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The question being on the acceptance of the re lort and the adop- 

 tion of llie proposeil By-Laws, 



Mr. HovEY moved that they betaken up for consideration Bection 

 by section. This motion was carried without opposition. 



The question being on adopting the first section — Mr. Hancock 

 moved to strick out the provision that the Vice-President from each 

 State shall be President of some Horticultural Society therein, and 

 the motion was seconded by Dr. Wendell. 



Dr. Brinckle moved to refer the whole subject back to the com- 

 mittee, with instructions to report at the next session. 



Mr. Downing said that one very important feature of the by-lawa 

 was that contemplating the appointment of a General Fruit Commit- 

 tee, to collect information on the subject of Pomology, and report at 

 each session. Should the present motion prevail, there could be no 

 such report next year. The committee was not strenuous about any 

 particular by-law or phraseology, but he did think it exceedingly 

 important that a Fruit Committee should be appointed by the present 

 Congress, and provision made for regular organization. 



Mr. Hancock and Dr. Wendell both hoped that the report would 

 not be re-committed, and Dr. Brinckle thereupon withdrew Uis 

 motion. 



The question was then put on Mr. Hancock's motion, whioh pre- 

 vailed, and, as thus amended, the first section was adopted. 



The second section was adopted as it stood in the report. 



The third section coming up — Mr. Hancock inquired whether it 

 was the understanding that each Society in every State should be re- 

 presented in the General Fruit Committee 1 



Mr. Downing replied in the affirmative. The committee was to 

 be composed of the chairmen of the Standing Fruit Committees of 

 all Societies in all the States and Canadas, with a general chairman to 

 be chosen by the Congress. As chairman of the former General 

 Committee, he had experienced much embarrassment in regard to con- 

 ducting the necessary correspondence, and the proposed mode was 

 intended as a remedy for that difficulty. 



Mr. Underhill, of New-Jesey, said there might be a difficulty 

 about this, for in New-Jersey, for example, there were five Fruit 

 Committees — the chairmen of all of which, under this rule, would be 

 members of the General Committee of the Congress, 



