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On motion, and by unanimous consent, the report of 
the committee was adopted and the officers named elec- 
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The question of the selection of a place for the next 
meeting of the society was then brought up, and on 
motion it was unanimously decided to hold the next 
meeting of the society in Chicago, on the second Wed- 
nesday “of August, 1893. 
The secretary read an invitation from J. W. Collins, 
Chief of the Department of Fish and Fisheries at the 
World’s Fair, tendering the use of the Fisheries Building 
for the meeting of the society. 
He also read an invitation from the Michigan World's 
Fair Commissioners, tendering the use of the Michigan 
Building for the same purpose. 
On motion, it was ordered that the invitations be 
referred to the Committee on Local Entertainment 
when appointed, and that the secretary acknowledge 
their receipt. 
Mr. May then moved that a Committee of Five on 
Local Entertainment be appointed from the States 
nearest Chicago. 
Motion was carried, and the committee was appointed 
as follows: 
Wm. L. May, Omaha, Neb. 
Calvert Spensley, Mineral Point, Wis. 
Wor, A Butler, Jy Detroit, Mich. 
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Mr. Hoyt Post of Michigan, moved the following 
resolution : 
‘Resolved, That this society regards with disfavor any 
“movement looking towards the turning over to the 
“United States Government the work of the said com- 
““missions in propagating and planting fish and in the 
“‘regulation and protection of the fisheries in the several 
«States. That the jurisdiction over fisheries within the 
