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alluded to. He expressed the hope that a bill providiii<:f for both meas- 

 ures would have the support of the Ee^euts in the yeuate aud iu the 

 House. 



After listening to statements by the Secretaiy relative to the esti- 

 mates for the ensuing year, and also to tiie subject of the desirability 

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

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

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



Eesolved, That hereafter the time of the aunual meeting of the Board 

 of liegents shall be on the fourth Wednesday in Jaiuiary of each year. 



Mr. Wheeler called the attention of (he Hoard to the death of tlieir 

 hite colleague, tlie Hon. 8. S. (-ox, and on his motion it was — 



Resolved, That a committee be a])[)ointed, of ui'.ieli (lie Secretary 

 shall be chairnuin, which shall be autlu)rized to prepare resolutions on 

 the services and character of tlie late S. S. Cox, and to mala^ th<' sanu; 

 of record. 



The chairman announced as the committee, the Secretary, General 

 Wheeler, Dr. Welling, Mr. Lodge. 



The committee submitted the following report aud resolutions, which 

 were unanimously adopted : 



To the Board of liegents: 



Your committee report that the Hon. S. S. Cox was tirst ai)pointed a 

 Eegent of the Smithsonian Institution December 19, 18G1, and that he 

 filled that oftice, except for intervals caused by public duties, to the 

 time of his death. 



While he was a regular atteudaut 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 Hamlin, Fessenden, Colfax, Chase, Gariield, Sherman, 

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

 Chief Justices, aud Senators of the Uuited States were his associates, 

 there were uone whose service was longer or more gratefully to be re- 

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

 Mr. Cox. 



The regard in which his brother Eegents 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 Eepresentatives; 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 upon your Board was the prepara- 

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

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

 words which your committee permit the?nselves to adopt, as being in 

 their view singularly characteristic of Mr. Cox liimself: 



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

 true aud enlightened friend of objects kindred to tlu)se of this estab- 

 lishment. He ever advocated measures which served to advance 

 knowledge and promote the progress of humanity. The encourage- 



