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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 578 
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Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution at the Annual Meeting held December 13, 1923.

TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.

Upon request Judge Gray called the meeting to order at ten o'clock A.M.

REGENTS PRESENT.

The Hon. William H. Taft, Chief Justice of the United States;
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge;
Representative Albert Johnson;
Representative R. Walton Moore;
The Hon. George Gray;
The Hon. Henry White;
Mr. Robert S. Brookings;
Mr. Irwin Laughlin;
Mr. Frederic A. Delano; and
The Secretary, Mr. C.D. Walcott.

ELECTION OF A CHANCELLOR.

The Secretary said that the office of Chancellor, to which Mr. Coolidge was elected by the Board during his incumbency as Vice President, had been vacated by his elevation to the Presidency. Under the law organizing the Institution - Section 5582 - "The regents shall meet in the city of Washington, and elect one of their number as chancellor, who shall be the presiding officer of the Board of Regents, and called the chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution."
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