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alluded to. He expressed the hope that a bill providinj^ for both meas- 

 ures would have the support of the Regeuts iu the Seuate aud iu the 

 House. 



After listeuiug to statements by the Secretary relative to the esti- 

 mates for the eusuing- year, and also to the subject of the desirability 

 of obtaiuing legislation relative to a statue of Professor Baird, the Ke- 

 gents considered the subject of a more conveuient time for their annual 

 meeting iu January ; and on motion of Senator Cullom it was — 



Resolved, That hereafter the time of the annual meeting of the Board 

 of Regents shall be on the fourth Wednesday in January of each year. 



Mr. Wheeler called the attention of the Board to the death of their 

 late colleague, the Hon. S. S. Cox. and on his motion it was — 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed, of which the Secretary 

 shall be chairman, which shall be authorized to pre^j , resolutions on 

 the services aud character of the late S. S. Cox, ancl to make the same 

 of record. 



The chairman announced as the committee, the Secretary, General 

 Wheeler, Dr. Welling, Mr. Lodge. 



The committee submitted the following report and resolutions, which 

 were unanimously adopted : 



To the Board of Hegents : 



Your committee report that the Hon. S. S. Cox was first appointed a 

 Eegent of the Smithsonian Institution December 19, 1861, and that he 

 filled that office, except for inters^als caused by public duties, to the 

 time of his death. 



While he was a regular attendant at all the meetings of the Board, 

 he was ever ready to advance the interests of the Institution and of 

 science, either as a Eegent or as a member of Congress; and although 

 such men as Handin, Fessenden, Colfax, Chase, Gartield, Sherman, 

 Gray, and Waite, in a list comprising Presidents, Vice-Presidents, 

 Chief Justices, and Senators of the United States were his associates, 

 there were none whose service was longer or more gratefully to be re- 

 membered, nor perhaps any to whom the Institution owes more than to 

 Mr. Cox. 



The regard in which his brother Kegeuts held Mr. Cox's accuracy of 

 characterization, and his instinctive recognition of all that is worthiest 

 of honor in other men, may be inferred from the eulogies which he was 

 requested by them to deliver, among which may be particularly men- 

 tioned the one at the commemoration in honorof Professor Henry in the 

 House of Eepreseutatives; but though these only illustrate a very small 

 part of his services as a Eegent, your committee are led by their con- 

 sideration to recall that his first act uj^on your Board was the prepara- 

 tion and delivery of an address, at the request of theEegeuts, on their 

 late colleague, Stephen A. Douglas, and that on this occasion he used 

 words which your committee permit themselves to adopt, as being iu 

 their view singularly characteristic of Mr. Cox himself: 



"It was not merely as one of its Eegents that he showed himself the 

 true and enlightened friend of objects kindred to those of this estab- 

 lishment. He ever advocated measures which served to advance 

 knowledge and promote the progress of hamanity. The encourage- 



