EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY 11 



RESEARCH CORPORATION 



The Kesearch Corporation of New York, for the administration of 

 inventions and new industrial processes in the public interest, was 

 founded in 1912 through the gift by Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell and 

 his associates of valuable patents covering processes for the electrical 

 precipitation of dust, smoke, and chemical fumes. The net profits 

 from the commercial application of the patents are used to aid and 

 encourage technical and scientific research. The Smithsonian has 

 always been in close relationship to the Research Corporation, the 

 late Secretary Charles D. Walcott having served as a director since 

 its inception, and this year the present Secretary was elected to 

 membership on the board of directors. 



In February, 1928, the directors of the corporation having ex- 

 pressed an interest in the solar radiation research program of the 

 Institution, a statement of the proposed work was given them, with 

 the result that in March a grant of $15,000 was made to the Institu- 

 tion to promote investigations on the relation of radiation to the 

 growth of plants, the effects of radiation on the health and growth of 

 animals and human beings, and the dependence of world weather on 

 solar radiation. 



COOPERATIVE ETHNOLOGICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGA- 

 TIONS BETWEEN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND STATE, 

 EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS 



At the past session of the Congress, the following act authorizing 

 cooperation in ethnological and archeological investigations was 

 enacted : 



[Public, No. 248, Seventieth Congress] 



Be it enacted &y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution is hereby authorized to cooperate with any State, educational In- 

 stitution, or scientific organization in the United States for continuing eth- 

 nological researches among the American Indians and the excavation and pres- 

 ervation of archeological remains. 



Sec. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money 

 in the Treasury not othervpise appropriated, the sum of $20,000, which shall be 

 available until expended for the above purposes: Provided, That at such time 

 as the Smithsonian Institution is satisfied that any State, educational institu- 

 tion, or scientific organization in any of the United States is prepared to 

 contribute to such investigation and when in its judgment such investigation 

 shall appear meritorious, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may 

 direct that an amount from this sum equal to tliat contributed by such State, 

 educational institution or scientific organization, not to exceed $2,000, to be 

 expended from such sum in any one State during any calendar year, be made 

 available for cooperative investigation : Provided further, That all such coopera- 

 tive work and division of the result thereof shall be under the direction of the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution : Pro'vided further, That where lands 



