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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION  696
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 10, 1927.

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HOUR OF MEETING
The Board met at 10 o'clock A.M. at the Smithsonian Institution.

PRESENT
The Honorable William Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor;
Vice President Charles G. Dawes;
Senator Reed Smoot;
Senator George Wharton Pepper;
Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris;
Representative Albert Johnson;
Representative R. Walton Moore;
Representative Walter H. Newton;
Mr. Frederick A. Delano;
Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin;
Mr. Dwight W. Morrow; and the
Acting Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot.
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary, was present by invitation.

NON-ATTENDANCE.
The Acting Secretary announced that owing to illness, Mr. Henry White and Mr. Robert S. Brookings were unable to attend, and that Mr. Charles F. Choate, Jr., was unavoidably absent.
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