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Feb ruary 28, 1899 — Trustees' Meeting. 



President Francis in the chair; seven Trustees present. 



A general discussion as to the advisability of purchasing the 



First Presbyterian church property adjoining the Academy led to the 



adoption of a resolution presented by C. A. Ficke, as follows : 



Resolved, That the committee he authorized to close the contract for the 

 purchase of the property of the Presbyterian Church on the northwest 

 corner of Seventh and Brady streets, Davenport, Iowa, for the sum of 

 $5,00O, of which sum the church propose to furnish $500 in the shape of five 

 Life Members at Sioo each ; an amount of $500 to be paid to the Trustees 

 of the Presbyterian Church to secure the property, and the balance to be 

 paid on the surrender of the property to the Academy. 



March ji, 1899 — Regular Meeting. 



President Francis in the chair ; six members present. 



The Curator reported the following gift : 



From J. L. Bean of Rock Island two well-preserved specimens of 

 wood taken from wells thirty feet deep at Hampton and Andalusia, 

 Illinois. 



The Treasurer reported that $2,325 had been collected from sub- 

 scribers to the church fund and $2,300 paid to the trustees of the 

 church, on account. 



The following papers for publication were read by title : 



"The Flora of Scott and Muscatine Counties," by W. D. Barnes, 

 Fred Reppert and A. A. Miller. 



"The Grasses of Northern Wyoming," by Prof. L. H. Pammell. 



"The Fungi of Northern Wyoming," by Prof. H. H. Hume. 



Dr. C. H. Preston, chairman of the Committee on Membership, 

 reported the completion of an alphabetical list of all elections to mem- 

 bership — Honorary, Corresponding, Regular and Life — from the foun- 

 dation of the Academy to the present time, together with a working 

 list of the present members so far as it could be made out without 

 further action of the Academy. He recommended that the Academy 

 remit the dues of delinquents who desire to renew and continue active 

 membership. He also recommended that the list of members be pub 

 lished in the Proceedings. 



On motion the rules were suspended and the following were elected 

 Life Members : C. A. Ficke, Mrs. C. A. Ficke, Anthony Burdick. 

 George W. Cable, Hon. Hiram Price, Richard Andresen, Edward C. 



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