EEGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



By the organizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Statutes, 

 Title LXXIII, section 5580), and amended March 12, 1894, "The busi- 

 ness of the institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington 

 by a Board of liegents, named the Eegents of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, to be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the 

 United States, three members of the Senate, and three members of 

 the House of Eepresentatives, together with six other persons, other 

 than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city 

 of Washington and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, 

 but no two of the same State." 



REGENTS FOB THE YEAR ENDING JUNE SO, 1897. 



The Chief Justice of the United States: 



MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor and President of the Board Jan- 

 uary 9, 1889. 

 The Vice-President of the United States : 



GARRET A. HOBART (March 4, 1897). 



Term expires. 



United States Senators: 



JUSTIN S. MORRILL (appointed Feb. 21, 1883, Mar. 23, 1885, Dec. 



15. 1891, and Mar. 15, 1897) Mar. 3,1903 



SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed Mar. 23, 1885, Mar. 28, 1889, and 



Dec. 18, 1895) Mar. 3, 1901 



GEORGE GRAY (appointed Dec. 20, 1892, and Mar. 20, 1893) Mar. 3,1899 



Members of the House of Representatives : 



JOSEPH WHEELER (appointed Jan. 10, 1888, Jan. 6, 1890, Jan. 



15. 1892, Jan. 4, 1894, and Dec. 20, 1895) Dec. 22, 1897 



ROBERT R. HITT (appointed Ang. 11, 1893, Jan. 4, 1894, and Dec. 



20,1895) Dec. 22, 1897 



ROBERT ADAMS, Jr. (appointed Dec. 20, 1895) Dec. 22, 1897 



Citizens of a State: 



JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (appointed Jan. 19, 1887, and 



Jan. 9, 1893) Jan. 19,1899 



ANDREW D. WHITE, of Ncav York (appointed Feb. 15, 1888, and 



Mar. 19, 1894) Mar. 19, 1900 



WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON, of Louisiana (appointed Jan. 



26,1892) Jan. 26,1898 



Citizens of Washington: 



JOHNB. HENDERSON (appointed Jan. 26, 1892) Jan. 26,1898 



GARDINER G. HUBBARD t appointed Feb. 27, 1895) Feb. 27, 1901 



WILLIAM L. WILSON (appointed Jan. 14, 1896) Jan. 14, 1902 



Executive Committee of the Board of Regents. 

 J. B. Henderson, Chairman. William L. Wilson. Gardiner G. Hubbard. 



