﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOARD 
  OF 
  REGENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  FOR 
  THE 
  FISCAL 
  YEAR 
  

   ENDED 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1929 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  MEETING 
  DECEMBER 
  13, 
  1928 
  

  

  Present 
  : 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  William 
  H. 
  Taf 
  t, 
  chancellor, 
  in 
  the 
  chair 
  ; 
  

   Vice 
  President 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Dawes, 
  Senator 
  Joseph 
  T. 
  Robinson, 
  

   Representative 
  Albert 
  Johnson, 
  Representative 
  R. 
  Walton 
  Moore, 
  

   Representative 
  Walter 
  H. 
  Newton, 
  Mr. 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano, 
  Hon. 
  

   Irwin 
  B. 
  Laughlin, 
  Hon. 
  Dwight 
  W. 
  Morrow, 
  Hon. 
  Charles 
  E. 
  

   Hughes, 
  Dr. 
  John 
  C. 
  Merriam, 
  and 
  the 
  secretary. 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot. 
  

   Dr. 
  Alexander 
  Wetmore, 
  assistant 
  secretary, 
  was 
  also 
  present. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Delano 
  offered 
  the 
  following 
  resolution, 
  which 
  was 
  adopted 
  : 
  

  

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

   30, 
  1930, 
  be 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  to 
  be 
  expended 
  

   by 
  the 
  secretary, 
  with 
  the 
  advice 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  with 
  full 
  dis- 
  

   cretion 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  secretary 
  as 
  to 
  items. 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  presented 
  his 
  printed 
  annual 
  report, 
  and 
  then 
  

   touched 
  briefly 
  upon 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  important 
  matters 
  that 
  he 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  board's 
  attention. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Commission 
  was 
  

   presented, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  resolution 
  was 
  adopted: 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  hereby 
  

   approves 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Commission 
  that 
  

   Daniel 
  Chester 
  French, 
  John 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  James 
  Parmelee, 
  and 
  Edward 
  W. 
  Red- 
  

   field 
  be 
  reelected 
  as 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  commission 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  term 
  of 
  four 
  

   years, 
  their 
  present 
  terms 
  having 
  expired. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Delano 
  presented 
  a 
  statement 
  regarding 
  the 
  lands 
  occupied 
  

   by 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  regarding 
  its 
  financial 
  needs. 
  

  

  After 
  a 
  full 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  an 
  insecticide 
  patent 
  pre 
  

   sented 
  to 
  the 
  Institution, 
  the 
  board 
  referred 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  permanent 
  

   committee 
  for 
  consideration. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  announced 
  the 
  receipt 
  of 
  $3,500 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  E. 
  H. 
  

   Harriman, 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  the 
  William 
  Healey 
  Dall 
  

   library 
  for 
  presentation 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  under 
  the 
  title 
  " 
  The 
  

   Harriman 
  Alaskan 
  Library," 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  resolution 
  was 
  

   adopted 
  : 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

  

  Institution 
  be 
  conveyed 
  to 
  Mrs. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Harriman 
  for 
  her 
  generous 
  gift 
  of 
  $3,500 
  

  

  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  William 
  Healey 
  Dall 
  and 
  its 
  

  

  presentation 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  under 
  the 
  title 
  " 
  The 
  Harriman 
  Alaskan 
  Library." 
  

  

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