THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 75 



with power to order the money to be paid in whole or in part, if in 

 their judgment it was thought proper. 



The chair appointed Messrs. Mason, Meacham and Totten, as the 

 committee. 



The Secretary laid before the board a bill from Henry Parish lor a 

 copy of Canina's work on architecture, purchased by James Renwick, 

 junior, for the Institution in 1847, and now in the library, but which 

 according to an accompanying letter from Mr. Renwick had never 

 been paid. 



On motion of Mr. Meacham, the Secretary was directed to settle the 

 bill, provided on examining the accounts, no evidence could be found 

 of its having been paid. 



The Building Committee exhibited to the Board the drawings for the 

 new lecture room. 



The Secretary read the continuation of his report relative to the 

 publications, correspondence, magnetism and meteorology. 



A number of letters received since the last meeting", and the answers 

 to them, were read to illustrate the character of the correspondence of 

 the Institution. 



Mr. Meacham offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That the Secretary and other officers of the Smithsonian 

 Institution be directed to furnish the Board of Regents with estimates of 

 appropriations necessary to be made in order to carry on the Institu- 

 tion the ensuing year, according to the laws for its organization. 



After some discussion, the resolution was postponed for further dis- 

 cussion until the next meeting. 



On motion, the board then adjourned to meet on Saturday, February 

 11, at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Washington, February 11, 1854. 



A quorum not being present, the board adjourned to meet on Satur- 

 day, February 18, at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Washington, February 18, 1854. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution was held on Saturday, February 18, 1854, at 10 o'clock, a. 

 m. Present : Messrs. Bache, Enghsh, Maury, Meacham, Pearce, Taney 

 of the Board, and the Secretary : 



The Chancellor took the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



A communication was read by the Secretary, in reference to the 

 Wynn estate, which, on motion of Mr. Pearce, was referred to Mr. 

 Mason, to whom prior communications on the same subject had been 

 referred. 



A memorial was presented from Dr. S. Spooner of New York, offer- 

 ing to present to the Institution the original copper-plates of the Mu- 

 see Francais and the Musee Royal, on condition that it would publish 

 under his superintendence an edition of these works. 



