PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 

 ENDING JUNE 30, 1916. 



AN3SrUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 9, 1915. 



The Board of Regents met at the Smithsonian Institution in regu- 

 lar annual session at 10 o'clock a. m. December 9, 1915. 



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

 States, chancellor, in the chair; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Senator 

 "William J. Stone; Senator Henry F. HoUis; Representative Scott 

 Ferris; Representative Ernest W. Roberts; the Hon. Maurice Con- 

 nolly ; Dr. Andrew D. White, Dr. A. Graham Bell ; the Hon. George 

 Gray ; Mr. John B. Henderson ; the Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks ; and 

 the secretary, Dr. Charles D. Walcott. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENT. 



It was announced that William J. Stone, Senator from Missouri, 

 had been reappointed a Regent by the Vice President on February 

 18, 1915. 



RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. 



On motion by Judge Gray, chairman of the executive committee, 

 the following resolution was adopted : 



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

 30, 1917, be appropriated for the service of the Institution, to be expended hj 

 tlie secretary with the advice of the executive committee, with full discretion 

 on the part of the secretary as to items. 



VACANCY IN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



On motion it was — 



Resolved, That Mr. Ernest W. Roberts be elected to the executive committee 

 to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. Maurice Connolly. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The annual report of the executive committee reviewing the finan- 

 cial condition of the Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1915, was presetited in printed form and adopted. 



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