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    (3) Report of the President.  President MlcVey then made his quarterly
.xport, presented orally, and which was as follows:

         "Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees:  I shall make my report
    orally so as to permit discussion of a number of points.   My re-
    port will be given under oldven separate hetdings.

                      I. The Lislative Situation.

         "The University was interested in a number of bills in the
    recent session of the General Assembly.   These bills were as fol-
    lows:

         "(a) The Eminent Domain Bill.  This bill provided that the
    right of eminent domain be given to the University and Normal
    Schools in order to permit them to acouire property as needed.
    This bill was passed without opposition and signed by the Governor.

         "(b) The Pure Seed Bill.   The pure seed bill Was prepared
    along the lines worked out in other states.   It carried an appro-
    priation of $8,000 for the carrying out of the work and was de-
    signed to protect farmers against impure seea.   The bill was ok-
    posed by some of the seed interests.   It was passed, however, but
    not signed by the Governor.

         "(c) The Food and Drig Bill.   The bill as introduced pro-
    vided for the return of the food and drug laboratories to the Ex-
    periment Station.   It passed the Senate and was defeated in the
    House.

         "(d) The Inheritance Tax Bill.   This bill was introduced at
    the instance of the University and provided for a modification of
    the inheritance tax law.   The bill would have brought the revenue
    from that source to four or five hundred thousand dollars annually.
    The University would have received from it about $105,000 annually,
    and the Normal Schools each about $40,000 annually.   The bill was
    passed by the Senate and did not get out of Committee in the House.

         "(e) The Automobile Tax Bill.   This bill was introduced by
    some member, but not at thc instance or suggestion of the Uni-
    versity.   It required that a fee be charged for the registration
    of automobiles, and would have brought an income to the University
    of about $20,000 the first year and after that an income of about
    $5,000 for etch succeeding year.   The bill was passed and vetoed
    by the Governor.

         "(f) The Evolution Bill.   There was a great deal of interest
    in the Evolution Bill, which was introduced in several forms.
    The Senate debated the bill for a day and a half.   Finally it was
    indefinitely postponed.   The Ellis Bill waa renorted out in the
    House from the Committee six days before the session closed.   The