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instructed my office to pay the freight from New N'ork to Davenport upon 

 the arrival of the box containing mummy and case, which was addressed 

 and ordered shipped direct to the Academy, however. 



Respectfully yours, C. A. Ficke. 



Curator Barris congratulated the Academy on this addition to its 

 archaeological treasures, acknowledged its indebtedness to the donor, 

 and expressed his conviction of the unquestionable genuineness of the 

 relic. 



Mrs. Putnam announced that the be(iuest of 159,500 by Mrs. Mary 

 Putnam Bull had been received and was now at interest for the use of 

 the ])ubli cation. 



June 26, i8g6 — Regular Meeting. 



President Hammatt in the chair; five members present. 



The donation of 75 flint implements and a stone axe from Capt. 

 W. P. Hall was reported. 



Messrs. Charles Francis and Claude L. Adams were elected regular 

 members. 



The following resolution, presented by Dr. C. H. Preston, was on 

 motion adopted as the sense of the Academy : 



Whereas, A bill restricting the practice of vivisection has recently been 

 presented and urged for congressional action, and 



Whereas, Such a law, if enacted, would not only injuriously affect the 

 work of the government experiment stations, but might serve as a precedent 

 for state restrictions ; therefore 



Resolved, That the Davenport Academy of Natural .Sciences joins most 

 earnestly in the general protest of scientific associations throughout the 

 Union against so unwise and unjust a measure. 



While condemning and deprecating all cruelty and the infliction of unnec- 

 essary suffering for any purpose whatsoever, we believe there is no call for 

 legal restrictions on vivisection as conducted by the biologist in the interest 

 and for the promotion of scientific research. 



Such legislation must seriously hamper, if indeed it did not discourage 

 and prevent, investigations essential to the knowledge and control of com- 

 municable diseases, both those affecting man and those pertaining to the 

 domestic animals, and would thus become responsible for perpetuating the 

 causes of infinitely more suffering than it could possibly prevent. 



July 31, i8g6 — Regular Meeting. 



President Hammatt in the chair; five members present. 

 The donation of some flattened minnie bullets from Atlanta and 

 some Aztec " pocket -deities " from Mr. A. C. Fulton was reported. 



