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the Executive Committee. I would move that the program be postponed 

 for a short time until these committees can report. I put that as a motion 

 before the house, that we postpone action on the regular program until such 

 time as the Committee on Resolutions can present resolutions to be acted 

 upon. 



The motion was duly seconded. 



MR. ROBERTS: I move that the regular program be postponed for 

 a short time until some matters that have been reported by the Resolu- 

 tions Committee be put before the house for action. 



MR. RIEPE: Is the Committee on Resolutions ready to report? 



MR. ROBERTS: It is ready to report. 



MR. RIEPE: I understand there are some resolutions that have not 

 been acted upon by the committee. I thought it was not ready to report. 



CHAIRMAN M'CABE: The motion before the house is that the 

 regular program be suspended for a short time until we can act upon 

 some resolutions and papers now on the table. 



MR. RIEPE: I don't think that the Committee on Resolutions is 

 ready to report, and if that is the case I would suggest the continuance 

 of the program until they are ready to report. 



PROF. CHILCOTT: May I state that there is one resolution that 

 has been approved b}^ the committee and on which we can take action 

 now. There are some resolutions that are not ready to be reported, but 

 I think it would expedite the business of the Congress if we could get 

 this resolution before the body at the present time. The committee can 

 then meet and take up what has been considered. 



The question was called for. 



The motion was then agreed to. 



PROF. CHILCOTT: Your Committee on Resolutions wishes to 

 introduce this as a committee resolution: 



"Whereas, The final solution of the arid farm question rests upon the 

 establishment of homes upon these lands, and 



"Whereas, The establishment of these homes depends entirely upon 

 the possibility of procuring water for domestic purposes, and 



Further, That it is impossible for the small holder to investigate these 

 possibilities for himself, we believe that the burden of this investigation 

 should be borne by the states, and as this is entirely an agricultural ques- 

 tion, we fur,ther believe that the funds appropriated by the states should 

 be placed in the hands of the experts in charge of this work; 



"Therefore, be it Resolved, By the Second Session of the Trans-Mis- 

 souri Dry Farming Congress that we commend the recent act of the 

 Utah Legislature in appropriating money for this purpose to the considera- 

 tion of the states in the arid regions, and recommend that further appro- 

 priations be placed in the hands of State Experiment Stations, which shall 

 determine upon the location of the wells, and shall superintend the con- 

 struction of the same." 



I move the adoption of this committee report. 



The motion was then duly seconded. ^ 



