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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
Mr. Hume: You cannot, Mr. Prouty; 
there is a motion before the Society. 
Mr. Prouty: Then I wish to make 
an amendment— 
Mr. Hume: You can’t do that either; 
there is an amendment to that motion. 
You can make an amendment to the 
amendment. 
Mr. Prouty: That amendment was 
voted down. 
Mr. Hume: There is another amend¬ 
ment. 
Mr. Prouty: My amendment is that 
this law be made to refer, or apply, only 
to citrus fruits to be sold or consumed 
in the State of Florida. My position is 
that we have no right to legislate for 
people outside of the State. 
Mr. Hume: Is there a second to this 
amendment to the amendment? 
Mr.-: I second it. ' 
Mr. Hume: The vote is on the amend¬ 
ment to the amendment, as made by Mr. 
Prouty; that the law as suggested shall 
apply to the State of Florida, to the 
people of the State of Florida, and not 
outside of it. 
(Amendment to the amendment lost.) 
Mr. Skinner: As I made the original 
amendment, I would like to have Cap¬ 
tain Rose state his opinion on the sub¬ 
ject. 
Mr. Hume: As I understand it, Cap¬ 
tain Rose is not expressing any opinion. 
Am I right, Captain Rose? 
Captain Rose: You are right, Mr. 
Chairman. The bill presented contains 
no opinion, but is simply confirmatory 
of the work done by the State Chemist. 
I would like to hear from Professor Col- 
lison; he is doing the same class of work 
along the same lines, at the same time. 
He said to me he would give the result 
of his examinations, if you wanted him 
to. I do not want to occupy the attitude 
of dictating to this convention what 
standard they shall fix. My attitude has 
always been, and will continue to be, 
that no one can fix a standard. 
Mr. S. B. Wright: I move the pre¬ 
vious question. 
Mr. -: I second the motion. 
Motion carried, closing the discussion. 
Mr. Hume: The vote now is on the 
amendment. 
Mr. Stewart: I rise to a point of or¬ 
der. The proposition before the house 
was to adopt this bill. As I understand 
it, Mr. Skinner added an amendment to 
that bill. The bill was before the house 
as a whole, and the amendment to the 
bill would be out of order. The bill is 
before the house in its entirety. The 
previous question has been called for; 
the proposition was to endorse the bill. 
Mr. Hume: The proposition is to 
adopt the bill with 1.40 per cent. 
Mr. Rose: You can amend the bill 
at any time while it is being discussed, 
and before it is put to a vote. 
JMr. Hume: Those in favor of the 
amendment as moved by Mr. Skinner, 
that the test be fixed at 1.40 for oranges 
and 1.75 for grapefruit, will signify by 
saying “aye.” Contrary, “no.” 
(Amendment lost.) 
Mr. Hume: The vote comes now on 
the original motion. The original mo¬ 
tion carried with it an acid test of 1.30 
for oranges and 1.75 for grapefruit. 
