ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF 

 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



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

 the Administration Building, on Fridaj^, December 15, 1916, and 

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



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

 sponded: Robert 8. Brookings, Cleveland H. Dodge, Charles P. 

 Fenner, Myron T. Herrick, Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry 

 Cabot Lodge, Andrew J. Montague, William W. Morrow, Wm. 

 Barclay Parsons, Stewart Baton, George W. Pepper, Henry S. 

 Pritchett, EKhu Root, Martin A. Ryerson, Theobald Smith, 

 Charles D. Walcott, Henry P. Walcott, William H. Welch, 

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



The minutes of the fourteenth 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 Institution were 

 presented and considered. 



The following appropriations for the year 1917 were authorized : 



Administration $50,000.00 



PubUcation 60,000.00 



Division of Publications 10,500.00 



Departments of Research 633 , 309 . 00 



Minor grants 96,800.00 



Index Medicus 12,000.00 



Insurance fund 25,000.00 



Reserve fund 2.50,000.00 



1,137,609.00 



It was reported that the Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation 

 of New York had voted to add the sum of $150,000.00 to the 

 income of the Institution for the year 1917. This sum was 

 forthwith appropriated for special purposes. 



The resignation of Mr. Andrew D. White was presented and 

 accepted with regret. 



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

 Mr. Seth Low and by the resignation of Mr. White. Balloting 



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