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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1929 
  

  

  been 
  favorably 
  considered 
  both 
  by 
  the 
  permanent 
  committee 
  and 
  

   by 
  the 
  commission. 
  

   After 
  discussion 
  the 
  following 
  resolutions 
  were 
  adopted: 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  

   of 
  Art 
  Commission 
  expressed 
  through 
  the 
  resolution 
  adopted 
  April 
  13, 
  1929, 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  offer 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   John 
  Gellatly 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  proposed 
  gift 
  of 
  his 
  art 
  collection 
  as 
  expressed 
  in 
  

   letters 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Gari 
  Melchers, 
  chairman 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Commis- 
  

   sion, 
  under 
  dates 
  of 
  March 
  27 
  and 
  March 
  30, 
  1929, 
  and 
  the 
  board 
  approves 
  

   in 
  principle 
  the 
  acceptance 
  of 
  this 
  offer. 
  The 
  secretary 
  is 
  hereby 
  requested 
  to 
  

   convey 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Gellatly 
  the 
  sense 
  of 
  appreciation 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  board 
  learns 
  

   of 
  this 
  generous 
  offer. 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  board 
  hereby 
  refers 
  the 
  furtherance 
  of 
  the 
  matter 
  to 
  the 
  

   permanent 
  committee 
  with 
  full 
  power 
  to 
  act. 
  

  

  Senator 
  Robinson, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  legal 
  committee 
  on 
  the 
  Freer 
  

   will 
  and 
  gift, 
  submitted 
  its 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  interpretation 
  of 
  the 
  terms 
  

   of 
  the 
  Freer 
  will. 
  

  

  