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and Prof. Rolfs be a committee to pre¬ 
pare the program for the coming meet¬ 
ing. In connection with the program 
President Hume and Prof. Rolfs were 
instructed to arrange for at least one 
or two special speakers for the meeting. 
Mr. Hamner was appointed Chair¬ 
man of the local committee with Mr. 
B. L. Jones and Mr. Collins Gillett act¬ 
ing on the same committee. 
Mr. Hamner kindly offered to take 
up the question of railroad rates, believ¬ 
ing he would be able to get for us a lit¬ 
tle better rate than we have previously 
enjoyed, and the Executive Committee 
gave him authority to act for the Soci¬ 
ety in this position. 
The Tampa Bay Hotel was made So¬ 
ciety headquarters and the place of 
holding the meetings the Tampa Bay 
Casino. 
The Secretary was instructed to have 
printed some slips to go out in the reg¬ 
ular mail. 
There being no further business the 
Committee adjourned. 
Okle C. Painter, 
Secretary . 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION 
Several matters of importance have 
been before our Committee for consid¬ 
eration. The Society has felt for a long 
time that the State should recognize 
the value of our organization to the ex¬ 
tent of an annual appropriation, as is 
done in nearly every other State in the 
Union, as financial aid from this source 
would enable the Society to extend the 
scope of its activity very materially. 
We find, however, that while societies 
propose, conditions as they arise dis¬ 
pose. The great necessity for the pass¬ 
age of the Plant Act now pending in 
the Legislature, with its accompanying 
appropriation for enforcement, and the 
still greater necessity for State aid to 
keep up the fight on Citrus Canker, 
are, it seemed to us, of so much greater 
importance, and the need for speedy re¬ 
lief so much more pressing, we decided 
to postpone until a more convenient 
season any request for State aid for this 
Society, and hope this will meet with 
your approval. 
Taking up the history of former at¬ 
tempts on the part of this Society to 
secure the passage of a crop pest bill, 
we give yOu a short resume of what 
has been done. At the Orlando meet¬ 
ing three years ago, a crop pest bill 
was submitted to the Society by a com¬ 
mittee appointed for that purpose at 
the preceding meeting. This bill met 
with considerable opposition, and as the 
Legislature was about to adjourn, it 
was realized that even if submitted its 
passage would have been very doubtful, 
owing to the flood of bills to be taken 
care of before adjournment. A commit¬ 
tee was then appointed by the President 
to revise the bill. This committee con¬ 
sisted of Gillett, Chairman; Taber, 
Painter, Connor, Stewart and Felt. An¬ 
other bill was drawn and presented at 
the last session of the Legislature and 
