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Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 



Vol. 27, Art. 2 



Harlow Burgess Mills, Chief, Illinois Natural History Survey, 19+7 to date. 



conceived. And when that time comes, 

 the Natural History Survey will he called 

 on for even j^reater activity. 



In closinji this discussion, it would be 

 well to call attention to a House Joint 

 Resolution introduced in the Seventieth 

 General Assembly of the State of Illinois 

 by Representatives Ora Dillavou, Charles 

 Clabau^h, and Leo Pfeffer (Illinois 

 House of Representatives 1957). The 

 Resoluti(jn reads as follows: 



Whereas, On June 30, 1858, a group of 

 far-sighted citizens of this State met at 

 Bloomington and organized the Illinois State 

 Natural History Society which was incorpo- 



rated in 1861 by an Act of the legislature; 

 and 



Whereas, In 1877 the name of the so- 

 ciety was changed to the State Laboratory of 

 Natural History, and in 1885 the laboratory 

 was moved to Urbana where it was placed 

 under the direction of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Universit)' of Illinois; and 



Whereas, The State Laboratory of Nat- 

 ural History and the research activities of 

 the State Entomologist's office were united in 

 1917 to form the State Natural History Sur- 

 vey Division of the Department of Registra- 

 tion and Education ; and 



Whereas, The Natural History Survey 

 has rendered outstanding service in the field 

 of natural history, especially in regard to 

 the control of noxious insects, the control of 



