xiv CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



At the second session there were present : 



Prof. Alexander Agassiz, President of the National Academy of 



Sciences 

 John S. Billings William Lindsay 



William N. Frew D. O. Mills 



Lyman J. Gage S. Weir Mitchell 



Daniel C. Gilman William W. Morrow 



Henry L. Higginson Elihu Root 



E. A. Hitchcock Charles D. Walcott 



Charles L. Hutchinson Carroll D. Wright 



The Board took up the question of a seal for the Institution, and 

 referred the matter to the Executive Committee with power. 



Amendments to the By Laws were then considered. By Law No. 

 10 was amended by substituting in the second line the word ' 'skilled ' ' 

 instead of "authorized." 



The Board then proceeded to fill the vacancies caused by the 

 death of Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Dodge, and the resignation of Mr. 

 E. D. White. The election resulted in the choice of John L. Cad- 

 walader, New York ; Cleveland H. Dodge, New York ; and Wm. 

 Wirt Howe, New Orleans. 



The election of members of the Executive Committee to fill the 

 places of Messrs. Gilman, Mitchell, and Wright, whose terms ex- 

 pired, resulted in their reelection to the class of 1906. 



Mr. John Hay was elected to succeed Mr. Hewitt on the Execu- 

 tive Committee in the class of 1905. 



The Board then elected its officers to fill the vacancies caused by 

 the death of Mr. Hewitt and by the expiration of terms of office of 

 Vice Chairman J. S. Billings and Secretary C. D. Walcott as fol- 

 lows : 



Chairman, J. S. Billings. 



Vice Chairman, Elihu Root. 



Secretary, CD. Walcott. 



The report of the Finance Committee was then read and approved. 



At 3.10 p. m. the Board adjourned. 



Chas. D. Walcott, 



Secretary. 



