ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF 

 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



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

 the Administration Building, on Friday, December 10, 1915, 

 and was called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. bj^ the chairman, 

 Mr. Root. 



Upon roll-call by the secretary, the following Trustees re- 

 sponded: Cleveland H. Dodge, Charles P. Fenner, Henry L. 

 Higgmson, Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry Cabot Lodge, Andrew 

 J. Montague, William W. Morrow, Wm. Barclay Parsons, 

 Henry S. Pritchett, Elihu Root, Martin A. Ryerson, Theobald 

 Smith, Charles D. Walcott, Henry P. Walcott, Andrew D. White, 

 Henry White, George W. Wickersham, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the thirteenth meeting were approved as 

 printed [and submitted to members of the Board of Trustees. 



The reports of the President, the Executive Committee, the 

 Auditor, the Finance Committee, the Auditing Committee, 

 and of directors of departments and grantees of the Institu- 

 tion were presented and considered. 



The following appropriations for the year 1916 were author- 

 ized: 



Administration §50 ,000. 00 



Publication 60,000.00 



Division of Publications 10,500.00 



Departments of Research 644 , 236 . 00 



Minor Grants 104 ,832 . 18 



Index Medicus 12,000.00 



Insurance Fund 25,000.00 



Reserve Fund 250,000.00 



$1,156,568.18 



The resignation of Mr. William H. Taft was presented and 

 accepted with regret. 



Vacancies in the Board were reported, caused by the death of 

 Mr. WiUiam N. Frew and by the resignation of Mr. Taft. Bal- 

 loting to fill the vacancies resulted in the election of the following 

 persons to membership in the Board: 



Mr. Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio. 

 Dr. Stewart Baton, of New Jersey. 



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