PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 
SONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 380, 1909. 
At the annual meeting of the Board of Regents held on January 
22, 1908, the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved, That hereafter the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall 
hold an annual meeting on the Tuesday after the second Monday in December and 
another meeting on the second Wednesday in February. 
In accordance with this resolution the board met at 10 o’clock a. m. 
on December 15, 1908, and on February 10, 1909. 
ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 15, 1908. 
Present: Hon. M. W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States 
(chancellor), in the chair; Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice-President 
of the United States; Senator S. M. Cullom, Senator Henry Cabot 
Lodge, Senator A. O. Bacon, Representative James R. Mann, Rep- 
resentative William M. Howard, Hon. John B. Henderson, Dr. James 
B. Angell, Dr. Andrew D. White, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Mr. 
Charles F. Choate, jr., and the secretary, Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGENT. 
The secretary announced the appointment, by joint resolution 
approved by the President February 24, 1908, of Mr. Charles F. 
Choate, jr., of Massachusetts; as a Regent to succeed Mr. Richard 
Olney, resigned. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM MR. RICHARD OLNEY. 
The secretary read the following letter from Mr. Richard Olney 
in acknowledgment of the action of the Board of Regents upon his 
resignation as a Regent: 
Boston, January 25, 1908. 
Hon. CHar.es D. WALcort, 
Secretary Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 
My Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge your favor of the 23d instant and to thank 
the Board of Regents through you for the complimentary terms of the resolution, 
copy of which you inclose. 
I am also greatly obliged to you personally for your courteous and friendly expres- 
sions and remain, 
Faithfully, RIcHARD OLNEY. 
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