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It was moved and carried thai the Chair appoint a committee of 

 five to take up the work outlined in the report of the committee on 

 testing proprietary insecticides. 



The following were appointed: Messrs. E. P. Felt, ('. P. Gillette, 

 E. I). Sanderson, R. I. Smith, and IT. E. Summers. 



A motion was made and carried that the next annual meeting of 

 the association he held at the same time and place as the meeting of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the exact 

 dates to he fixed by the officers. 



The report of the committee on nominations was presented, and is 

 as follows : 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. 



The nominating committee respect fully submit the following list for officers 

 of the association for the ensuing year : 



For president, II. A. Morgan. Knoxville. Tenn. 



For first vice-president, II. F. Summers, Ames. rowa. 



For second vice-president, W. D. Hunter. Washington, I). C. 



For secretary-treasurer, A. F. Burgess, Columbus, Ohio. 



For member of joint committee on legislation. Wilmon Newell, Baton 



Rouge. La. 

 For member of standing committee on nomenclature, E. S. G. Titus. Wash- 

 ington, i). < ;. 

 For members of council, James Fletcher, Ottawa. Canada, and S. A. 

 Forbes, Frhana, 111. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



C. L. Marlatt, 



H. Osbobn, 



F. M. Webster. 



On motion, the secretary Avas instructed to east a ballot of the asso- 

 ciation for those mentioned, and they were declared elected. 

 The committee on membership submitted the following report : 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP. 



The committee report thai it has followed the plan o\' the last committee on 

 membership, which was adopted by the association. We desire to reiterate the 

 plan proposed and adopted at tin- last meeting, namely: 



"That the association exercise greater care as to the qualifications o\' 

 candidates for election to membership, and that a considerably more conserva- 

 tive policy than has prevailed should be adopted. In general, only those who 

 are already associate members should he elected to active membership; and 

 this should occur only after they have published a considerable amount o\ 

 original matter on economic entomology, based on their own independent 

 Investigations. The privilege of associate members, however, may well be 

 extended as a means of encouragement to young men who are expecting to 

 pursue economic entomology as ;\ profession, but who have not yet had time 

 to show their capability by publication or otherwise." 



In accordance with these principles, the committee make the following 

 recommendations: 



