﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  REGENTS 
  145 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  MEETING, 
  MAKCH 
  14, 
  1927 
  

  

  Present: 
  The 
  Hon. 
  William 
  Howard 
  Taft, 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  chancellor; 
  Senator 
  Keed 
  Smoot; 
  Senator 
  Joseph 
  T. 
  

   Eobinson; 
  Representative 
  R. 
  Walton 
  Moore; 
  Representative 
  Walter 
  

   E. 
  Newton 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano 
  ; 
  Hon. 
  Irwin 
  B. 
  Laughlin 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  

   Dwight 
  W. 
  Morrow 
  ; 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  acting 
  secretary. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Alexander 
  Wetmore, 
  assistant 
  secretary, 
  was 
  present 
  by 
  

   invitation. 
  

  

  THE 
  CHARLES 
  D. 
  WALCOTT 
  BEQUEST 
  

  

  The 
  acting 
  secretary 
  read 
  extracts 
  from 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  secre- 
  

   tary 
  making 
  certain 
  conditional 
  bequests 
  to 
  the 
  Institution. 
  Formal 
  

   action 
  was 
  deferred. 
  

  

  ROEBLING 
  GIFT 
  

  

  The 
  acting 
  secretary 
  reported 
  that, 
  as 
  authorized 
  by 
  the 
  board, 
  he 
  

   had 
  executed 
  on 
  its 
  behalf 
  the 
  deed 
  of 
  gift 
  formally 
  conveying 
  to 
  the 
  

   Institution 
  the 
  Roebling 
  collection 
  of 
  minerals- 
  and 
  an 
  endowment 
  of 
  

   $150,000 
  for 
  its 
  maintenance. 
  

  

  zoo 
  BIRD 
  HOUSE 
  

  

  After 
  statements 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Abbot 
  and 
  Doctor 
  Wetmore, 
  a 
  resolu- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  adopted 
  providing 
  that 
  the 
  acting 
  secretary, 
  or 
  secretary, 
  

   with 
  the 
  advice 
  and 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  should 
  repre- 
  

   sent 
  the 
  board 
  in 
  all 
  matters 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  contracts 
  and 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  bird 
  house 
  at 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  

   and 
  authorized 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  carried 
  forward 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  

   existing 
  appropriation, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  applying 
  later 
  to 
  Congress 
  

   for 
  the 
  sum 
  necessary 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  building 
  as 
  projected. 
  

  

  RESEARCH 
  AND 
  PUBLICATION 
  

  

  The 
  acting 
  secretary 
  then 
  gave 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  research 
  work 
  

   and 
  publication 
  now 
  under 
  way 
  or 
  planned. 
  

  

  EXECUTIVE 
  SESSION 
  

  

  Doctor 
  Abbot 
  and 
  Doctor 
  Wetmore 
  retired 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  and 
  the 
  

   board 
  went 
  into 
  executive 
  session 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  considering 
  the 
  

   report 
  submitted 
  by 
  the 
  special 
  committee. 
  

  

  