REGENTS OE THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



By the organizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Statutes, 

 Title Lxxiii, section 5580), "The business of the Institution shall be 

 conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named 

 the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the Vice- 

 President, the Chief Justice of the United States [and the Governor of 

 the District of Columbia], three members of the Senate, and three mem- 

 bers of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, 

 other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the 

 city of Washington, and the other four shall be inhabitants of some 

 State, but no two of the same State." 



REGENTS FOR THE YEAR 1890. 



The Vice-President of the TTuited States : 

 LEVI P. MORTON. 



The Chief-Justice of the United States : 



MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor, and President of the Board Jan- 

 nary 9, lb89. 



Uni<ed States Senators : Term espirea. 



JUSTIN S. MORRILL (appointed Febrnary 'Jl, 18815) Mar.3, 1S91. 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed March 23, 188'), and Mar. 28, 1889). Mar. 3, 1895. 



RANDALL L. GIBSON (appointed Dec. 19, 1887, and Mar. 28, 18S9)..Mar. 3, 1895. 

 Members of the House of Representatives : 



JOSEPH WHEELER (appointed Jan. 5, 1888, and Jan. {>, 1890) ....Dec. 23, 1891. 



BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH (appointed January 6, 1890) Dec. 2.3, 1891. 



HENRY CABOT LODGE (appointed January 6, 1890) Dec. 23, 1891. 



Citizens of a State : 



HENRY COPPEE, of Pennsylvania (first appointed Jan. 19, 1874). .Dec. 26, 1891. 



JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (first appointed Jan. 19, 1887). .Jan. 19,1893. 



ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (first appointed Feb. 15, 1888).. Feb. 15, 1894. 



[Vacancj'] 

 Citizens of Washington : 



JAMES C. WELLING (first appointed May 13, 1884) May 22, 1896. 



MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS (first appointed December 26, 1885) .... Dec. 26, 189L 



Executive Committee of the Board of Regentx. 

 James C. Welling, Chairman. Henry C()PPi':e. Montgomery C. Meigs. 



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