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After  discussing  nominations  the  following  named  persons  were 
elected  members  of  the  Executive  Committee  :  John  S.  Billings, 
Daniel  C.  Gilman,  Abram  S.  Hewitt,  S.  Weir  Mitchell,  Elihu  Root, 
Charles  D.  Walcott,  Carroll  D.  Wright. 
The  following  resolutions  were  then  considered  and  adopted : 
Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  is  requested  to  prepare 
a  report  upon  the  work  which  should  be  undertaken  by  the  Carnegie 
Institution  in  the  near  future,  such  report  to  be  submitted  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees  at  its  next  meeting,  and  to  be  accompanied  with 
estimates  for  expenditures  required. 
Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee,  when  it  shall  have 
formulated  plans  of  the  work  which  should  be  undertaken  by  the 
Carnegie  Institution,  shall  have  the  same  printed  and  a  copy  for- 
warded to  each  Trustee  prior  to  the  annual  meeting  in  November, 
1902. 
Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Committee  is  requested  to  consider 
the  question  of  a  proper  administration  building  for  the  Carnegie 
Institution,  to  be  located  in  Washington,  including  both  a  proper 
site  and  plans  tor  the  same. 
SECOND  MEETING  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 
The  meeting  was  held  in  Washington,  at  the  New  Willard  Hotel, 
on  Tuesday,  November  25,  1902,  at  10  a.m. 
The  president  of  the  Institution,  Mr.  Gilman,  made  a  general 
statement  of  the  work  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  referred  to 
the  report  of  the  committee,  which  had  been  printed  and  distributed 
to  the  Trustees  in  advance  of  the  meeting. 
The  secretary  made  a  brief  report,  referring  principally  to  the 
financial  transactions  of  the  Institution. 
Consideration  of  the  Executive  Committee's  report  was  then 
taken  up,  and  a  long  discussion  followed  on  the  various  recommen- 
dations made  by  the  committee. 
At  the  second  session  the  Board  resumed  its  discussion  of  policy 
and  the  recommendation  of  the  Executive  Committee,  especially  the 
purchasing  of  a  site.  As  the  outcome  a  motion  to  postpone  till  the 
next  annual  meeting  the  decision  on  the  question  of  site  was  made 
and  carried. 
The  Board  then  considered  and  adopted  the  following  resolution: 
Resolved,  That  from  the  available   income  of  the  Institution 
