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Tho secretary further stateil that on DecoTiihcr 10, 1029, the 

 Speaker of the House had reMi)p()int(Ml ns ro<routs Representatives 

 Alhert Johnson, K. WaUon Moore, and Kohert Lure. 



The secretary recalled to the repents that at the last annual meeting 

 their attention had been drawn to the huildinp firojrrani of tho 

 Institution, the most ur<;ent item of which was the addition of winj^s 

 to the present Natural History Building at an estimated cost of 

 $6,500,000, and Doctor Wotmore exhibited blue prints of tlie proposed 

 additions. 



The secretary described the work of the new division of radiation 

 and orjranisms, and spoke of the interest shown in the Institution 

 by the Research Corporation of New York, of which ho is a director. 

 He stated that for the past three years the corporation had in each 

 year made a grant to the Institution of $15,000 to promote the work 

 of the division of radiation and organisms. He also called attention 

 to the large sums that had been given by Mr. John A. Roebling to 

 the Institution for its work in solar radiation and for other purposes, 

 and stated that Mr. Roebling had veiy recently added a fund for the 

 purchase of books of reference on the subjects relating to radiation 

 investigations. 



SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 29, 1930 



Present: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, Senator Joseph 

 T. Robinson, Senator Claude A. Swanson, Representative Albert 

 Johnson, Representative R. Walton Moore, Representative Robert 

 Luce, Mr. Robert S. Brookings, Mr. Frederic A. Delano, Dr. John C. 

 Merriam, and the secretary. Dr. C. G. Abbot. Mr. Delano was 

 invited to act as temporary chairman. 



The secretary said that the appointment of Mr. Charles Evans 

 Hughes as Chief Justice of the United States takes him from the list 

 of "citizen" regents who arc appointed for six years, and constitutes 

 him under the law an ex oflicio regent with a life tenure. He said 

 further that a vacancy existed in the ofTicc of chancellor, and the 

 following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution hereby 

 elects the Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States, as 

 chancellor of the Institution. 



The chancellor then took the chair, expressing his appreciation of 

 the honor done him. 



The secretary said that in view of the resignation of Chief Justice 

 Taft, the Board of Regents, at their meeting of February 13, 1030, 

 had adopted resolutions which had been transmitted to the Chief 

 Justice, and which had been acknowledged. 



