300 EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. 



Washington, May 3, 1853. 



A meeting of" the Smithsonian Institution, called by order of the 

 IVesidenl of" the United States, was held this day, May 3, 1853, in the 

 session hall of the Smitlisonian buikhng, at 11 o'clock, a. m. 



Present : Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, ex officio 

 President of the Smithsonian Institution ; James Guthrie, Secretary of 

 the Treasury ; James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy ; James Camp- 

 bell, Postmaster General ; Caleb Cusliing, Attorney General ; John W. 

 Maury, Mayor of Washington ; Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



The Secretary gave an account of the operations of" the Institution. 



Less than half of the number of members being present, the meeting 

 adjourned to meet on Tuesday, the 17th inst. 



Washington, May 17, 1853. 



An adjourned meeting of the Smithsonian Institution was held tlfis 

 day in the session hall of the Smithsonian buikhng. 



Present: Franklin Pierce, President of the United Statt^s; William 

 L. Marcy, Secretary of State; James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury; Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War; James C.Dobbin, Secretary 

 of the Navy ; James Campbell, Postmaster General ; Caleb Gushing, 

 Attorney General; Charles Mason, Commissiont^r of Patents; John W. 

 Maury, Ma3^or of" Wasliington ; Josepii Henry, Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



Tlie President took the chair, and the minutes of the preceding 

 meeting were read. 



On motion, the President appointed a committee of five to (h-afi a 

 code of By-laws. The committee consisted of" the following persons, to 

 wit : Messrs Cashing, Dobbin, Maury, Davis, and xhc Secretary. 



The committee, after due deliberation, reported llirough tiieir chair- 

 man, Mr. Gushing, the fallowing : 



BY-LAWS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITdTfON. 



Section 1. A stated annual meeting of the statute and honorary 

 members of the Institution shall be held at tlie Hall of ilie Institution, 

 in Washington, on the first Tuesday in May. Adjourned meetings may 

 be lield at such place and time as tlie members of the Institution at any 

 meeting may order. Special meetings will be convened by direction, 

 of the President of the United States. 



Sec. 2. Notice of all meetings of the Institution, whether stated, ad- 

 journed, or special, shall be given by the Secretary in writing, addressed 

 to each member. 



