PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 

 1910. 



At a meeting of the Board of Regents held February 10, 1909, the 

 following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That hereafter the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall 

 hold their annual meeting on the Tuesday after the second Monday in December, 

 and another meeting on the second Thursday in February. 



In accordance with this resolution the board met at 10 o'clock a. m. 

 on December 14, 1909, and on February 10, 1910. 



ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 14, 1909. 



Present: Hon. Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United 

 States (chancellor) in the chair; Hon. James S. Sherman, Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the United States; Senator Shelby M. Cullom; Senator Henry 

 Cabot Lodge; Senator Augustus O. Bacon; Representative John 

 Dalzell; Representative James R. Mann; Dr. James B. Angell; 

 Dr. Andrew D. Wliite; Dr. Alexander Graham Bell; Mr. Charles F. 

 Choate, jr., and the secretary, Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 



RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. 



Doctor Bell offered the following resolution, which was adopted: 



Resolved, That the income of the Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, 

 be appropriated for the service of the Institution, to be expended by the secretary, 

 with the advice of the executive committee, with full discretion on the part of the 

 secretary as to items. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Doctor Bell presented the report ot the executive committee for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, which, on motion, was adopted. 



PERMANENT COMMITTEE. 



In behalf of the permanent committee Doctor Bell reported con- 

 cerning the Andrews estate that since the last annual meeting a writ 

 of error had been allowed by Mr. Justice Peckham, of tlie Supreme 

 Court of the United States, to the supreme court of the State of New 



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