SUPPRESSION OF INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 31 



npon conviction thereof sliall be pnnisLed for such offense as provided in section 6 

 of this act. 



Sec. 8. That whenever it shall ai)pear to the Secretary of Agricnlture that any- 

 State, Territory, district, corporation,, firm, or person shallhave provided proper 

 and competent inspection and treatment in accordance with the provisions of this 

 act for the objects above specified as being subject to inspection and treatment, he 

 may, by proclamation or otherwise, accept such, inspection and treatment in lieu of 

 inspection and treatment by officers appointed by himself, which acceptation or 

 proclamation by the said Secretary of Agriculture shall relieve all such articles 

 specified in sections 5, 6, and 7 of this act, when properly stamped or labeled, from 

 further quarantine or restrictions in interstate commerce. 



Sec. 9. That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces- 

 sary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States 

 not otherwise appropriated, to carry into eftect the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 10. This law shall take eftect on and after the first day of July, 1897. 



It was voted tliat the committee on le^iislation be made a committee 

 on Tvays and means, and. fnrthei-. that eacli member of the convention 

 contiibnte ^1 to defray the necessary expenses of tlie convention. 



Upon motion of Mr. Powell, a unanimous vote of thanks was extended 

 to the proprietor of the Ebbitt House lor his courtesy in providing a 

 room for the use of the convention. 



Upon motion of Mr. Barry, a vote of thanks was extended to those 

 who read i^apers before the convention, to the officers in charge of the 

 convention, and to the Ohio Horticultural Society for issuing the call 

 for the convention. 



A committee, consisting of H. E. Van Deman, S. L. Lui^ton, and M. 

 J. Daniels, was appointed to wait u])on the Secretary of Agriculture 

 and request him to publish the proceedings of the convention as a 

 special bulletin. 



The convention then adjourned. 



Wesley Webb, 

 M. J. Daniels, 



Secretaries, 



Session of the Permanent Legislative Co^oiittee. 



The permanent legislative committee met immediateh' on adjourn- 

 ment of the convention and elected the following executive committee: 



Executive Com-aiittee. 



W. B. Alwood, Blacksburg, Va., chairman. 

 F. M. Webster, Wooster, Ohio, secretary. 

 E. M. Warden, Los Angeles, Cal. 

 J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury. Conn. 

 C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind. 



