170  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington.  {AmAprif;i^*ri11" 
who  nominated  for  temporary  chairman  Hon.  John  Hay,  who  was 
unanimously  elected  and  took  the  chair.  Mr.  Hewitt  then  nomi- 
nated Dr.  Charles  D.  Walcott  as  temporary  secretary,  and  he  was 
unanimously  elected. 
The  secretary  then  read  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  of  the  incor- 
porators and  presented  the  Articles  of  Incorporation,  after  which 
Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie  was  introduced  by  the  chairman,  and  made 
the  remarks  which  have  been  printed. 
The  following  resolution  was  presented  and  unanimously  adopted : 
"  In  addition  to  the  personal  and  individual  expressions  extended 
to  Mr.  Carnegie  for  what  he  has  done  for  the  world  to-day : 
il  Resolved,  That  the  chairman  of  this  meeting  be  requested  to  draft 
a  lecter  addressed  to  Mr.  Carnegie  expressing  the  views  of  the 
Trustees  concerning  this  magnificent  gift  and  the  purposes  for 
which  it  is  to  be  applied  as  set  forth  in  the  letter  and  other  docu- 
ments which  have  just  been  read." 
Attention  was  called  to  the  vacancy  on  the  Board  caused  by  the 
declination  of  Hon.  Grover  Cleveland,  who  had  not  found  it  possible 
to  accept  a  place  on  the  Board  on  account  of  his  health.  The 
Board  balloted  for  a  trustee  to  fill  a  vacancy  thus  arising,  and  Mr. 
William  E.  Dodge,  of  New  York,  was  unanimously  elected. 
A  proposed  code  of  by-laws  was  then  presented,  discussed, 
amended  and  adopted. 
Election  of  officers  was  then  held  with  the  following  result : 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees — Abram  S.  Hewitt. 
Vice-Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees — John  S.  Billings. 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees — Charles  D.  Walcott. 
President  of  Carnegie  Institution — Daniel  C.  Gilman. 
Relative  to  the  acceptance  of  the  trust  created  by  Mr.  Carnegie, 
it  was 
Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Trustees,  acknowledging  the  gen- 
erosity of  the  gift  of  Mr.  Carnegie,  in  the  foundation  of  the  Institu- 
tion, desire  to  express  the  concurrence  of  the  Trustees  in  the  scope 
and  purpose  stated  in  his  deed  of  trust,  and  hereby  formally  accept 
the  donation  and  the  responsibilities  connected  with  it. 
It  was  also  voted  that  the  resolution  just  adopted  be  forwarded 
to  Secretary  Hay,  to  be  by  him  sent  to  Mr.  Carnegie,  with  a 
letter  expressing  the  views  of  the  Trustees  on  the  gift.  Mr.  Hay 
subsequently  transmitted  the  resolution  and  with  it  the  following 
letter : 
