JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 



BOARD OF REGENTS 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Washington, January 16, 1861. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their 

 annual session on the third Wednesday of January of each year, the 

 Board met this day in the Regents' room. 



No quorum being present, the Board adjourned to meet at the call 

 of the Secretary. 



February 16, 1861. 



The Board of Regents met this day, at ten o'clock, a. in., in the 

 Regents' room. 



Present: Hon. James A. Pearce, Hon. James M. Mason, Hon. S. 

 A. Douglas, Hon. W. H. English, Hon. Benj. Stanton, Gen. Jos. G. 

 Totten, Prof. A. D. Bache, and the Secretary. 



Mr. Mason was called to the chair. 



The Secretary stated that there are at present three vacancies in the 

 Board of Regents, among the class of citizens at large, namely: the 

 vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of service of Hon. 

 Gideon Hawley, of Albany, who declines a reelection on account of 

 inability to attend; that occasioned by the death of Hon. Richard 

 Rush; and that by the expiration of the term of Dr. C. C. Felton, of 

 Harvard University: that a resolution was some time since presented 

 to the Senate of the United States to fill these vacancies, which had 

 not yet been acted upon. 



Mr. Pearce presented the report of the Executive Committee, with 

 the estimates for the year 1861 ; which was read and adopted. 



