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General Totten offered the following resolution, which w- as adopted : 

 Resolved, That the Building Committee, and the Executive Commit- 

 tee jointly, be instructed to take into consideration and decide upon the 

 propriety of making such alterations in the east wing of the Smithsonian 

 building, as to convert it into a suitable dwelling for the Secretary, and 

 that the Building Committee carry into effect the decision of the Joint 

 Committee. 



The Board then, on motion, adjourned sine die. 



EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Washington, Januarii 4, 1854.* 



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

 Smithsonian Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their annual 

 meeting on the first Wednesday of January of each year, the Board 

 Inet this day in the Regents' room. 



Present : Messrs. Enghsh, Mason, Maury, Stuart, Totten, and the 

 Secretary. 



In the absence of the Chancellor, and on motion of Mr. Maury, INIr. 

 Mason was called to the chair. 



The Secretary informed the Board of the re-appointment of Mr. 

 Meacham, of Vermont, and the appointment of Hon. Wm. H. English, 

 of Indiana, and Hon. David Stuart, of Michigan, as Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution on the part of the House of Representatives of 

 the present Congi^ess. 



The Secretary stated that the accounts and reports of the Institution 

 would be ready for presentation at the next meeting ; whereupon, the 

 Regents, after examining the building, adjourned to meet on Saturday, 

 14th January, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



Washington, January 14, 1854. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, was held in the Smithsonian building on Saturday, January 

 14, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



Present : Messrs. Bache, English, Mason, Maury, Meacham, Pearce, 

 Stuart, Taney, Totten, the Secretary, and W. W. Seaton, Esq., Treas- 

 urer. 



The Chancellor, Hon. Roger B. Taney, took the chair. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Secretary informed the Board that a meeting of the " Establish- 

 ment " had been called by order of the President of the United States, 

 in May last. The proceedings of the meeting were then read. 



Mr. Maury, on the part of the Building Committee, submitted its re- 

 port, which was read and adopted. 



The Treasurer, W. W. Seaton, esq., presented the details of the ex- 

 penditures during the year 1853 ; also a general statement of the 



