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Excerpt from The Architectural Review, Vol. 13: January to December, 1906 The Directors' Report mentioned the facts that the members living in Atlanta, have organized and have applied for a charter as a new Chapter of the Institute; that through the efforts Of the Art Corn missioners and the Institute the site of the Agricultural Building was. Changed by the President of the United States to conform in grade and location to the scheme of the Park Commissioners for the development of the city; the appointment by President Roosevelt of Mr. Bernard R. Green, Superintendent of the Library of Congress, and the mem bers of the Park Commission as an Advisory Commission upon which all of the executive departments of the Government sha'j call before locating buildings or adopting the character of their design; that the American Academy in Rome has been incorporated by' an act of Con gress, and has engaged offices in the Octagon; and that the fund of announced at the banquet of last year has been increased to The Board of Directors' report lays particular stress upon the International Congress of Architects, to be held in London next July, and urges the members of the profession in the United States to make every effort to attend the Congress, suggesting that some arrange ment be made by which the delegates and visitors may secure passage on the same steamer. The subject of competitions has been carefully studied, and the Directors suggest that if members refrained from eu tering improper competitions the whole question would solve itself. The program of competition for the Cook County Court House, Chicago, was. Found to be Objectionable in many particulars, among which are the following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.