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22. Contributions to the Herpetology of Northwestern Iowa 
Alexander G. Ruthven 
(Introduced by R. B. Wylie.) 
23. An Annotated Catalogue of the Recent Mammals of Iowa..T. Van Hyning 
24. The Persistence of Certain Mollusks B. Shimek 
25. The Development of the Posterior Lymph Hearts of the Loggerhead 
Turtle (Thalassochelys caretta) Prank A. Stromsten 
26. The Development of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Birds 
Albert Kuntz 
27. Theory of Meteoritic Agglomeration;, and the Ultimate Source of the 
Ores Charles R. Keyes 
28. Distribution of Bonanzas in the Pachuca Silver District of Mexico.. 
Charles R. Keyes 
29. Maxwell Coulee; and the Diversion of the Rio Mora. . .Charles R. Keyes 
30. A Preliminary Description of the Cranial Nerves of Siren Lacertina 
H. W. Norris 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP. 
NAMES PROPOSED FOR FELLOWS. 
Henry Albert, Iowa City; L. S. Jodicli, Ames; J. T. McClintock, Iowa 
City; T. H. MacDonald, Ames; Henry J. Prentiss, Iowa City; Lee P. 
Sieg, Iowa City ; O. W. Stewart, Iowa City. 
NAMES PROPOSED FOR MEMBERS. 
Florence Adams, Waucoma; Maud A. Brown, Iowa City; Margaret 
Buckley, Sloan; Oliver E. Buckley,. Sloan; G. L. Cheney, Mt. Pleasant; 
Louise Douglass, Guttenberg; Fred A. Harvey, Denver, Colo.; George 
W. Heise, Grinnell ; Charles W. Hunger! ord, Chester ; Adelbert L. 
Leathers, Toledo; Florence Orr, Cedar Rapids; Ruth E. Patridge, 
Manard; Duana B. Rosencrans, Edgewood, R. H. Sylvester, Grinnell; 
George W. Tidd, Ft. Dodge. 
REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 
Recognizing the primal importance of the public health, and the in> 
efficiency of measures that are less than national in their scope, 
Resolved, That the Iowa Academy of Science hereby expresses its 
hearty approval of the principle of the bill (S. 6049) now under the 
consideration of the National Congress, for the establishment of a Na- 
tional Department of Health, presided over by a secretary who shall be 
a member of the president’s cabinet. 
