JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 

 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Washington. D. 0., April 19, 1883. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents was held this day, at 

 4 o'clock p. m., to attend the ceremonies of unveiling: the statue of Pro- 

 fessor Henry. 



At the conclusion of the ceremonies the Board adjourned sine die. 



Washington, January 16, 1884. 



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

 sonian Institution fixing the time of the annual session on the third 

 Wednesday in January of each year, the Board met to-day at 10 o'clock 

 a. m. 



Present: The Chancellor, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite; the 

 Acting Vice-President, Hon. George F. Edmunds; Hon. Nathaniel 

 P. Hill, Hon. Samuel B. Maxey, Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Hon. 

 Otho R. Singleton, Hon. William L. Wilson, Hon. William W. 

 Phelps, Hon. Peter Parker, General William T. Sherman, Dr. 

 Asa Gray, Dr. Henry Coppee, Dr. Noah Porter, and the Secre- 

 tary, Professor Baird. 



The Secretary stated that since the last meeting the following changes 

 had taken place in the Board : Hon. G. F. Hoar had resigned as Regent, 

 and Hon. G. F. Edmunds had been appointed by the President of the 

 Senate to fill the vacancy. Mr. Edmunds had declined the appoint- 

 ment and Hon. J. S. Morrill had been appointed and accepted for the 

 term ending March 3, 1885. 



Hon. G. F. Edmunds having been elected President of the Senate 

 became ex-officio Regent. 



The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Carlisle) had ap- 

 pointed Hon. O. R. Singleton, Hon. W. L. Wilson, and Hon. W. W. 

 Phelps as Regents for the Forty-eighth Congress, in place of Hon. N. 

 C. Deering, Hon. E. B. Taylor, and Hon. S. S. Cox. 



The journal of the Board was read and approved. 



A letter from Rev. Dr. John Maclean was read, regretting that the 

 condition of his health would not permit him to attend the meeting of 

 the Board. 



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