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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  annual 
  grants, 
  are 
  needed 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  described, 
  because 
  annual 
  

   grants 
  are 
  uncertain, 
  inelastic 
  to 
  meet 
  opportunities 
  as 
  they 
  arise, 
  

   and 
  rigidly 
  restricted 
  in 
  expenditure 
  in 
  ways 
  fatal 
  to 
  research 
  needs. 
  

  

  FREER 
  INHERITANCE 
  TAX 
  

  

  Mr, 
  Delano 
  made 
  a 
  statement 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  attempts 
  to 
  

   procure 
  a 
  refund 
  of 
  tax 
  of 
  $475,000 
  upon 
  the 
  Freer 
  estate. 
  After 
  

   discussion, 
  the 
  following 
  resolution 
  was 
  adopted 
  : 
  

  

  Resolved: 
  That 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  refund 
  of 
  money 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  Freer 
  executors 
  

   to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Michigan 
  as 
  an 
  inheritance 
  tax 
  be 
  refeiTed 
  to 
  Mr. 
  DeU^no, 
  with 
  

   the 
  request 
  that 
  he 
  visit 
  Detroit 
  and 
  malie 
  an 
  investigation 
  into 
  all 
  the 
  circum- 
  

   stances, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  to 
  a 
  possible 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  Michigan 
  Legislature 
  by 
  the 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  for 
  the 
  refund 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  in 
  question. 
  

  

  HACHENBERG 
  WILL 
  

  

  The 
  acting 
  secretary 
  informed 
  the 
  board 
  that 
  the 
  Institution 
  had 
  

   been 
  left, 
  under 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  Dr. 
  George 
  P. 
  Hachenberg, 
  of 
  Austin, 
  

   Tex., 
  a 
  half 
  interest 
  in 
  his 
  farm, 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  life 
  estate 
  of 
  his 
  

   daughter 
  and 
  her 
  son. 
  The 
  attorney 
  in 
  Texas 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  con- 
  

   sulted 
  recommended 
  that 
  the 
  property 
  be 
  held 
  for 
  future 
  disposition. 
  

  

  No 
  formal 
  action 
  was 
  taken. 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  SERIES 
  

  

  The 
  acting 
  secretary 
  reported 
  that, 
  pursuant 
  to 
  authorization, 
  a 
  

   contract 
  had 
  been 
  entered 
  into 
  with 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Series 
  Corpora- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  Institution 
  agreed 
  to 
  prepare 
  manuscripts 
  and 
  

   illustrations 
  for 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  20 
  books 
  of 
  interesting 
  character 
  to 
  be 
  

   printed 
  and 
  sold 
  by 
  subscription 
  by 
  the 
  said 
  corporation. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  or 
  SPECIAL 
  COMMITTEE 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Delano, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  White, 
  chairman, 
  submitted 
  a 
  

   report 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  committee 
  on 
  the 
  future 
  policy 
  of 
  the 
  Institu- 
  

   tion, 
  recommending 
  that 
  certain 
  important 
  matters 
  be 
  deferred 
  for 
  

   consideration 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  meeting. 
  

  

  On 
  motion 
  the 
  report 
  was 
  received, 
  and 
  after 
  discussion 
  it 
  was 
  

   decided 
  that 
  the 
  proposed 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  should 
  be 
  held 
  on 
  a 
  

   date 
  to 
  be 
  selected 
  by 
  the 
  acting 
  secretary. 
  

  

  ACTING 
  SECRETARY 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  the 
  chancellor, 
  the 
  following 
  resolution 
  was 
  

   adopted 
  : 
  

  

  Resolved: 
  That 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  Dr. 
  

   Charles 
  Greeley 
  Abbot, 
  is 
  hereby 
  designated 
  as 
  acting 
  secretary, 
  and 
  pending 
  

   future 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  perform 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  

   of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  

  