PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE 



FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1932 



ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 10, 1931 



Present: Cliief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, chancellor, in the 

 chair, Senator Reed Smoot, Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Senator 

 Claude A. Swanson, Representative Albert Johnson, Representative 

 Robert Luce, Hon. R. Walton Moore, Frederic A. Delano, Dr. 

 John C. Merriam, and the secretary, Dr. C G. Abbot. Dr. Alex- 

 ander Wetmore, assistant secretary, was also present. 



The secretary announced that on March 3, 1931, the President pro 

 tempore of the Senate appointed Senator Joseph R. Robinson as a 

 Regent to succeed himself. 



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

 following resolution, which was adopted: 



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

 30, 1933, 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 submitted his annual report to June 30, 1931, and 

 added a resume, prepared by the editor, relating to publications 

 issued by the Institution during the year. The editorial work of 

 the Institution had been reorganized for the sake of greater unity 

 of policy and increased efficiency. Instead of maintaining three 

 separate editorial offices as formerly, the responsibility for all of 

 the 13 series issued under the Institution was centered in the editor 

 of the Smithsonian proper, and all of the editorial staff was moved 

 into a group of offices close together on the third floor of tliis building. 



Mr. Delano presented the report of the executive committee for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, showing the financial condition of 

 the Institution for that period. 



The annual report of the National Gallery of Art Commission was 

 accepted, and the board adopted the following resolutions: 



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

 approves the recommendation of the National Gallery of Art Commission that 

 James E. Fraser, J. H. Gest, F. J. Mather, jr., and E. C. Tarbell, be reelected as 

 members of the commission for the ensuing term of four years, their present 

 terms having expired. 



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

 approves the recommendation of the National Gallery of Art Commission that 



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