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4. That the secretary be authorized to sell pt. 1, Vol. I, at one dollar 

 each and the proceeds to be remitted to Professor Herbert Osborn. Seventh 

 session, 1892. 



5 {a) That hereafter no papers will be published in the proceedings of 

 the Academy which are not placed in the hands of the secretary, in full or in 

 a written abstract, before the adjournment of the annual meeting, [b) That 

 no paper shall be placed upon the printed program of the Academy unless 

 the title, when handed to the secretary, be accompanied by a brief abstract 

 and that these abstracts be printed with the program. Tenth session, 

 January, 1896. 



I submit these rules and regulations for your consideration and recom- 

 mend that those deemed advisable to retain be published in the next volume 

 of the proceedings. 



During the past two years the Academy has been fortunate in being able 

 to secure a man, eminent in his chosen line of work, from outside the limits 

 of the state, to deliver an address before the members and their friends, at 

 each session. This year, because of the small size of the Academy bank 

 account, it was deemed advisable to abandon the public address by an 

 imported speaker. Fortunately there will be no hiatus in our program because 

 of the absence of an address delivered by an outsider. Professor Calvin, a 

 charter member of the Academy, has been prevailed upon to give his lecture 

 on " The Ice Age in Iowa," which will conclude our program. 



In conclusion I cannot refrain mentioning some of the satisfactions and 

 trials incident to the publication of the proceedings. As you are doubtless 

 aware the state furnishes the paper, and the work of printing and binding is 

 done by the state printer and binder as in the case of the printing of other 

 public documents. The paper furnished for both plates and text is a satis- 

 faction and the press-work is uniformly good. But the dilatory tactics 

 pursued in requiring six months to put a 250 page volume through the press, 

 which at most should not require to exceed six weeks by any first class print- 

 ing house in the state, is a serious trial. Since our last meeting the office 

 of state printer has changed hands and the new incumbent has adopted a 

 very different schedule of prices for authors' reprints from his predescessor. 

 In settling with the state printer, the secretary was laboring under the 

 impression that the Academy furnished but twenty-five reprints and yet the 

 bill presented, after being several times reduced, was for $64.50. The 

 original bill against the Academy for the twenty-five reprints was some 

 hundred sixty odd dollars. These are matters worthy of the closest attention 

 of the committees on publication and legislation. 



Respectfully submitted, 



S. W. Beyer, 



Secretary . 

 REPORT OF TREASURER FOR 1901. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance from 1900 $ 66.61 



Membership dues , 74.00 



Fellowship dues 21. 00 



Bat'kdues . 20.00 



Sale of reports 3. 00 



Reprints (to be transmitted to state binder) 17.50 



Total $202.11 



