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The Acting Chairman stated that Mr. A. A. Hammerschlag, director of the 
Carnegie Institute of Technology, of Pittsburgh, has offered the use of the 
shops of the institution and the services of its staff to the National Research 
Council, in connection with research problems which the Council might 
undertake. 
Moved: That a vote of thanks be extended to Dr. A. A. Hammerschlag, director of the 
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, by the National Research Council, for courte- 
sies extended in the shops of the Institution to the National Research Council in connection 
with the work on war problems, and for the offer of further assistance. {Adopted.) 
Mr. Merriam, in behalf of the Section on Relations with Educational 
Institutions and State Scientific Committees, under the old organization, 
recommended that the appointment of chairmen for the Divisions of Educa- 
tional Relations and of States Relations be deferred, that for the present a 
Secretary for transacting the business of both be appointed, and that Dr. 
Albert Barrows, of the University of California, be appointed to this position. 
On motion, these recommendations were unanimously approved. 
On nomination of the Section on Relations with Educational Institutions 
, and State Scientific Committees it was 
Moved: That the President of the National Academy of Sciences be requested to appoint 
Messrs. S. P. Capen, A. Flexner, H. E. Gregory, A. O. Leuschner, J. C. Merriam, H. S. 
Pritchett and R. M. Yerkes members of the National Research Council on the Division of 
Educational Relations. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Division of State Relations include one representative from six organi- 
zations concerned particularly with research problems of the state, as follows: Association 
of American State Geologists, five others to be named. {Adopted.) 
Mr. Cross, Treasurer of the Council, gave notice at the meeting of the 
Interim Committee of April 22, 1919, that he had tendered his resignation as 
Treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences to take effect May 1, 1919. 
Mr. Hale presented the following resolutions adopted by the National 
Academy of Sciences: 
That the organization of the National Research Council as presented from the Council 
of the National Academy of Sciences be adopted as a whole, and that power of amendment 
be given to the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. 
That the Council of the National Academy of Sciences be authorized to represent the 
Academy in all dealings with the National Research Council. 
That the Council of the National Academy of Sciences be authorized (1) to secure funds 
to meet the needs of the Academy and of the National Research Council (2) to prepare a 
budget apportioning such funds (3) to select and purchase a site for a building, using any 
available Academy funds in case a grant for the selection of a suitable building can be 
secured. 
That Section 2 of Article 4 of the Organization of the National Research Council be 
amended to read: 
"Section 2. The affairs of the National Research Council shall be administered by an 
Executive Board, of which the officers of the Council, the President and Home Secretary 
of the National Academy of Sciences, the President of the American Association for the 
