EEGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



B}^ the organizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Ee vised Statutes, 

 Title LXXIII, section 5580), " The business of the Institution shall 

 be conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named 

 the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the 

 Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three members 

 of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives, 

 together with six other persons other than Members of Congress, 

 tAvo of whom shall be resident in the cit}'^ of Washington, and the 

 other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of the same 

 State." 



REGENT,^ FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906. 



Term expires. 

 The Chief Justice of the United States : 



MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor and President 

 of the Board January 9, 1889. 

 The Vice-President of the United States : 



CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, ex officio March 4, 1905 Mar. 3, 1909 



United States Senators : 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed March 24, 1885; March 28, 



1889; December 18, 1895, and March 7, 1901) Mar. 3,1907 



HENRY CABOT LODGE (appointed December 7, 1905) Mar. 3,1911 



AUGUSTUS O. BACON (appointed December 7, 1905) Mar. 3,1907 



Members of the House of Representatives : 



ROBERT R. HITT (appointed August 11, 1893; January 4, 

 1894 ; December 20, 1895 ; December 22, 1897 ; January 4, 

 1900 ; December 13, 1901 ; January 12, 1904, and December 



13, 1905) Dec. 25,1907 



ROBERT ADAMS, Jr. (appointed December 20, 1895; De- 

 cember 22, 1897; January 4, 1900; December 13, 1901; 

 January 12, 1904, and December 13, 1905. Died June 1, 



1906) : 



HUGH A. DINSMORE (appointed January 4, 1900; Decem- 

 ber 13, 1901, and January 12, 1904) Dec. 27,1905 



WILLIAM M. HOWARD (appointed December 13, 1905) Dec. 25, 1907 



JOHN DALZELL (appointed June 12, 1906) Dec. 25,1907 



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