Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of RegentsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1927 |
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Page 3 - England, who in 1826 bequeathed his property to the United States of America, " to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 6 - I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 19 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Page 4 - THE BOARD OF REGENTS The affairs of the Institution are administered by a Board of Regents whose membership consists of "the Vice President, the Chief Justice, three Members of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives, together with six other persons other than Members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington, and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State." One of the Regents is elected chancellor by the...
Page 50 - Engineering may become affiliated with their respective national professional engineering societies, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, as each of these organizations has authorized a student chapter at the University of Vermont.
Page 72 - Hawaii, the excavation and preservation of archeologic remains under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations, the purchase of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $52,910.00.
Page 3 - ... shall be laid out under the direction of a Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library, to consist of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives.
Page 111 - Astrophysical Observatory : For maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including assistants, purchase of books, periodicals, and apparatus, making necessary observations in high altitudes, repairs and alterations of buildings, preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations, traveling expenses, and miscellaneous expenses, $31,180, of which amount nut to exceed $27,840 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.
Page 67 - The act referred to contains the following item: American Ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation and preservation of...
Page 70 - Johnson and purchased from him by the bureau. (27 specimens.) PROPERTY Office equipment was purchased to the amount of $292.70. MISCELLANEOUS The correspondence and other clerical work of the office has been conducted by Miss May S. Clark, clerk to the chief, assisted by Mr. Anthony W. Wilding, assistant clerk.