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ward, President of the Carnegie Institution, Mr. Michael I. Pupin, Professor 
of Electro-Mechanics, Columbia University, Mr. Raymond Pearl, Biologist, 
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Mr. Edward Dean Adams, 71 Broad- 
way, New York City, and Mr. C. P. Townsend, Patent Lawyer, 918 F Street, 
Washington, D. C. 
Moved: That the Secretary of the Council cast the ballot for the election of Messrs. R. S. 
Woodward, M. I. Pupin, Raymond Pearl, E. D. Adams, and C. P. Townsend as members- 
at-large of the Executive Board of the National Research Council, and that the President of 
the National Academy of Sciences be requested to appoint them members of the National 
Research Council. {Adopted.) 
Mr. Leuschner, the Secretary, thereupon reported that he had cast the bal- 
lot for Messrs. R. S. Woodward, M. I. Pupin, Raymond Pearl, E. D. Adams, 
and CP. Townsend as members-at-large of the Executive Board of the Na- 
tional Research Council, and the Chairman declared these nominees so elected. 
It was agreed that the regular meeting of the Executive Board in July should 
be dispensed with. 
The Executive Board adjourned at 1.35 p.m. 
Paul Brockett, Assistant Secretary. 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE INTERIM COMMITTEE 
At the National Research Council Building, 1201 Sixteenth Street Northwest, 
July 1, 1919, at 9.30 a.m. 
Present: Messrs. Angell, Bancroft, H. E. Howe, Leuschner, Mathews, 
Ransome, and by invitation, A. L. Barrows, Executive Secretary of the Divi- 
sions of States and of Educational Relations, H. O. Wood, Assistant to the 
Secretary of the Council, and J. H. J. Yule, Bursar. 
Mr. Angell in the chair. 
The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. 
At his suggestion the secretary was instructed to address a letter to each 
Division regarding the allotment of funds for its use for the current fiscal year, 
with the suggestion that each Division prepare a budget of estimated expendi- 
tures, based on its allotment, to cover general maintenance, traveling expenses, 
and committee expenses, and with the understanding that no expenditures shall 
be incurred by a Division for any purpose until an estimate shall have been 
submitted in advance to the Bursar for each proposed expenditure and until 
the Bursar shall have certified that a sufficient balance is available in the 
allotment of the Division. 
Moved: That during the absence of the Secretary, Mr. H. E. Howe act as Chairman of 
the Committee on Budget and as Chairman of the Committee on Organization of Adminis- 
tration, of which the Secretary of the Council is Chairman, and that he be authorized to sign 
bills in behalf of the secretary. {Adopted.) 
