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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 565 
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vacancies be filled prior to this meeting, the Chancellor, under the authority of a resolution adopted December 10, 1914, to fill such vacancies "until the next regular meeting of the Board", had appointed Mr. White and Mr. Delano.  These temporary appointments terminate with this meeting, and it will be necessary for the Board to take action to fill the vacancies permanently.

Mr. Greene offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

RESOLVED; That the temporary appointments by the Chancellor of Mr. White and Mr. Delano as members of the Executive Committee, be approved, and that their membership on said Committee be continued until the expiration of their terms as Regents.

FINANCES OF THE INSTITUTION

The Secretary then placed the following tables before the Board, with explanatory remarks: -

[[underlined]] Congressional Appropriations for Bureaus under Administrative Charge of the Smithsonian Institution, Fiscal Year 1922-1923 [[/underlined]].

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International Exchanges | | $45,000.
  Printing and Binding | | 200.
Bureau of American Ethnology | | $44,000.
  Printing and Binding | | 21,000.
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature | | 7,500.
  Printing and Binding | | 100.
Astrophysical Observatory | | 15,500.
  Printing and Binding | | 300.
National Museum: | |
  Furniture and Fixtures | $ 20,000. |
  Heating and Lighting | 73,000. |
  Preservation and Collections | 312,620. |
  Building Repairs | 10,000. |
  Books | 2,000. |
  Postage | [[underlined]] 500. [[/underlined]] | 418,120.
  Printing and Binding | | [[underlined]] 37,500. [[/underlined]]
Forwarded | | $589,220.
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