PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE YEAR 

 ENDING JUNE 30, 1905. 



At u meeting held Miuvh 12, 1903, the Board of Regents adopted 

 the following resolution: 



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 day falls on 

 Sunday, when the following Monday shall be substituted. 



In accordance with this resolution, the Board met at 10 o'clock a. m, 

 on December 6, 1904, January 25, 1905, and March 6, 1905. 



REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 6, 1904. 



Present: Mr. Chief Jttstice Fuller (Chancellor) in the chair; the 

 Hon. W. P. Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate, acting as 

 Regent; the Hon. S. M. Cullom, the Hon. O. H. Piatt, the Hon. F. M. 

 Cockrell, the Hon. Robert Adams, jr., the Hon. Hugh. A. Dinsmore, 

 Dr. Andrew D. White, the Hon. John B. Henderson, Dr. A. Graham 

 Bell, and the Secretary, Mr. S. P. Langley. 



MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. 



The mimites of the meeting held March 7, 1904, were read in 

 abstract and approved. 



DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS OF JAMES 8MITHSON. 



The Seeretar}^ stated that at the meeting of January 27, 1901-, a com- 

 mittee consisting of the Chancellor, the members of the executive com- 

 mittee, and the Secretary had been appointed to act on the question 

 of the final disposition of the remains of James Smithson and of the 

 monument to be erected to hiiu. The committee reported to the Board 

 on March 7, 1904, recora*nending that a suitable tomb })e erected and 

 that Congress be asked to make an adequate appropriation for it. 



Since that meeting the couuuittee had decided to suggest in lieu of 

 their former recommendation that the original tomb be brought to this 

 countr}^ and used as a final resting place for the remains. Accordingly 

 the Secretary had entered into correspondence with the ofiicials at 

 Genoa, and the tomb had been shipped and was expected by the end 

 of the present month. 



