PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 

 ENDING JUNE 30, 1917. 



ANNUAL MEETING, DECEMBER 14, 1916. 



The Board of Regents met at the Institution at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Present : The Hon. Edward D. White, Chief Justice of the United 

 States, Chancellor, in the chair ; the Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice 

 President of the United States; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Sen- 

 ator Henry F. Hollis ; Representative Ernest W. Roberts ; Represen- 

 tative James T. Lloyd; Dr. Alexander Graham Bell; Mr. Charles F. 

 Choate, jr.; Mr. John B. Henderson; and the Secretary, Mr. Charles 

 D. Walcott. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



The Secretary announced that on December 14, 1915, the Speaker 

 of the House of Representatives had reappointed Mr. Ferris and 

 Mr. Roberts, Members of the House, as Regents, and appointed Mr. 

 James T. Lloyd, of Missouri, a Regent to succeed Mr. Maurice Con- 

 nolly, whose term as Representative had expired. 



The Secretary also announced that Dr. A. Graham Bell had been 

 reappointed a Regent by joint resolution of Congress approved by 

 the President on February 21, 1916. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT. 



On motion, Doctor Bell was reelected a member of the executive 

 committee. 



RESIGNATION OF REGENT. 



The Secretary read the following letter from Dr. Andrew D. White 

 tendering his resignation as a Regent of the Institution : 



[Andrew D. White, Cornell University.] 



Ithaca, N. Y., December 7, 1916. 

 Prof. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 

 My Dear Mr. Secretary: Permit me to present, most respectfully, through 

 you to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, my resignation 

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