REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 
By the organizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Statutes, 
Title LXX111, 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 [and the Governor of 
the District of Columbia], three members of the Senate, and three mem- 
bers of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons, 
other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the 
city of Washington, and the other four shall be inhabitants of some 
State, but no two of the same State.” 
REGENTS FOR THE YEAR 1891. 
The Chief-Justice of the United States: 
MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor, and President of the Board Jan- 
uary 9, 1889. 
The Vice-President of the United States: 
LEVI P. MORTON. 
United States Senators: Term oxpires. 
JUSTIN S. MORRILL (appointed February 21, 1883)........--...- Mar. 3, 1891. 
SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed March 23, 1885, and Mar. 28, 1889) .Mar. 3, 1895. 
RANDALL L. GIBSON (appointed Dec. 19, 1887, and Mar. 28, 1889) ..Mar. 3, 1895. 
Members of the House of Representatives: 
JOSEPH WHEELER (appointed Jan. 5, 1888, and Jan. 6, 1890).. Dec. 23, 1891. 
BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH (appointed January 6, 1890) ..---- Dec. 23, 1891. 
HENRY CABOT LODGE (appointed January 6, 1890)........--.. Dec. 23, 1891. 
Citizens of a State: 
HENRY COPPEE, of Pennsylvania (first appointed Jan. 19, 1874). Dec. 26, 1891. 
JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (first appointed Jan. 19, 1887).-Jan. 19, 1893. 
ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (first appointed Feb. 15, 1888).Feb. 15, 1894. 
[ Vacancy. ] 
Citizens of Washineton: 
JAMES C. WELLING (first appointed May 138, 1884)..........--.- May 22, 2896. 
MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS (first appointed December 26, 1885) ....Dec. 26, 1891. 
Executive Committee of the Board of Regents. 
JAMES C. WELLING, Chairman. HENRY CoPpPpkE. MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS. 
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