At one o'clock the meeting adjourned until 2.30 P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Committee on Permanent Organization through its chairman, Prof. Seager, submitted a report, which was adopted,—providing:
1. That the members of the permanent Conference shall be the members of all State Commissions on the subject, one permanent representative to be appointed by the Governor of each State, and ten members at large to be elected at any regular meeting of the Conference;
2. That a permanent executive committee of fifteen members be appointed by the Committee on Permanent Organization;
3. That the Secretary of the American Association for Labor Legislation be named as the Assistant Secretary of this Conference;
4. That the Conference meet in Chicago on June 10th, 1910.
The sentiment of the Committee favored public meetings, but with privilege of voting limited to the members of the Conference.
The Executive Committee was directed to draw up a suitable set of by-laws for submission at the Chicago meeting of the Conference.
On motion, a committee consisting of Messrs. Seager, Mercer and Dawson was appointed to draw up a bill and submit it to the insurance companies for cost figures, and to furnish copies of the bill for distribution, at least twenty days in advance of the next meeting in Chicago.