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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Ame8, Iowa, December 31, 1900. 

 To His Excellency, Leslie M. Shaiv, Governor of Iowa: 



Sir — In accordance with the provision of title 2, chapter 

 5, section 136, code 1897, I have the honor to transmit here- 

 with the proceedings of the fifteenth annual session of the 

 Iowa Academy of Sciences. 



Respectfully submitted, your obedient servant, 



Samuel W. Beyer, 

 Secretary loiva Academy of Sciences. 



