XIV PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOAED OF REGENTS. 



tarv stated that his last annual report to the Board had been com- 

 pleted prior to his illness and would be laid before the meeting, and 

 that he was confident that the affairs of the Institution were w^ell in 

 hand and its work would go forward. 



RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. 



On behalf of the executive committee Doctor Bell offered the fol- 

 lowing resolution, which was adopted: 



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

 30, 1907, be appropriated for the service of the Institution, to be expended by 

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

 on the part of the Secretary as to items. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Acting Secretary submitted the annual report of the Secretary 

 to June 30, 1905, which w^as accepted. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Doctor Bell sul)mitted the annual report of the executive commit- 

 tee to June 30, 1D05, which, on motion, was accepted, with the under- 

 standing that it might be brought up at the next meeting for 

 adoption. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE. 



The permanent committee reported, through Doctor Bell, as fol- 

 lows: 



TlodgJx'ins fund. — The case of Smith v. O'Donoghue has been set 

 for hearing on the 13th of February next. This case, in which tlie 

 Institution is interested as residuary legatee under the will of Mr. 

 Hodgkins, involves the liability of the residual estate on a warranty 

 deed of certain property in New York City conveyed by Mr. Hodg- 

 kins in May, 1871. It was decided in favor of the Institution in the 

 appellate division, and the chances are considered excellent for suc- 

 cess in the court of appeals. 



Andrews will case. — The hearing upon the application of the exec- 

 utor to have the Andrews will interpreted was had in the New Yoik 

 supreme court, and a decision has been handed down establishing the 

 right of the Andrews Institute for Girls to receive the legacy pro- 

 vided in the will, thus depriving the Smithsonian of the residual 

 legacy of perhaps one and a half million dollars. Counsel of the 

 Institution are of the opinion that though the decision in the lower 

 court is unfavorable to the Institution the prospects of success in the 

 :ippe]]ate division are good. It is the intention to join wdth the 

 h(>irs in api^ealing the case. 



