Proceedings of Sixth Annual Meeting 



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County Commissions to have their budgets or estimates of moneys 

 required for the ensuing year in the hands of the Director of the 

 Experiment Station nine months, aaid in the office of the Boards 

 of Chosen Freeholders eight months, previous to the time specified 

 for the allotment of moneys required by such estimates or budgets. 



Therefore, be it Resolved, That the President, be and he is 

 hereby requested to appoint a special legislative committee of 3 

 who shall be members or representatives of active County Com- 

 missions and w'hose duty it shall be to present to the present State 

 Legislature, and use their best efforts toward the enactment of an 

 amendment to Chapter 104, Laws of 1912, by striking out the word 

 "April" (meaning the month of April), in section four of said 

 act, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "November" (meaning 

 the month of November), and by striking out the word "May," 

 in section four of said act, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word 

 "December," and by striking out the word "November" in section 

 seven of said act, aoid inserting in lieu thereof, the word "January" ; 

 and 



Be it Further Resolved, That the said legislative committee 

 report in writing not later than March 20, 1919, the result of their 

 legislative activities to the Secretary of the Executive Committee 

 of this association, whose duty it shall be to forward such report, 

 together with all other data relating thereto, to the several County 

 Commissions of the State; and 



Be it Further Resolved, That the legitimate expenses of each 

 individual member of said legislative committee incurred while 

 acting as such, be borne by the County Commission represented 

 by such member or memjbers of such legislation committee. 



(The resolution was seconded.) 



President Engle: It has been moved and seconded that the 

 resolution you have just heard be adopted. It is open for discus- 

 sion. 



Mr. Porter: Mr. Chairman, I understand that resolution to 

 mean that such funds as we ask for from the various Boards of 

 Freeholders and various appropriations shall all fall at one given 

 time, a time to put them in the tax duplicates; is that the idea? 



President Engle: That is the idea. 



(The question was called for.) 



President Engle: All in favor of the adoption of that reso- 



