78 NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



merit of the funds of the Institution, not in the Treasury of the United 

 States, and who shall have the authority to withdraw the said fund 

 from the present place of deposit, and invest them otherwise in the 

 name of the regents of the Institution. 



The chancellor appointed Messrs. English, Pearce and Mason as the 

 committee. 



The following report was read : 



The committee to whom was referred the resolution of the " estab- 

 lishment," proposing a conference by committee with the Board of 

 Regents, lor the purpose of determining ihe mode of communication 

 between the establishment and the Board of Regents, submit the fol- 

 lowing report : 



That they have met and conferred with the committee appointed for 

 that purpose by the establishment, and have, after consultation, agreed 

 upon the following resolutions, to be reported by the committees to 

 their respective constituencies, and the committee recommend that they 

 be adopted by the Board of Regents, and made a part of the by-laws. 



1. The general communication between the Institution and the 

 Board of Regents shall be made through their com.mon secretary. 



2. The secretary will regularly communicate to each body all such 

 acts of either as may concern the other respectively, or may require 

 their joint action. 



3. When either body may desire any special communication with 

 the other, it will propose a conference by committee. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



J. M. MASON, Chairman. 

 January, 1855. 



The report of the committee was approved. 



The following resolution was offered by Mr. Douglas, and adopted 

 by the Board : 



Resolved, That all correspondence of this Institution with any person 

 or society shall be conducted by the Secretary, and no assistant or 

 employee shall write or receive any official letter or communication 

 pertaining to the affairs of the Institution, except under the authority 

 and by the direction of the Secretary, and all such correspondence shall 

 be duly registered and recorded in such manner as the Secretary ^shall 

 direct. 



The Board then adjourned to meet at the call of the Secretary. 



