PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 

 ENDED JUNE 30. 1930 



ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 12, 1929 



Present: Chief Justice W. 11. Taft, chancellor, in the chair, Senator 

 Joseph T. Robinson, Senator Claude A. Swanson, Representative R. 

 Walton Moore, Representative Robert Luce, Mr. Frederic A. Delano, 

 Mr. Dwight W. Morrow, Mr. Charles E. Hughes, Dr. John C. Mer- 

 riam, and the secretary, Dr. C. G. Abbot. Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 

 assistant secretary, was also present. 



The secretary announced that Representative Walter H. Newton 

 had resigned his seat as a Member of the House on June 30, last, thus 

 automatically terminating his appointment as a regent, and that the 

 Speaker had appointed Representative Robert Luce as a regent to 

 succeed him. 



Mr. Delano, chairman of the executive committee, submitted the 

 following customary resolution, which was adopted: 



Resolved, That the income of the Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1931, 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. 



The secretary stated that his report for the fiscal year ending Juno 

 30, 1929, had been supplied to the regents, and called attention to the 

 many interesting and encouraging events of the year. 



At the request of the secretary, Doctor Wetmore explained the 

 proposed building program for the Institution. After full discussion, 

 the following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That the permanent committee be authorized to formulate a program 

 to be presented to the Bureau of the Budget, and subsequently transmitted to 

 Congress, comprehending the proposed additional buildings needed by the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



The secretary stated that the Smithsonian Scientific Series was 



meeting with gratifying success and that the Institution had already 



received from this source royalties amounting to about S28,000, 



which would increase as time passed. He reminded the board that 



Ambassador Charles G. Dawes had made a grant for the purpose of 



conducting historical studies in European archives and that Dr. 



Charles Upson Clark, an expert, was now engaged in the work and 



had already met with success in his researches. 



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