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[[preprinted]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 732 [[/preprinted]] [[preprinted left margin]] MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO. [[/preprinted left margin] MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION HELD JANUARY 10, 1928. AT 10 A.M. PRESENT Chief Justice William H. Taft, Chancellor, in the chair; Vice President Charles G. Dawes; Senator Reed Smoot; Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris; Senator Joseph T. Robinson; Representative Albert Johnson; Representative R. Walton Moore; Representative Walter H. Newton; Hon. Irwin B. Laughlin; Mr. Frederic A. Delano; Dr. John C. Mirriam; and The Acting Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot. Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary, was also present. APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS The Acting Secretary announced that under date of December 12, 1927, the Speaker of the House had reappointed Representatives Albert Johnson, R.Walton Moore, and Walter H. Newton, as Regents of the Institution. Also that the President had signed Joint Resolutions appointing the following as citizen Regents for six years from the dates given:- Dec.21,1927. The Honorable Charles Evans Hughes, of New York; Dec.21, 1927. Dr. John c. Merriam, of Washington, D.C. [[initialed]]CGA[[/initialed]]