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3. Each section shall elect its chairman, who shall be a vice president 

 of the Academy, and other officers as it may desire. 



4. Each section is expected to make special effort to secure papers for 

 its own meeting. 



5. Each section may take such action as it may see fit to raise funds 

 to further its own work, this to be in addition to the regular dues of the 

 Academy. 



6. These provisions contemplate the holding of at least one general 

 session for the reading of papers of general interest at each annual 

 meeting of the Academy. 



Submitted by: P.F.Walker. 



J. T. WiLLARD. 



J. A. G. Shirk. 



Adopted. 



President Smith appointed as a Committee on Publicity, in 

 accordance with the report of the Committee on Merger, J. T. 

 Lovewell, L. E. Sayre, W. A. Harshbarger. 



Paper 28, Sandhill Collecting in Coleoptera in Reno county, 

 by W. Knauss, McPherson. 



Discussion (general on last four papers). 



Mr. Wooster: Estimates made concerning rainfall show that there 

 is ^IVz cubic miles each year, on an average. One-half of that flies off 

 in evaporation. One-third runs off and comes out as springs. One- 

 sixth, only, soaks in. So of that three million gallons, only about 500,000 

 gallons soak in. There are under Kansas about forty years of rainfall, 

 and from that you can figure your water supply. 



P. F. Walker moved that the Executive Council be given 

 power to make such expenditures as appear to be necessary 

 for the proper furnishing of the rooms in the new building at 

 Topeka. 



Seconded. Carried. 



Secretary Lovewell was instructed by the Academy to look 

 after the wiring in the new building for the use of a lantern. 



Meeting was adjourned to meet at time and place as ar- 

 ranged by Executive Council. 



