PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 

 30, 1920. 



ANNUAL MEETING DECEMBER 11, 1919. 



The board met at the institution at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Present : The Hon. Edward D. White, Chief Justice of the United 

 States, chancellor, in the chair ; The Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice 

 President of the United States; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Rep- 

 resentative Lemuel P. Padgett ; Representative Frank L. Greene ; 

 The Hon. George Gray; Dr. Alexander Graham Bell; Mr. Charles 

 F. Choate, jr.; Mr. John B. Henderson; and the secretary, Mr. 

 Charles D. Walcott. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



The secretary announced the appointment, by joint resolution of 

 Congress, approved by the President January 7, 1919, of Mr. Robert 

 S. Brookings, of Missouri, as a citizen regent to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the death of the Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks. 



Also that the Hon. George Gray, of Delaware, had been reap- 

 pointed by joint resolution approved by the President February 26, 

 1919. 



Also that Senator Medill McCormick had been appointed by the 

 Vice President on December 2, 1919, to succeed Senator Hollis, whose 

 term as Senator had expired. 



CHAIRMANSHIP OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



On motion, it was 



Resolved: That the Hon. George Gray be reelected a member of the executive 

 committee, and that he be continued in the position of chairman of the com- 

 mittee. 



RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. 



Judge Graj 7 , chairman of the executive committee, submitted the 

 following resolution, which was adopted : 



Resolved: That the income of the institution for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1921, be appropriated for the service of the institution, to be expended by 

 the secretary with the advice of the executive committee, with full discretion 

 on the part of the secretary as to items. 



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