NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
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W. E. Ritter, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, Calif. 
G. F. MacEwen, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, Calif. 
R. A. Daly, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 
Alfred G. Mayor, Director, Department Marine Biology, Carnegie Institution, Wash- 
ington, D. C. (Approved.) 
Mr. Mathews, Acting Chairman of the Division of Geology and Geography 
Moved: That Mr. J. C. Merriam be asked to serve as a member and Chairman of the 
Committee on Pacific Exploration. (Adopted.) 
The Executive Board adjourned at 1.00 p.m. 
Paul Brockett, Assistant Secretary. 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE INTERIM COMMITTEE 
At the National Research Council Building, June 17, 1919, at 9.30 a.m. 
Present: Messrs. Leuschner, McClung, Merriam, and Washburn. 
Mr. Merriam, Chairman of the Council, in the Chair. 
Moved: That an allotment of $250 be made from unappropriated government funds for 
the expense of the Washington branch of the Research Information Service to cover salaries 
and incidental expenses to June 30, 1919. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Division of Engineering be authorized to apply a sum of about $50 from 
its maintenance fund in reimbursing members of the Committee on Investigation of Neumann 
Bands attending a meeting to be held in the near future, for railway and Pullman expenses. 
(Adopted.) 
Moved: That a petty cash allowance of $100 be set aside from its general maintenance 
fund for the New York ofiice of the Division of Engineering for June, 1919, and thereafter a 
monthly petty cash allowance of $30 including the balance from the previous month, with 
the provision that a detailed statement of expenditure be submitted to the Treasurer of the 
Council at the end of each month. (Adopted.) 
The Committee on the Apportionment of Space in the Navy League Build- 
ing consisting of Messrs. Mathews (Chairman), Leuschner, and Yerkes, pre- 
sented a report on the assignment of rooms, repairs, and alterations, and 
made the following recommendation: That, on the assumption that the furni- 
ture bought from government funds will be available for the use of the Council 
after June 30, an offer be made to the Navy League for the purchase of the 
following equipment at the prices stated: 
Awnings $150.00 
Fifteen metal filing cabinets $30 each 450 . 00 
Furnishings in Women's Rest Room 40 . 00 
Coal 75.00 
Shelving 40.00 
Two double pedestal typewriting desks $25 each 50.00 
$805.00 
