﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  REGENTS 
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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  COMMISSION 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  then 
  submitted 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Commission, 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  printed 
  

   in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1927. 
  

  

  On 
  motion 
  the 
  board 
  accepted 
  the 
  report 
  and 
  adopted 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  resolutions: 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  hereby 
  approves 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  

   the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  Commission 
  that 
  Gari 
  Melchers, 
  Herbert 
  Adams, 
  and 
  

   Charles 
  Moore 
  be 
  reelected 
  as 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  commission 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  term 
  

   of 
  four 
  years, 
  their 
  present 
  terms 
  having 
  expired. 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  board 
  also 
  approves 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sion 
  that 
  Clarence 
  Zantzinger, 
  architect, 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  be 
  elected 
  a 
  member 
  

   of 
  the 
  commission 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  vacancy 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  declination 
  of 
  John 
  Russell 
  

   Pope, 
  and 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Zantzinger's 
  declination, 
  the 
  vacancy 
  be 
  

   filled 
  by 
  the 
  election 
  of 
  Charles 
  Borie, 
  architect, 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  THE 
  DOGNIN 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  MOTHS 
  AND 
  BXTTrERFLIES 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  reported 
  that 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  had 
  acquired 
  

   the 
  Dognin 
  collection 
  of 
  moths 
  and 
  butterflies, 
  consisting 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  82,000 
  specimens, 
  including 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  3,000 
  types 
  of 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  Dognin 
  and 
  about 
  250 
  types, 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   American, 
  of 
  other 
  describers. 
  These, 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  5,000 
  types 
  per- 
  

   sonally 
  described 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Schaus, 
  make 
  the 
  National 
  Museum's 
  

   collection 
  in 
  this 
  line 
  unrivaled. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  White 
  offered 
  the 
  following 
  resolutions, 
  which 
  were 
  adopted 
  : 
  

  

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

   tion 
  are 
  hereby 
  conveyed 
  to 
  the 
  contributors 
  to 
  a 
  fund 
  of 
  some 
  $50,000 
  for 
  the 
  

   purchase 
  of 
  the 
  Paul 
  Dognin 
  collection 
  of 
  moths 
  and 
  butterflies. 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  thanks 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  are 
  also 
  tendered 
  Dr. 
  William 
  Schaus, 
  

   honorary 
  assistant 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  insects 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  

   for 
  his 
  initiative 
  and 
  personal 
  efforts 
  in 
  securing 
  the 
  contributions 
  that 
  have 
  

   made 
  possible 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  this 
  large 
  and 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  RESOLUTION 
  RELATIVE 
  TO 
  INCOME 
  AND 
  EXPENDITURES 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Delano, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  offered 
  the 
  

   following 
  resolution, 
  which 
  was 
  accepted 
  : 
  

  

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

   30, 
  1928, 
  be 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  to 
  be 
  expended 
  by 
  

   the 
  secretary 
  with 
  the 
  advice 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  with 
  full 
  discretion 
  

   on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  secretary 
  as 
  to 
  items. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  COMMITTEE 
  ON 
  POLICY 
  OF 
  THE 
  INSTITUTION 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  stated 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  

   it 
  had 
  become 
  desirable 
  to 
  have 
  appointed 
  a 
  special 
  committee 
  to 
  

   consider 
  its 
  future, 
  and 
  submitted 
  the 
  following 
  resolution, 
  which 
  

   was 
  adopted 
  : 
  

  

  