SECRETARY'S REPORT 5 
sented by the Secretary and accepted by the Board. A resolution 
was adopted to reelect the following members for 4-year terms: 
William T. Aldrich, James Fraser, George H. Edgell, Lloyd Goodrich. 
The following officers were reelected for the ensuing year: Chairman, 
Paul Manship; vice chairman, Robert Woods Bliss; secretary, 
Alexander Wetmore. 
Regarding the Gellatly Collection, as reported at the last annual 
meeting the Court of Claims in an opinion dated May 5, 1947, stated 
that “there is no basis in law or equity to set aside the gift or transfer 
and no basis in law or equity to allow a recovery in behalf of the 
Gellatly estate.” Following this opinion, under date of May 20, 1947, 
the Secretary, as the custodian of the property in question, received 
a demand, signed by Mrs. Gellatly’s attorney, to surrender possession 
of the collection. On June 18, 1947, a summons was served on the Sec- 
retary which was turned over to the Department of Justice. That 
Department assigned Marvin C. Taylor, Special Attorney, to the case, 
and various legal procedures have followed. 
As stated in last year’s report, following a decision by the Civil 
Service Commission, the Smithsonian trust-funds employees were in- 
cluded under the Federal Retirement System as of May 18,1947. The 
Secretary submitted to the Executive Committee of the Board of 
Regents a detailed plan for carrying out the transfer, which was ap- 
proved by the Committee. 
FINANCES 
A statement on finances, dealing particularly with Smithsonian 
private funds, will be found in the report of the Executive Committce 
of the Board of Regents, page 157. 
APPROPRIATIONS 
Funds appropriated to the Institution for the fiscal year ended 
June 30, 1948, totaled $1,800,312, allotted as follows: 
Generalvadcministration ee! —= ste ee eee ee $51, 044 
National Museums. se csne see aes Whe aien Te 560, 548 
BUreaAusOLe American Ltn Ol O gy a = =e ee 63, 852 
AStrOpMnysicall Observatory. oe a ee ee 69, 951 
WNationaliCollection ore Mime vA ES meee eee eee 82, 586 
Internationale mxchangey Servi Cee eee 60, 815 
Maintenanceland operations. =f ae eee eee 649, 352 
GV COM CE VAL ST Oy See ete eee a Dt inte ee ee 267, 448 
NatIOIal ge Airy MUSCUTN OS == 2 )t< 8 tS lees ee ee ays 38, 879 
CanaleZonesBiolocicaleAren ass earn ene ee eee 4, 999 
Wnallotted = sees aw aa 2 2 ae ee ate a 1, 338 
