IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 19 



ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 



A. M. Allen, Drake University, Des Moines; R. E. Buchanan, Iowa 

 State College, Ames; Miss Lucy M. Cavanagh, State University, Iowa City; 

 Miss Harriet Clearman, Iowa City; Fred Seaver, State University, Iowa 

 City. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



J. C. Brown, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; C. H. 

 Eckles, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; W. N. Stull, Harvard 

 University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; F. A. Wilder, Grand Forks, North 

 Dakota. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 



President .—B. Fink. 

 First Vice-President. — S. W. Beyer. 

 Second Vice-President . — Maurice Ricker. 

 Secretary. — A. G. Leonard. 

 Treasurer. — H. W. Norris. 



Elective Members of the Executive Committee. — L. H. Pammel, C. O. 

 Bates, G. E. Finch. 



It was moved and carried that notice be given of an 

 amendment to the constitution changing the time and 

 place of meeting; that hereafter the time and place of 

 meeting shall be fixed by the executive committee, notice 

 of the meetings to be sent out at least three months 

 beforehand. 



The committee on a pure food law submitted the follow- 

 ing report: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON A PURE FOOD LAW. 



The work of the committee for the past year has been closely connected 

 with the preparation and presentation of a pure food law to the Iowa 

 legislature. In co-operation with the committee of the state horticultural 

 society a pure food bill was prepared after the proposed national pure food 

 bill and the pure food laws of other states. This bill was presented to the 

 house of representatives by Hon. Eugene Secor, but failed in the committee 

 on appropriations. At the time of the presentation of the bill a copy of the 

 following circular letter was sent to each member of the legislature: 



SOME SUGGESTIONS. 



(1) The pure food bill asks for an appropriation of $10,000, and the 

 first thought is that this is a large sum. It means over one hundred dollars 

 for each county. 



