PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSO- 

 NIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1908. 



At a meeting of the Board of Regents held March 12, 1903, the fol- 

 lowing resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That, in addition to the prescribed meeting held on the fourth Wednes- 

 day in January, regular meetings of the board shall be held on the Tuesday after 

 the first Monday in December and on the 6th day of March, unless that date falls on 

 Sunday, when the following Monday shall be substituted. 



At the annual meeting of the board held on Januar}^ 22, 1908, the 

 above resolution was amended as follows: 



Resolved, That hereafter the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall 

 hold an annual meeting on the Tuesday after the second Monday in December and 

 another meeting on the second Wednesday in February. 



In accordance with the first of these resolutions, the board met at 

 10 o'clock a. m. on December 3, 1907, and January 22, 1908, and, as 

 provided in the second, on February 12, 1908. 



BEGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 3, 1907. 



Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (chancellor) in the chair, Vice- 

 President Charles W. Fairbanks, Senator S. M. Cullom, Senator Henry 

 Cabot Lodge, Senator A. O. Bacon, Representative John Dakell, Rep- 

 resentative James R. Mann, Representative William M. Howard, 

 Dr. Andrew D. White, the Hon. John B. Henderson, and the secre- 

 tary, Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The secretary presented his report on the operations of the Institu- 

 tion for the year ending June 30, 1907, including the report on the 

 National Museum for the same time. 



On motion, the report was accepted. 



AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS. 



The secretary brought up the question of auditing the accounts of 

 the Institution, and after discussion the following resolution was 

 adopted: 



Resolved, That hereafter the accounts of the Institution shall be audited annually 

 under the direction of the executive committee. 

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