XXII ORGANIZATION OV THE SMITHSOINIAN INSTITUTION. 



resolution of the Senate and Hou«e of Kepresentatives. The members 

 of the House so appointed shall serve for the term of two years; and 

 on every alternate fourth Wednesday of December a like mnnber shall 

 be appointed in the same manner, to serve until the fourth Wednes- 

 dav in December, in the second year succeeding their appointment. 

 The Senators so appointed shall serve during the term for which they 

 shall hold, without re-election, their office as Senators. Vacancies, 

 occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be tilled as vacan- 

 cies in committees are filled. The regular term of service for the 

 other six members shall be six years; and new elections thereof shall 

 be made by joint resolutions of Congress. Vacancies occasioned by 

 death, resignation, or otherwise may be filled in like manner by joint 

 resolution of Congress. 



Sec. 5582. The regents shall meet in the city of Washington and 

 elect one of their number as chancellor, who shall be the presiding 

 officer of the Board of Regents, and called the chancellor of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, and a suitable person as Secretary of the Institu- 

 tion,* who shall also be the secretar}^ of the Board of Regents. The 

 board shall also elect three of their own bod}^ as an executive commit- 

 tee, and the regents shall fix on the time for the regular meetings of 

 the board; and, on application of any three of the regents to the Sec- 

 retary of the institution, it shall be his duty to appoint a special meet- 

 ing of the Board of Regents, of which he shall give notice, by letter, 

 to each of the members; and, at any meeting of the board, five shall 

 constitute a quorum to do business. Each member of the board shall 

 be paid his necessary traveling and other actual expenses, in attending 

 meetings of the board, which shall be audited l)y the executive com- 

 mittee, and recorded by the Secretary of the board; but his service as 

 regent shall be gratuitous. 



Sec. 5588. The Secretary of the Board of Regents shall take charge 

 of the building and property of the institution, and shall, under their 

 direction, make a fair and accurate record of all their proceedings, to 



* Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. "Be it enacted, etc., That the Chan- 

 cellor of the Smithsonian Institution may, by an instrument in writing filed in the 

 office of the Secretary thereof, designate and appoint a suitable person to act as Sec- 

 retary of the Institution when there shall be a vacancy in said office, and whenever 

 the Secretary shall be unable from illness, absence, or other cause to perform the 

 duties of his office; and in such case the person so appointed may perform all the 

 duties imi)osed on the Secretary by law until the vacancy shall be filled or such 

 inability shall cease. The said Chancellor may change such designation and appoint- 

 ment from time to time as the interests of the Institution may in his judgment 

 require."— (May 13, 1884. Statutes, XXIII, 21.) 



