PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOAKD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION FOB THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 



30, 1918. 



ANNUAL MEETING DECEMBER 13. 1917. 



The board met at the Institution at 10.15 a. m. 



Present : The Hon. Edward D. "White. Chief Justice of the United 

 State-, chancellor, in the chair: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Senator 

 Henry F. Hollis. the Hon. E. W. Roberts, the Hon. George Gray. Mr. 

 John B. Henderson, the Hon. Henry White, and the secretary. Dr. 

 Charles D. Walcott. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



The secretary annoimced the following appointment^ of regent= 

 of the Institution : On March 4. 1917. the Hon. Thomas R. Marshall. 

 Vice President of the United State*, ex officio: on March 4. 1917. by 

 the President of the Senate, the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, to succeed 

 himself: on January 15. 1917. by joint resolution of Congress ap- 

 proved by the President, the Hon. Henry "White, a citizen of Mary- 

 land, to succeed the Hon. Andrew D. White, resigned: on January 19. 

 1917. by joint resolution of Congress approved by the President. Mr. 

 John B. Henderson, a citizen of Washington. D. C. to succeed himself 

 at the expiration of his present term, on March 1. 1917. 



KESuLUTION KELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. 



Mr. Roberts, of the executive committee, offered the following 

 : - lution. which was adopted : 



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

 • be appropriated for the service of the Institution, to be expended by the 

 ^tary with the advice of the executive committee, with full discretion on 

 the part of the secretary as to items. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The secretary submitted the annual report of the executive com- 

 mittee, showing the financial condition of the Institution for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1917. stating that it had been supplied to the 

 regents in printed form. 



< >n motion, the report was adopted. 



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