PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE YEAR 
ENDING JUNE 30, 1907. 
At a meeting held March 12, 1903, the Board of Regents adopted 
the following resolution : 
Resolved, That, in addition to the prescribed meeting held on the fourth 
Wednesday 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, un- 
less that date falls on Sunday, when the following Monday shall be substi- 
tuted. 
In accordance with this resolution, the Board met at 10 o’clock a. m. 
on December 4, 1906, and on January 23 and March 6, 1907. 
REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 4, 1906. 
Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor) in the chair; the 
Vice-President, the Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, Senator S. M. Cul- 
lom, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator A. O. Bacon, Representa- 
tive John Dalzell, Representative James R. Mann, Representative 
W. M. Howard, Dr. Andrew D. White, the Hon. John B. Henderson, 
Dr. A. Graham Bell, the Hon. Richard Olney, the Hon. George Gray, 
and the Acting Secretary, Mr. Richard Rathbun. 
DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT ADAMS, JR. 
The Chancellor announced the death on June 1, 1906, at Wash- 
ington, D. C., of Representative Robert Adams, jr., a Regent of the 
Institution, and the following resolution, offered by Doctor Bell, was 
adopted by a rising vote: 
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have learned with pro- 
found regret of the death on June 1, 1906, of the Hon. Robert Adams, jr., for 
ten years a member of the Board, and here place upon record an expression of 
their deep sorrow at his loss, and of appreciation of his earnest interest in the 
welfare of the Institution and of his labors on its behalf both at the meetings 
of the Board and in the House of Representatives. 
Resolved, That a copy of this minute be spead upon the records of the Board 
and communicated to the family of Mr. Adams. 
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