PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XOX 
sand dollars, and a contract or contracts for its completion is hereby authorized 
to be entered into, subject to appropriations to be made by Congress. The con- 
struction shall be in charge of Bernard R. Green, superintendent of buildings 
and grounds, Library of Congress, who shall make the contracts herein au- 
thorized and disburse all appropriations made for the work, and shall receive 
as full compensation for his services hereunder the sum of two thousand dol- 
lars annually in addition to his present salary, to be paid out of said appropri- 
ations. 
He also read the following resolution adopted by the Board on 
January 23, 1903, providing that the Secretary be authorized to rep- 
resent it in carrying out the provisions of this act: 
Resolved, That the Secretary, with the advice and consent of the Chancellor 
and the chairman of the executive committee, be authorized to represent the 
Board of Regents so far as may be necessary in consultation with Bernard R. 
Green, to whom the construction and contracts for the new Museum building 
are committed by Congress in the act making an appropriation for that pur- 
pose. 
After considerable discussion on the question of the architect’s fee 
and the contract, in which all present took part, Senator Lodge sub- 
mitted the following resolution, which was adopted: 
Resolved, That Mr. Bernard R. Green be authorized to pay Hornblower & 
Marshall the fee of one and one-half per cent recommended by him, in addition 
to the fee of three and one-half per cent, whenever in his judgment it has, from 
time to time, been earned under the terms of the contract. 
PROVISION FOR EMERGENCY SUPERINTENDENT OF CONSTRUCTION. 
The Secretary said that the original act authorizing the new build- 
ing for the National Museum provided that the construction should 
be in charge of Bernard R. Green, who should make the contracts 
authorized and disburse all appropriations made for the work. 
Realizing the inconvenience that would arise in case of Mr. Green 
becoming incapacitated, he had requested that provision be made em- 
powering the Board of Regents, in case of this emergency, to take 
charge of the work of construction and to disburse appropriations 
made for the same; and he had to report that this provision had been 
included in the sundry civil act approved March 4, 1907, as follows: 
BUILDING FoR NATIONAL Museum: For completing the construction of the 
building for the National Museum, and for each and every purpose connected 
with the same, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, 
That if the superintendent of buildings and grounds, Library of Congress, now 
in charge of the construction of the new Museum building and the disbursing 
of all appropriations made for the work, be at any time incapacitated to con- 
tinue in such charge, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is 
hereby empowered to take charge of the construction and to disburse appropria- 
tions made for the same. 
Mr. Henderson suggested that if Mr. Green should become in- 
capacitated between now and the next meeting in December, it would 
be difficult to get suitable action by the Board, and he suggested 
