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CONTENTS. 



Morning session, Friday, March 5, 1897: Page. 



Call for the convention 5 



Committee on credentials 5 



Committee on permanent organization 6 



Report of committee on credentials 6 



List of delegates 6 



Report of commi ttee on permanent organization 7 



Officers 7 



Order of business 7 



Rules 7 



Committee on resolutions 7 



Committee on legislation 8 



Plant diseases and the possibility of lessening their spread by legislation . 8 



The desirability of an inspection system against foreign insects 11 



The inspection of trees, plants, fruit, etc., as conducted under the laws 



in California 12 



Crop pests and their repression by law 19 



Afternoon session, Friday, March 5, 1897: 



Drafts of bills covering State, interstate, and international legislation. 21 

 Committee to invite the Secretary of Agriculture to address the con- 

 vention 21 



Evening session, Friday, March 5, 1897: 



Resolutions relative to the extermination of gypsy moth 21 



Resolution to make committee on legislation permanent until next 



meeting 21 



Resolution relative to adjournment 22 



Morning session, Saturday, March 6, 1897: 



Resolutions relative to State legislation against insect and fungous pests. 2? 

 Discussion of bill relating to interstate and international legislation 



against insect and fungous pests 22 



Bill relating to interstate and international legislation against insect 



and fungous pests 29 



Session of the permanent legislative committee: 



Executive committee _. 31 



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