ABSTRACT OF MINUTES OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF 

 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



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

 the Administration Building, on Friday, December 14, 1917, and 

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



In the absence of the secretary, Mr. CD. Walcott was elected 

 temporary secretary. Upon roll-call, the following Trustees 

 responded: Robert S. Brookings, John J. Carty, Charles P. 

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

 Hutchinson, Henr}^ Cabot Lodge, Andrew J. Montague, William 

 W. Morrow, Stewart Paton, Henry S. Pritchett, Elihu Root, 

 Theobald Smith, Charles D. Walcott, Henry P. Walcott, Henry 

 Vv'hite, George W. Wickersham, Robert S. Woodward. 



The minutes of the fifteenth 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 1918 were authorized: 



Administration $ .53,000.00 



Publication 60,000.00 



Division of Publications 12,000.00 



Departments of Research 672,180.00 



Minor giants 88,440. 00 



Index Mcdicas 12,000.00 



Insurance fund 25,000. 00 



Reserve fund 250,000.00 



1,172,620.00 



Balloting to fill a vacancy in the Board of Trustees, caused by 

 the resignation of Mr. Andrew D. White, resulted in the election 

 of Mr. James Parmelee, of Washington, D. C, to membership in 

 the Board. 



Messrs. Henry White and C. D. Walcott were reelected as 

 members of the Executive Committee for a term of three years. 



The proposal of Mrs. E. H. Harriman to donate to the Carnegie 

 Institution of Washington the Eugenics Record Office, together 



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