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ing documents be referred to a committee, to examine and report upon 

 it at the next session of the Board of Regents. 



Whereupon the Chancellor appointed Messrs. Mason, Pearce, Felton, 

 and Douglas as the committee. 



The Board then adjourned sine die. 



Washington, January 20, 1858. 



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

 Smithsonian Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their 

 annual meeting 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 on Thurs- 

 day, January 28, 1858. 



THURSDAY, January 28, 1858. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents was held this day at 10 a. m., 

 in the Smithsonian Institution. 



Present : Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United 

 States, Hon. J. M. Mason^ Hon. S. A. Douglas, Hon. George E. 

 Badger^ Prof, A. D. Bache, Prof. C. C. Felton^ Mr. Seaton, Treasurer, 

 and the Secretary. 



In the absence of the Chancellor the Vice President was called to 

 the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Secretary stated that, since the last meeting of the Board, the 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives had appointed Hon. William 

 H. English, of Indiana, Hon. Benjamin Stanton, of Ohio, and Hon. 

 L.J. Gartrell, of Georgia, as Regents for the term of their service as 

 members of the House. 



The Treasurer presented a statement of the receipts and expendi- 

 tures during the year 1857^ and also a general statement of the funds; 

 which were referred to the Executive Committee. 



The following communication was presented : 



Washington, January 23, 1858. 

 Gentlemen : The undersigned offers for sale, and respectfully sug- 

 gests to your honorable Board the propriety of purchasing, the gallery 



of Indian portraits now, and for some years past, in the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



