REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



To the Trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: 



Gentlemen: Article V, Section 3, of the By-Laws provides that the 

 Executive Committee shall submit at the annual meeting of the Board of 

 Trustees a report for publication, and Article VI, Section 3, provides that 

 the Executive Committee shall also submit, at the same time, a full statement 

 of the finances and work of the Institution and a detailed estimate of the 

 expenditures for the succeeding year. In accordance with these provisions, 

 the Executive Committee herewith respectfully submits its report for the 

 year 1909-1910. 



During the fiscal year ending October 31, 1910, the Executive Committee 

 held nine meetings. Printed reports of these meetings have been sent to the 

 members of the Board of Trustees. 



At the meeting of the Board of Trustees on December 14, 1909, Messrs. 

 Mitchell, Parsons, and Welch were elected to succeed themselves as members 

 of the Executive Committee for a term of three years. 



Upon the adjournment of the Board of Trustees on December 14, 1909, 

 the members of the Executive Committee met and organized by the election 

 of Mr. Welch as Chairman for 1910, and by voting that Mr. Gilbert, Assist- 

 ant Secretary of the Institution, act as Secretary of the Committee for the 

 same period. 



The President's report gives in detail the results of the work of the Insti- 

 tution for the fiscal year 1909- 19 10, together with various recommendations 

 and suggestions, and also an outline of suggested appropriations for the year 

 191 1. The Executive Committee hereby approves the report of the Presi- 

 dent, and his recommendations, as the report and recommendations of the 

 Committee. 



The Executive Committee on October 18, 1910, voted to recommend to the 

 Board of Trustees that the salary of the Director of each Department of the 

 Institution, with the exception of the Department of Economics and Soci- 

 ology, be $6,000 beginning January 1, 191 1, and provision for this increase 

 in salaries has been made in the President's recommendations for the budget 

 of 1911. 



The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, in accordance with the By-Laws 

 of the Institution, notified the Committee, at the meeting of October 18, 

 19 10, that he had designated The American Audit Company to audit the 

 accounts of the Institution for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1910, and 

 the report of this company is herewith submitted as a part of the report of 

 the Executive Committee. 



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