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moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro¬ 
priated to carry into effect the provisions of tiiis Act. 
Sec. 10. Tliis law sliall take effect on and after the fiist day of 
July, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. 
The chairman of the committee on legislation stated that it 
appeared hardly possible to agree upon the exact verbiage of a hill to 
be recommended to the several states, but that the propositions 
reported embraced the essentials of fair and reciprocal state enact¬ 
ments. That the proposition as to national legislation embraced two 
distinct ideas, first to provide against importatioii into this country 
of dangerous pests and, second, to prevent their dissemination fiom 
state to state through the medium of inter-state commerce. Also 
that this latter feature of the proposed congressional enactment 
was framed in a very liberal spirit so as to permit each state to 
wholly deal with the question if it would, or even the individual, 
firm or corporation might meet the requirements, by employing 
their own expert. It was felt that nothing less should he required 
than that this whole subject, however the work may be performed, 
should he placed under government control so as to insure equal 
and uniform enforcement of its provisions. 
The committee report was carefully considered by the convention 
and unanimously adopted with some slight recommendations which 
liavc been incorporated in the copy as it appears herein. 
The convention was permanently organized and provided an 
executive committee empowered to act for it as will appear from the 
full proceeding shortly to be published. Further, it was voted that 
membership fee should he fixed at One Dollar and that the funds 
received from this source should be used by the Executive Com¬ 
mittee for printing and further promoting legislation as recom¬ 
mended by it. 
All remittances should he made to Wesley Webb, Dover, Del., 
who as secretary, will receii)t for the same. A full list of contributing 
members and an account of expenditures bg the committee xoill be published 
later. We urge all persons and associations interested in promoting 
the objects of this association to remit membership fees at once as 
the committee will he helpless without prompt assistance. The 
recommendations as to national legislation will be pushed at the 
called session of congress. 
AVm. B. ALAVOOD, 
Chairman Executive Committee. 
Blacksburg, ATa., March 15th, 1897. 
