JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 

 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



WASHiNaTON, December 8, 1880. 



A meeting of tlie Board of Eegents of the Smitlispnian Institution was 

 held this day at 10.30 o'clock in the Regents' room of the Institution. 



Present: The Chancellor, Chief Justice Waite; Hon. W. A. Wheeler, 

 Vice-President of the United States; Hon. H. Hamlin, Hon. E. E. 

 Withers, Hon. N. Booth, Hon. H. Clymer, Hon. Joseph E. Johnston, 

 Hon. Peter Parker, General William T. Sherman, Prof. H. Coppee, and 

 Professor Baird, Secretary. 



The Chancellor stated that this was a special meeting of the Board 

 called at the request of the Executive Committee. A report of this 

 committee was presented by the chairman, Dr. Parker. 



After a full discussion of the subjects presented in the report, the 

 following* resolutions were unanimously adoi)ted. 



(In reference to the statue of Professor Henry.) 



Resolved, That the Chancellor and Secretary of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution execute a contract with Mr. W. W. Story, of Rome, for the 

 statue in bronze of the late Prof. Joseph Henry, authorized by the act 

 of Congress of June, 1, 1880, with the provisions for payment of the 

 sum of $3,750 to Mr. Story on completion of his desigu for the statue ; 

 the sum of $3,750 on completion of the model in clay ; the sum of $3,750 

 on completion of the statue in bronze; and the sum of $3,750 on deliv- 

 ery and erection of the statue with its pedestal in the city of Washing- 

 ton, on the site to be selected by the Executive Committee ; and fur- 

 thermore that Mr. Story shall cause the said statue to be insured for 

 the amount of the advance payments to him against ijerils by laud or 

 by sea, which insurance shall, in case of loss, be paid to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, for the benefit of the United States. 



(In reference to the new Museum building.) 



Besolved, That for the i)urj)ose of substituting a marble or tile floor- 

 ing instead of concreite as originally designed for the large halls in the 

 National Museum, an appropriation of $25,000 be requested of Congress, 

 to be expended according to the plans and under the direction of the 

 Building Commission of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, under whose supervision the Museum has been constructed. 



(In reference to the use of the new Museum for the inaugural recep- 

 tion.) 



Whereas the new Museum building is unfinished and not ready for 

 occupancy for the government collections, and such a contingency will 



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