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The President — Gentlemen, you have heard the report of 

 your Secretary-Treasurer, what action will you take on it? 



Mr. Engine 1 — I move it be accepted with thanks. 



(This motion was seconded and carried.) 



The President — We will now have the report of the Execu- 

 tive Committee. The Secretary will favor us with that also. 



The Executive Committee held two meetings — one on No- 

 vember 22d, 191 5, and another on December 21st. 



At the first it was decided to hold the present meeting in At- 

 lantic City. The appointment of the following committees was 

 authorized and the appointments made : 



Program Committee — Ralph H. Hunt, Ira Barrows, John T. 

 Connelly, Wm. E, Darnall, S. Fisher Miller, A. J. Rider, E. B. 

 Walden, Thomas J. Headlee. 



Legislative Committee — Ralph H. Hunt, H. H. BrinkerhofT, 

 Joseph Camp, John H. Cook, Wm. E, Darnall, John Scott Davi- 

 son, Thomas J. Headlee, Wm. C. Hope, Wm. Delaney, John W. 

 Dobbins, Robert F. Engle, Spencer Miller. 



Committee on the Claims of the Bat as a Destroyer of Mos- 

 quitoes — Louis J. Richards, Curtis R. Burnett, W. M. Pollard, 

 C. Howard Slater, H. B. Vannote. 



Committee on Arrangements for Next Annual Meeting — 

 Wm. E. Darnall, Clyde M. Fish, W. M. Pollard. 



In response to a communication from Dr. Haven Emerson 

 that the Committee suggest the names of two members for the 

 Inter-State Anti-Mosquito Committee, the Executive Committee 

 instructed the Secretary to send the name of Ralph H. Hunt and 

 Thomas J. Headlee. 



At the second meeting the Treasurer presented the report 

 which this Association has just received, showing a deficit of 

 $99.48. He was instructed by the Committee to include the sum 

 in the assessment of the following year. 



Dr. Dobbins, the chairman of the Membership Committee, re- 

 ported the idea of interesting the clientele of the building and 

 loan associations of the State in the work of the Association. 

 Mr. Dobbins was requested to work out a plan. He was further 



