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Sec 3. The votes and proceedings of the Institution, with the names 

 of the members present at each meeting, shall be recorded ; and at the 

 opening of every meeting the journal of the preceding meeting shall 

 be read by the Secretary. 



Sec 4. A quorum ol' not less than six ot" the statute membci^s shall 

 be requisite for the transaction of any business except adjourning or ob- 

 taining the attendance of members. 



Sec 5 The Secretary shall at the stated annual meeting, make a 

 general statement of the condition and affairs of the Institution during 

 the past year. 



Sec 6. Honorary members, not exceeding one in each year, shall 

 be elected by ballot, and by unanimous vote of the statute members : 

 Provided, That no person shall be chosen without having been nomin 

 ated at a previous meeting of the Institution. 



Sec 7. The rules of parliamentiuy proceedings, as received and 

 practised in the Senate of the United States, shall govern the meetings 

 of the Institution in all cases which are not inconsistent with the fore 

 going By-laws. 



On motion, the report of the committee was adopted. 



The Secretary presented an account of the organization and operations 

 of the Institution, relative to the reception and publication of memoirs, 

 researches, exchanges, the formation ot" catalogues of libraries ; also an 

 acc&unt of the state of the funds, and the policy N^ith regard to the for- 

 mation oi" collections, &c. 



On motion of Mr. Davis, nominations were then received for the ap- 

 pointment of an honorary member of the Institution, to take place at a 

 succeeding meeting. 



On motion, the Institution adjourned to the first Monday in June en- 

 suing, at 11 o'clock, a. m. 



Washington, June 6, 1853. 



An adjourned meeting of the Smithsonian Institution was held this 

 day, June 6, 1853, in the session hall ot"the Smithsonian building. 



Present : Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, cx-o^io 

 President of the Smithsonian Institution ; James Guthrie, Secretary of 

 the Treasury; William L. Marcy, Secretary of State; Jefferson Davis, 

 Secretary of War; James Campbell, Postmaster General; Caleb Gush- 

 ing, Attorney General; Charles Mason, Commissioner of Patents; 

 Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



T[ie President took the chair, and the minutes of the preceding meet- 

 ing were read. 



On motion, the Institution proceeded to ballot tor the election of an 

 honorary member. r 



Professor Parker Cleaveland was declared unanimously elected. 



The advertisement of the Leopoldin Caroline Acadenjy of Germany, 

 relative to the Smithsonian Institution, was read by the Secretary. 



The Institution then adjourned swe die. 



