ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF BOARD 



OF TRUSTEES. 



The meeting was held in Washington, in the Board Room of 

 the Administration Building, on Friday, December 12, 1919, 

 and was called to order at 10 a. m. by the Chairman, Mr. Root. 



Upon roll call the following Trustees responded: John J. 

 Carty, Myron T. Herri ck, Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry Cabot 

 Lodge, Andrew J. Montague, William W. Morrow, James Par- 

 melee, Wm. Barclay Parsons, Stewart Paton, Henry S. Pritchett, 

 Ehhu Root, Theobald Smith, Charles D. Walcott, WiUiam H. 

 Welch, George W. Wickersham, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the seventeenth meeting were approved as 

 printed and submitted to members of the Board. 



The Secretary reported the death of Mr. Henry L. Higginson 

 and the Trustees unanimously directed that suitable resolutions 

 be placed in the Minutes concerning his death, with expressions 

 of the profound regret of his associates on the Board of Trustees. 



Reports of the President, the Executive Committee, the Audi- 

 tor, the Finance Committee, and of Directors of Departments, 

 Associates, and Research Associates of the Institution were 

 presented and considered. 



The following appropriations for the year 1920 were author- 

 ized: 



Reserve Fund $250,000 



Insurance Fund 25,000 



Pension Fund 40,000 



Administration 55,000 



Publication 60,000 



Division of Publications 15,000 



Departments of Research 882,316 



Associates of Institution 25,900 



Minor Grants 75,800 



Index Medicus 17,200 



Total 1,446,216 



It was decided to hold an adjourned meeting of the Board of 

 Trustees, in Washington, on January 24, 1920. 



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