it, that is the scope 

 of it, and each of these four states have acted on the matter. 

 They will meet this coming sunnner. 



The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. 



Mr. Titcomb: To get it before the members before any more 

 absent themselves, 1 move that when we adjourn we adjourn 

 until two o'clock this afternoon, city time. 



The motion was cairied unanimously. 



Mr. Bryant: The committee to whom was recommitted the 

 secretary's report, wish to report that they have stricken out the 

 w^ords "for general distribution." 1 move the adoption of the 

 report. 



The motion was duly seconded and the report was adopted. 



Mr. Davis: It strikes me it is a mistake to restrict to that 

 extent the pul)lication of the reports. 



Mr. Peabodv: I move as an amendment, that each member 

 have an opportunity to make application for five copies of the 

 report, ami that they be sent to him if he makes api:»lication, 

 otherwise but one. 



The motion was carried. 



Adjourned to 2 p. m. 



PROCEEDINGS OF FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 18, 1897. 

 The session was called to order by the President. 



The Chair: We will now listen to a paper by Mr. Seymour 

 Bower, on Fish Protection and Fish Production. 



Mr. Bower: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Associa- 

 tion. I have jotted down a few thouglits that I have put under 



