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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1445

approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, be approved, and that the Executive Committee, upon completion of the detailed drawings and estimated cost of construction, recommend to the Board appropriate action thereon; and 
(b) that the Executive Committee be requested to consider priorities for new buildings and additions, for which appropriations have not yet been made, and to report to the next meeting of the full Board its recommendations thereon. 

INSTALLATION OF ACTING CHAIRMAN

As the Chancellor had to leave for the Supreme Court he relinquished the chair to Dr. Robert V. Fleming, Chairman of the Executive Committee, at 10:40 a.m. It was the sense of the meeting that it is unfortunate the Chancellor usually has to leave before the agenda is completed. The starting hour of 9:00 a.m. was proposed, and it was recommended that the Secretary work out with the Chancellor the best time to hold the annual meeting of the Board. The consensus seemed to be that Friday, January 16, 1959, at 9:00 a.m. would be best for next year. 

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Before presenting his report Dr. Robert V. Fleming, Chairman of the Executive Committee, for the information of the new Regent outlined briefly the two principal funds of the Smithsonian Institution. He then presented the following report: 

A report of the actions of the Executive Committee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, is incorporated in the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Institution. This report in printed form is before you on the table. As in previous years, this report presents specific statements describing the operation of the Smithsonian Institution and the investments and income of the private funds of the Institution from July 1, 1956 to June 30, 1957. 

As Chairman of the Executive Committee I have been in regular communication with the Secretary in connection with the wide variety of