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room? 



Mr, Race. I don't think we are done with that other 

 question. I want to ask this Association to pass some reso- 

 lution asking the state to do away with the deer nuisance. 



Pres. Do you make the motion? 



Mr. Race Yes. I make that as a motion. 



Pres, Is that motion seconded? 



A Member. I will second it, 



Pres. The motion is made that this Association ask tha 

 Legislature to pass laws for the destruction of the deer; is 

 that it? 



Mr. Race. That's it. 



Mr, Wilder, If that motion prevails I hope that the As- 

 sociation will go down to the State House when the ques- 

 tion comes up and will be prepared to back it up. 



Mr. Wheeler. It is practically useless to pass a vote 

 and not back it up by our presence down at the State 

 House. If all the people troubled or hurt in any way by the 

 deer, will go down and ask for a reasonable law, I think 

 they will get it, but not by simply passing a vote that it is 

 the sense of the meeting that the state should destroy the 

 deer. They won't pay any more attention than if we hadn't 

 done it at all. 



Mr, Race, They will know the way we feel about it. 



A Member .1 think that if the secretary will let each 

 one know the time the bill is expected to come up we might 

 go down and have as much fun as we do here. (New busi- 

 ness cannot now be introduced in this Legislature as the lim- 

 it was early in January. We must now wait for the next 

 Legislature. A bill adding Middlessex and Essex counties 

 to the list having an open season on deer is already in the 

 Senate and will probably pass. Secy.). 



Mr. Clark. I think possibly that if we embody in our 

 resolutions a way in which we might get rid of the deer, it 

 might be a help. If we took a leaf out of Mr. Hale's book 

 and asked the Governor to come and get them — why should- 

 not we ask for a longer open season and let the sportsmen 

 kill them and pay their own bills? 



A Member. Let's amend it to 365 days in the year. 



Mr. Clark. At the present time I think our open season 

 is ten days. Why can't we ask for a month for the open 



