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Lodge brought the matter before the Senate in the form of 

 an amendment to an appropriation bill, and they passed it, 

 granting $40,000. The bill was taken with other bills 

 before a conference committee, and this appropriation was 

 thrown out. That was the end of that effort. 



I believe, if this could be properly taken up and properly 

 presented to Congress, there would be no difficulty in 

 getting an appropriation. 



Secretary Sessions. It seems to me that the only way 

 to reach Congress is through the governor. In reference to 

 one of these resolves that was passed several years ago, I 

 took occasion to go to the governor and ask him what was 

 going to be done. He read it over, and I asked him if it 

 was not some one's business to send it to Congress. He 

 said, " The resolve does not provide that any one shall do 

 it, and what nobody else does the governor must do." I 

 believe if the matter was brought before the governor he 

 would see to it. 



On motion of Mr. W. B. Barton, it was 



Voted, That the secretary be instructed to call the atten- 

 tion of the governor to the resolutions of the last Legislature, 

 memorializing the Congress of the United States to grant an 

 appropriation to assist the Commonwealth in the work of 

 extermination of the gypsy moth, and in the name of the 

 Board of Agriculture to ask His Excellency to take measures 

 to bring the memorial to the knowledge of Congress by 

 sending a copy to our Senators and Representatives, or 

 otherwise, as he may think proper. 



Adjourned. 



