THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 17 



7. The flora of Kansas, by B. B. Smyth and J. H. Schaffner. (An 

 outline of the paj)er was given by B. B. Smyth.) 



8. A provisional list of the Uredinese of Bourbon county, Kansas, 

 by A. O. Garrett. ( In the absence of the author, this paper was read 

 by title.) 



9. Experiences with early man in America, by Chas. H. Sternberg. 

 An auditing committee was appointed, consisting of Edw. Bartow 



and C. H. Sternberg. 



The Academy then adjourned, to meet at two p. m. 



Thursday Afternoon, January 1, 1903. 



The Academy met in the usual place, with President Willard in 

 the chair. 



Prof. E. H. S. Bailey, as acting treasurer, reported a balance in the 

 treasury of $117.43, without including the dues paid at the present 

 meeting. The report was referred to the auditing committee. 



It was moved and voted that a sum not to exceed fifty dollars be 

 allowed by the Academy for illustrations for the next volume of the 

 Transactions. 



A report on the proper acceptance by the Academy of the Quintard 

 conchological collection was made through Prof. D. E. Lantz. It 

 was voted that a written report be filed for record. The report was 

 as follows : 



The minutes of the proceedings of the meeting of the Academy held at To- 

 peka December 29, 1900, show that an announcement was then made to the effect 

 that the Quintard collection had come into the custody of the curators of the 

 Academy, to be exhibited in the state museum, after which this committee was 

 appointed. This announcement was made by the then acting curator, B. B. 

 Smyth, who now explains that the collection is held by him under a receipt as 



follows: 



"Silver Lake, May 31, 1900. 

 "This is a receipt for the Quintard conchological collection of shells, donated 

 by the heirs of J. B. Quintard to the state of Kansas, to be arranged and dis- 

 played and properly cared for in the museum at the state-house, in Topeka, on 

 condition that it be added to or subtracted from on penalty of forfeiture and of be- 

 ing reclaimed by the legal heirs of J. B. Quintard. (Signed) B. B. Smyth." 



Mr. Smyth also explains that he was in error in the sketch of Mr. Quintard 

 in our last volume of Transactions, in saying that the heirs had given the collec- 

 tion to the Academy. 



Your committee, therefore, state that the collection has not been tendered 

 to the Academy, that it is not now in the custody of the Academy, and there is, 

 therefore, nothing for this committee to accept. D. E. Lantz, Chairman. 



E. A. POPENOE. 



B. B. Smyth. 



The report was accepted and the committee discharged. 

 It was moved and voted that a copy of the report be sent the Quin- 

 tard heirs. 



