AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



T\VF XTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD 

 AT WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 9, 1903. 



I. Minutes of the Meeting and 

 Resolutions. 



THE twenty-second annual meeting 

 of the American Forestry Associ- 

 ation was held in accordance with the 

 constitution on December 9, 1903. The 

 meeting was called to order at the Atlan- 

 tic Building, Washington, D. C., at 10 

 o'clock a. in., by Honorable James Wil- 

 son, Secretary of Agriculture and Presi- 

 dent of the Association. The attendance 

 was excellent and a lively interest was 

 shown in the work of the Association. 

 The reading of the minutes of the last 

 meeting was dispensed with, as they 

 had been printed in full in FORESTRY 

 AND IRRIGATION for January, 1903. 



The Treasurer, Mr. Otto Luebkert, 

 read his report, showing total receipts of 

 - 566.31 andexpendituresof$4,o77.59, 

 leaving a balance on hand of $488.72, 

 against which there are outstanding bills 

 for $50.00. The report was accepted 

 and referred to the Auditing Committee. 

 The Secretary of the Association, Mr. 

 Bowers, read the report of the Board of 

 Directors, which was accepted, and, on 

 motion, ordered to be printed in FOR- 

 ESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



Mr. Pinchot announced the names of 

 those who had contributed to the special 

 fund for increasing the membership and 

 advancing the work of the Association, 

 the list being as follows : Mr. William 

 Earl Dodge (now deceased), Mr. D. 

 Willis James, of New York; Mr. Morris 

 K. Jesup, New York, and Mrs. Elizabeth 

 S. Potter, wife of Bishop Potter, of New 

 York. 



He moved a vote of thanks to these 

 ladies and gentlemen for their valuable 

 assistance, which w^as unanimously car- 

 ried. 



On motion, the chair was authorized 

 to appoint the usual committees, and in 

 accordance therewith he named Messrs. 

 George B. Sndworth and Win. L. Hall 

 as the Auditing Committee ; Messrs. 



Edward A. Bowers, F. H. Newell, and 

 Overton W. Price as the Committee on 

 Resolutions ; Messrs. Gifford Pinchot, 

 George P.Whittlesey, George F. Moses, 

 Colonel William F. Fox, and Dr. C. A. 

 Schenck as the Committee on Nomina- 

 tions. 



Secretary Wilson was at this point 

 obliged to leave, and called upon Mr. 

 Gifford Pinchot to take the chair during 

 his absence. Mr. Pinchot thereupon 

 requested Mr. Ernest Stewart, Super- 

 intendent of the Canadian forests, to 

 take his place on the nominating com- 

 mittee. 



Dr. Schenck then addressed the meet- 

 ing upon the subject of forestry in North 

 Carolina, and was followed by Mr. Low, 

 of Hawaii, who spoke interestingly upon 

 forest conditions in the islands. 



After some further discussion, Mr. 

 Pinchot extended an invitation on be- 

 half of his mother, Mrs. James W. Pin- 

 chot, to all present to attend a tea at 

 No. 1615 Rhode Island Avenue from 

 4.30 to 6.30 that afternoon. 



A recess was then taken at n o'clock 

 until 12 o'clock noon. 



At the afternoon session Mr. Bowers, 

 for the Committee on Resolutions, read 

 the proposed resolutions, which were 

 then taken up for discussion and finally 

 adopted. These resolutions are printed 

 below as a part of this report. 



The Auditing Committee reported 

 that the Treasurer's accounts were cor- 

 rect, and their report was accepted and 

 placed on file. 



The Nominating Committee reported 

 a list of officers for 1904, and upon the 

 acceptance of their report the Secretary 

 was directed to cast the ballot of the 

 Association for the nominees. This 

 list is printed on the Association an- 

 nouncement page in the January num- 

 ber of FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



Mr. Stewart, Superintendent of Ca- 

 nadian forests, suggested that next sum- 

 mer the American Forestry Association 



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