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Smithsonian Institution. — Presiding Officer ex-officio, William McKin- ley, President of the United States.
ChanceUor. — Melville AV. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States.
Secretary. — S. P. Langley.
Assistant Secretary. — Richard Rathhun.
The members of the Institution are the President, Vice-President, Chief Justice, and the members of the President's Cabinet. The regents of the Institution are the Chief Justice, the Vice-President, and such mem- bers of the Senate and House of Representatives and distinguished citi- zens as Congress may designate.
The objects of the Institution are to increase knowledge by original in- vestigations and study, either in science or literature, and to acquire and disseminate information of a scientific and general character.
Connected with the Smithsonian Institution are the following-uamed offices :
National Museum. — Keeper ex-officio, S. P. Langley.
Assistant Secretary in Charge. — liiohaxd Eathbun.
Executive Curator. — F. W. True.
Chief Clerk. — William V. Cox.
Disbursing Clerk. — W. W. Karr.
The National Museum collects and preserves specimens relating to the development of the country, races, production, and, in fact, every line that may serve to illustrate scientific discovery. It is the only lawful place of deposit in Washington of all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineral specimens belonging to the United States.
Bureau of American Ethnology. — Director, John W. Powell.
Ethnologist in Charge. — W. J. McGee.
Chief Clerk.— ¥. W. Hodge.
The object of this bureau is the investigation of the languages, habits, customs, and classification of the North American Indians.
Bureau of International Exchanges. — Assistant Secretary in Charge, Richard Rathbun.
Chief Clerk. — W. I. Adams.
National Zoological Park. — Superintendent, Frank Baker.
Astrophysical Observatory. — Director, S. P. Langley.
Intercontinental Railway Commission. — A. J. Cassatt, President, Henry G. Davis, and R. C. Kerens, for the United States.
Secretary and Engineer. — E. Z. Steever.
Executive and Disbur.^ing Officer. — R. M. G. Brown.
The duty of this commission is to make an examination of the possible routes and the preparation of reports on their length, cost, and advan- tages, together with the conduct of proper surveys for an intercontinental railway to connect the United States and the other Republics of the American continent.
Industrial Commis.'tion. — Senator James IT. Kyle, Chairman, of South Dakota ; Senator lioivs Penrose, of Pennsylvania ; Senator Lee Mantle, of Montana; Senator S. R. Malloiy, of Florida ; Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia; Representative John J. d'ardner, of New Jersey; liepre- sentative William Lorimer, of Illinois; Representative L. F. Livingston, of Georgia ; Representative John C. Bell, of Colorado ; Representative Theoboid Otjen., of Wisconsin ; Mr. A. L. Harris, of Ohio ; Mr. S. N. D.
