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and waters otherwise contaminated, as suggested in the presidential address by 

 Professor Bartow : therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the Kansas Academy of Science, that it strongly indorses legis- 

 lation placing such investigation and sanitary supervision under the control and 

 authority of the State Board of Health; 



And be it further resolved, That the secretary be instructed to send a copy 

 of this preamble and resolution to the governor elect, with the request that this 

 matter receive attention in his message making recommendations to the legisla- 

 ture. F. O. Marvin, 



J. T. WiLLARD, 



E. H. S. Bailey, 



Committee. 



Reading of papers resumed : 



30. Action of ethyl clilorsulfonate upon aniline, by F. W. Bush- 

 ong. 



31. The need of investigations in human nutrition, by J. T. Wil- 

 lard. 



32. The deep well at Emporia, by A. J. Smith. 



33. The puma or American lion {Felis concolor), by L. L. Dyche. 



34. Problems in harmonic forms, by B. B. Smyth. 



35. Origin of gypsum, with special reference to the origin of 

 Michigan deposits, by G. P. Grimsley. 



36. The Kansas mineral exhibit at St. Louis, by G. P. Grimsley. 

 Committee on membership recommended L. I. Blake, Lawrence, 



for life membership on complying with requirements ; Brice Ham- 

 mars, Topeka, annual member; Geo. Wagner, Madison, Wis., for 

 honorary membership; G. P. Grimsley, for honorary membership. 

 These persons were unanimously elected. 



37. Notes on Buprestidae collecting in Arizona, by Eugene Smyth- 



38. A new derivative of azo-amido-benzene, by Edward Bartow 

 and H. E. Allen. 



The following papers were read by title : 



40. On the reactions between acid and basic amides in solutions 

 of liquid ammonia, by E. 0. Franklin. 



41. Notes on the topography and geology of New Mexico, by J. J. 

 Jewett. 



42. Myxomycetes of Clay county, Kansas, by John H. Schaffner. 

 43.. The mammals of Kansas, by D. E. Lantz. 



44. Dissemination and germination of seeds, by Wesley N. Speck- 

 man. 



45. Non-Euclidean geometry, by E. Miller. 



46. Steinerian of quartic surfaces, by J. N. Van der Vries. 



47. Autographic recording machines for tension tests, by Geo. J. 

 Hood. 



48. Notes and descriptions of Orthoptera from the Western United 



