KlOroUT OK STATE BOAUD (>K IMSII COM.M ISSIO.NKKS. /I 



In submitting this report of ilic work done in llic past two years, 

 permit ns to say tliat we feel satisfied witli tlie record, and believe tliat 

 it will meet with the approval of yourself and of all fair-njinded 

 citizens. We trust the incoming TiCgislature w'ill give careful considera- 

 tion to our recommendations, which represent our l)est judgment, based 

 on our experience and close observation of the various subjects, and 

 which, if enacted into laws, will l)etter ena))le us to carry out the 

 important reasons foi- wliicli this Commission was created. 



^'ours res})ectfully, 



W. \V. VAN ARSDALE, 

 W. E. GERBER, 



Fi><Ii Com II) issi()iier><. 



San Francisco, Cal., September, 1904. 



