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be made in the near future for the preparation of building plans for 

 the proposed new building. The commission met recently and re- 

 ported that funds for the employment of an architect had been pro- 

 vided by private contributions from 13 persons to the amount of 

 $11,000. The commission, having canvassed the names of a number 

 of American architects who had been suggested as qualified to pre- 

 pare the plans, recommended the selection of Mr. Charles A. Piatt, 

 whose selection was approved by the Board of Regents. 



After discussion, a motion was adopted appointing Messrs. White 

 and Delano, of the Board of Regents ; Messrs. Adams, Melchers, and 

 Gest, of the commission; and the secretary of the Institution as a 

 committee to collaborate with the architect in the preparation of the 

 plans for the new building. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



The secretary read a letter from Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor express- 

 ing the appreciation of the family of the late Dr. A. Graham Bell 

 for the memorial adopted by the board at the annual meeting on 

 December 13 last. 



SPECIAL MEETING, JUNE 3, 1924 



Present: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Representative Albert 

 Johnson; Representative Walter H. Newton; the Hon. George Gray; 

 Mr. Henry Wliite; and the secretary, Dr. Charles D. Walcott. 

 Senator Lodge presided. 



AUTHORITY FOR CALLING SPECIAL MEETINGS 



The secretary explained that the fundamental act provides for 

 calling special meetings at the request of three Regents, and that 

 this meeting had been called by the executive committee and ap- 

 proved by the chancellor. 



ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY 



The secretary brought up the matter of an additional assistant 

 secretary, explaining that at the annual meeting on December 13, 

 1923, the Board of Regents adopted a resolution declaring the need 

 of such an officer, which had been communicated to the President. 

 With the President's approval, tlie Director of the Budget sub- 

 mitted the request to Congress, after the Personnel Classification 

 Board had put the position in class 6. The Appropriations Com- 

 mittee fixed the annual salary at $6,000, and the item was now 

 included in the independent offices bill under "Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution." 



