of the Merced County Chamber of Commerce, "served notice" 

 that at the next meeting he would be prepared to invite the ninth 

 semi-annual convention to the Yosemite Valley. 



President Camm of the Petaluma Chamber of Commerce 

 offered the suggestion that the Fresno delegation might be on 

 hand at the afternoon session, and on motion of S. N. Wyckoff 

 further consideration of the question was postponed until the 

 afternoon session. 



On motion of Rufus P. Jennings the meeting adjourned until 

 2 o'clock. 



At the commencement of the afternoon session the Fresno 

 delegation was on hand, and the question of the meeting place 

 for the next session was again taken up. William Robertson, 

 secretary of the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce, explained 

 the reason for their absence at the morning session. He stated 

 that a committee of seven had been appointed by the Chamber 

 of Commerce to extend the invitation for the next meeting, but 

 that only the president of the Chamber of Commerce, John A. 

 Neu, and himself had been able to attend. Following Mr. Rob- 

 ertson, Mr. Neu formally invited the Counties Committee to 

 Fresno. R. N. Lynch, secretary of the Petaliuna Chamber of 

 Commerce, seconded the invitation of Fresno, which had cour- 

 teously given place to Petaluma for the seventh semi-annual meet- 

 ing. Francis Cuttle then withdrew the invitation of Riverside 

 in favor of Fresno, and Dr. Perce, who had seconded the invita- 

 tion of Riverside, moved that Fresno be selected as the meeting 

 place. The motion was seconded by Cragie Sharp and unani- 

 mously carried. Mr. Neu thanked the delegates for their favor- 

 able action. 



The chairman asked if the Committee on Credentials was 

 ready to report, and the chairman of the committee, Clarence E. 

 Edwords, made the following report : 



"To THE Counties Committee of The California Promotion 

 Committee. 



^''Gntlemen: 



"Your Committee on Credentials begs leave to report as 

 follows : 



"We find that there are present at this meeting one hundred 

 and nine delegates, representing all of the fifty-seven counties 



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