ACTS OF CONGRESS. 153 



ELECTION OF REGENTS. 



Joint resolution 15, filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Eegents of the 



Smithsonian Institution. 



Resolved by the Senate and Mouse of Eepresentativcs of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That the existing- vacancy in 

 the Board of Eegents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the chiss "other 

 than members of Congress," shall be filled by the reappointment of 

 Noah Porter, of Connecticut, whose term of service has expired. 



(Approved, March 3, 1884. Statutes, Forty-eighth Congress, first ses- 

 sion, p. 269.) 



Joint resolution 26, filling an existing racancy in the Board of Regents of th« Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



Eesolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America in Congress assembled, That the existing vacancy in 

 the Board of Eegents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class "other 

 than members of Congress," occasioned by the resignation of Peter 

 Parker, be filled by the appointment of James C. Welling, of the city 

 of Washington. 



(Approved, May 13, 1884. Statutes, Forty-eighth Congress, first 

 session, p. 272.) 



