6pond with committees that are, or may be ap- 

 pointed by American and Foreign organizations 

 on this subject, and that said committee, after 

 auch correspondence, shall report such modifica- 

 tion of our system of weights and measures, as 

 may to them seem most desirable. 



[See committee with list of standing com- 

 mittees.] 



FARMS FOB REFORMATORIES. 



Presented by Dr. Kennedy: 



Resolved, That the Secretary be, and he is in- 

 structed to address the officers of Reformatories 

 tor juvenile offenders, in the institutions of the 

 United States not already provided with farms, 

 and to urge upon them the importance of intro- 

 ducing agricultural labor as a portion of the dis- 

 cipline of their institutions. 



THANKS TO SECRETARY. 



The following, offered by Mr. Davie, of 

 Ky., was unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Congress be 

 given to the retiring Secretary, Mr. G. E. Mor- 

 row, for the able, constant and effective per- 

 formance of his duties aa secretary of this body 

 which was with him a labor of love and not of 

 profit. 



Resolved, That this resolution be spread upon 

 the minute book of this Congress. 



THANKS TO PHILADELPHIANS. 



The following, offered by Geo. E. Morrow, 

 was unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Congress are 

 tendered to Horace J. Smith, Dr. A. L. Kennedy 

 and other of our Pennsylvania members, for 

 their effective aid in obtaining places of meeting, 

 and to Capt. Landreth and Hon. Jno. B. Hawley 

 for the use of Judges' Hall and other attentions 

 shown us on the Exhibition Grounds. 



On motion adjourned to meet at the Belmont 

 Hotel this evening after adopting a resolution 

 that the Executive Committee be authorized 

 to take such action as to them seemed best, 

 regarding the publication of the transactions. 



EVENING SESSION. 



This session was informal. Remarks were made 

 by A. L. Murdock, of Boston, and Dr. Snodgrass, 

 of Washington. The following gentlemen were 

 elected members of the Congress : 



L.Williams, Montrose, Iowa; Jas. Hall, Lacona, 

 Warren county, Iowa; M. Wilkins, Willamette 

 Forks, Oregon; James Bruce, Corvallis, Oregon; 

 F. B. Chamberlain, St. Louis, Mo. ; Rev. G. W. 

 Minier, Minier, 111.; L. Fallen, Buffalo, N. Y.; J. 

 E. Snodgrass, Washington, D. C.; Dr. A. G. Hum- 

 phrey, Galesburg, III.; Jno. A. Small, Harrisburg, 

 Pa.; Virgil G. Gilmer, Nashua, N. H.; Horace J. 

 Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.; C. Gillingham, Acco- 

 tink, Va. 



The session of the Congress was then de- 

 clared closed by Pres. Flagg. HORACE J. 

 SMITH, Secretary. 



