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congresses, relation of the congress to government and science, etc. A number 
of resolutions, passed by the sections or presented by the delegations, were offered 
and adopted. An agreement was reached to urge upon the legislative bodies 
of the various countries represented the adoption of uniform laws dealing with 
commerce, citizenship, etc., and a plan providing for such uniformity was 
adopted and will be submitted to the several governments. 
By a practically unanimous vote it was decided to hold the next meeting in 
Washington in October, 1912. This action was cabled to the State Department, 
and Secretary Root responded in the following message: 
“Please express to the Pan-American Scientific Congress the satisfaction with 
which this Government receives the announcement that Washington has been 
selected as the meeting place of the congress in 1912.” 
A committee of five members ° was appointed to arrange with the Department 
of State at Washington for the appointment of a permanent organization com- 
mittee for the prospective meeting. 
A. farewell session was held in the Municipal Theater on the afternoon of 
January 5, at which fitting addresses were made by officials and delegates; ¢ 
“ Resolution, extending to the governing board and director of the Interna- 
tional Bureau of the American Republics the thanks of the Pan-American Sci- 
entific Congress for the offer of cooperation : 
Whereas the Pan-American Scientific Congress has received with much satis- 
faction the cordial message of greetings from the Bureau of the American Re- 
publics and the kind offer of cooperation; be it 
Resolved, That the formal thanks of the congress be transmitted to the govern- 
ing board and director of the bureau, and that it be recommended to the mem- 
bers of the organization committee of the next Scientific Congress to avail them- 
selves in every possible way of the valuable services which the bureau can 
render. 
Resolution, recommending the establishment of a section of American bibli- 
ography in the International Bureau of the American Republics: 
Recognizing the importance of establishing closer relations between investi- 
gators throughout the American continent and of disseminating the results of 
scientific investigations, the Pan-American Scientific Congress 
Resolves, To recommend to the governing board of the International Bureau 
of the American Republics: 
1. That a special section be established in the International Bureau of the 
American Republics to be known as the ‘Section of American Bibliography.” 
2. That the director of the bureau invite authors and investigators to send 
their publications to the bureau, on receipt of which notice thereof will be pub- 
lished in the Bulletin, which notice shall include at least a brief summary of the 
contents of such publication and the price thereof. 
8. That the bureau secure for investigators any such publications at a price 
to be indicated in the Bulletin. 
4. That the bureau endeavor so far as practicable to secure official publica- 
tions for investigators. 
5. That the bureau keep a record of the published progress of larger schemes 
of scientific investigations of Pan-American bearing; and that it strive to bring 
into closer contact investigators in the same or related fields. 
oL. S. Rowe, George H. Rommel, W. H. Holmes, John Barrett, director of the 
Bureau of American Republics, and Elmer H. Brown, commissioner of education. 
C CLOSING ADDRESS OF DR. L. S. ROWE. 
Mr. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The honor conferred upon my coun- 
try through the designation of Washington as the next meeting place of this 
