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(4) In dealing with the pink hillwonn situation, adequate provis- 
ion should be made in State laws for a technical commission, which 
should be vested with full authority In establishing the fact of in- 
festation, as well as in exercising wide discretion in relation to the 
fixing of the limits of any areas which may be placed in noncotton 
zones or regulated zones, such zones to be continued in force auto- 
matically until changed by the act of the commission, 
(5) With reference to States bordering on Mexico, the conference 
believes that action should be based upon infestation conditions pre- 
vailing on the Mexican as well as on the .American, side, in such action 
both Federal and State authorities should cooperate » 
(6) We bela^ve that inasmuch as the work of eradication is un- 
dertaken for the benefit of the country at large, as well as for the 
direct benefit of the States wherein infestation may be found, that 
tha«funds utilized in maintaining noncotton zones should be supplied 
jointly by the State and Federal Governments, in. accordance with pre- 
cedents already established in the case of the work against tuber- 
culosis and the foot and mouth disease of cattle# 
(7)i We hereby express our appreciation of the present attitude of 
the citizens of Louisiana and Texas in favor of extermination work, as 
reported by their representatives in this conference. We are grati- 
fied with the assurance we have here received that it is proposed, 
through a special session of the Texas Legislature, to be held in July, 
1921, to strengthen and make fully effective the eradication work now 
under way, or to be hereafter instituted in that State, 
