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IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 
President — B. Shimek. 
First Vice-President — L. H. Pammel. 
Second Vice-President — M. F. Arey. 
Secretary — T. E. Savage. 
Treasurer — H. W. Norris. 
Elective members of the Executive Committee — H. E. Summers; 
C. N. Kinney; G. E. Finch. 
DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS. 
The committee on distribution of the proceedings re- 
■ ported as follows, and the report was adopted: 
Where several hundred copies of the respective volumes are on hand the 
committee suggests that copies of the respective volumes, with the exception of 
volume I, be sold to members of the Academy to complete their sets as near 
as possible, and to science teachers in the high schools of our state, at the 
rate of 25 cents per copy, until the number of copies of these volumes is re- 
duced to 200 . This number of copies of each volume shall be kept as a reserve 
supply for which the price of 50 cents per copy is to be charged. 
Respectfully submitted, 
T. E. Savage, 
H. E. Summers, 
M. F. Arey, 
Committee. 
REPRINTS. 
The committee on secretary’s report submitted the fol- 
lowing with regard to reprints: 
That the secretary be instructed to see that the printer arranges the mat- 
ter of the annual proceedings in such form that each paper shall constitute 
a distinct article by itself, it being the understanding that papers printed in 
such fashion may be separated and each author may have his own reprints. 
Adopted. Voted that the question as to where reprints in excess of 100 shall 
come from be referred to the executive committee. 
The committee on pure food legislation reported prog- 
ress and asked to be continued. Voted that the committee 
be continued and instructed to report in the proceedings. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PURE FOOD LEGISLATION. 
During the past year a committee of pure food legislation has co-oper- 
ated with a committee from the State Department of Agriculture, in inves- 
tigating food products sold in Iowa. As a result of the investigations, the 
following results are of interest: 
