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With reference to the Agenda papers already distributed for the Regents' meeting on September 17, the Executive Committee made the following comments and recommendations which were incorporated into the Agenda materials of the meeting:

The Executive Comittee recommended adoption of the proposed Bylaws and suggested that the following motion be incorporated into the Agenda:

WHEREAS the Act of August 10, 1846, as ammended, provides that the business of the Smithsonian Institution be conducted by a Board of Regents; and

WHEREAS the Board of Regents had determined that the Institution should be administered in accordance with bylaws adopted by the Board of Regents,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Regents hereby adopts the following Bylaws and authorizes their printing and distribution.

The revised language in the Bylaws relating to the Audit and Review Committee was discussed, and its precedent was cited. It was pointed oit that the Audit and Review Committee could assist the Regents in conducting program evaluations, particularily for bureaux or activities of the Smithsonian which the Regents cannot conveniently visit. In that context, the Chancellor read the attached letter from Representative S. William Green of New York praising the Cooper-Hewitt contributions to the cultural life of New York City.