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cotton seed or anything else which may serve as a means of introducing 

 it into the State. There should be no reasonable doubt of the right of 

 the State to enact quarantine laws to absolutely prohibit the shipment into 

 the State of everything from any place infected with the boll weevil, 

 as well as the shipment of the same through the State, if thereby there 

 may be serious danger of the weevil infecting the cotton fields of this 

 State. 



To my mind, such measures of quarantine protection would be entirely 

 local and within the exercise of the police power of the State, and not in 

 any sense to be considered as regulations of interstate commerce. 



How best to enforce such quarantine; what quarantine regulations 

 should be adopted, and under what authority the State should act in 

 carrying out the measures of prevention necessary to attain the objects 

 and purposes of the Legislature are matters which lie entirely within the 

 power of the Legislature, and are to be dealt with by it. The end in 

 view may be accomplished by a special commission, created for the pur- 

 pose, or additional power or authority may be given to the Bureau of 

 Agriculture and Immigration, which already is charged with the duty 

 of "encouraging, advancing and protecting the agricultural interests of 

 Louisiana." 



I am, yours respectfully, 



WALTER GUION, Attorney General. 



The President. I wish to call the attention of chairmen of committees 

 that we expect reports to-morrow. Therefore these committees should 

 either meet to-night, or early in the morning. 



Judge John C. Pugh, Chairman of the Committee on Legislation, here 

 announced that there would be a meeting of his committee at 9 o'clock. 



Mr. Chappuis of Rayne. Mr. Chairman, I would like to state that some 

 of the delegates here would like to go back to-night ,and would like to be 

 heard before going. 



The Chairman stated that the matter rested with the Convention. 



Mr. Pope of Rapides moved that the gentlemen be heard to-night. 



Thereupon some member offered as a substitute that the gentlemen be 

 invited to stay over until to-morrow. 



Mr. Pugh of Shreveport spoke to this motion. 



Thereupon Mr. Chappuis stated that it was imperative for him to leave 

 at night, and expressed a desire to be heard before going. 



Mr. Pugh then moved that the gentleman be heard. 



The substitute was withdrawn. 



Mr. Chappuis read the following paper, to-wit: 



"Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen Representing the young, prosperous and 

 beautiful Parish of Arcadia, and being so situated that it would probably 

 be one of the first victims of the most probable invasion of the boll weevil. 



