SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EEGENTS. 



Washington, March 27, 1888. 



A special meeting of the Board of Kegents was held this day at 11 

 o'clock A. M. 



Present, Hon. J. J. Ingalls (President of the United States Senate 

 pro tern.); Hon. Samuel F. Miller (acting Chief Jusiice of the United 

 States) ; Hon. J. S. MoRRiLL, Hon. S. M. Cullom, Hon. S. S. Cox, 

 Hon. Joseph Wheeler, Hon. William W. Phelps, Dr. James C. 

 Welling, General M. C. Meigs, and the Secretary, Prof. S. P. Lang- 

 ley. 



The Secretary called the Board to order. 



On motion of Senator Morrill, Hon. J. J. Ingalls was elected Chair- 

 man. 



Excuses for non-attendance were read from Dr. Porter, Dr. Coppek, 

 Dr. Angell, and Dr. White. 



The Secretary stated that this special meeting had been called at the 

 request of three of the Kegents as provided in the organic act. There 

 were two subjects requiring consideration : First, the recent death of 

 the Chancellor of the Institution, Chief Justice Waite ; second, the elec- 

 tion of a Chancellor. 



Professor Langley remarked that it would be for others who had 

 known the late Chancellor longer than he had to speak of his worth and 

 I)ublic services. He could only say that Judge Waite was not only a 

 tower of strength to the Institution ; he was much more ; he had the 

 regard, the respect, and the reverence of all those who were brought into 

 relation with him. He could only speak of him with the real affection 

 he felt, and say that the loss the Institution had experienced was to 

 him that of a dear and revered personal friend. 



On the second point, the Secretary stated that the joint signatures of 

 the Chancellor and Secretary were required on requisitions for money 

 from the United States Treasury for carrying on the operations of the 

 Institution, and that on the 1st of next July the semiannual interest; 

 would be due, and some one who could act as Chancellor, within the 

 provisions of the law, must sign the requisition in connection with the 

 Secretary, at that time. 



On motion of Dr. Welling, a committee was appointed to express the 

 sense of the Board in relation to the death of the Chancellor. 



The Chair appointed Dr. Welling, Senator Morrill, and Professor 

 Langley. 



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