138 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Dr. Parker, in belialf of the Executive Committee, iireseuted the an- 

 nual report of receipts, expenditures, estimates, &c., which at his request 

 was read by General Sherman. 



On motion of Mr. Withers, the report was adopted. 



Dr. Parker, in behalf of the Executive Committee, presented a report 

 in relation to the duty imposed on them by the fifth resolution of the 

 Board of Eegents, adopted at the meeting of May 17, 1878, " to make 

 arrangements for a public commemoration in honor of the late Secre- 

 tary of the Institution." The committee had held numerous meetings, 

 the minutes of which were read, and the arrangements had finally been 

 made as follows : 



The exercises will be held in the Hall of the House of Eepresentatives 

 on Thursday evening, 16th of January, 1879. 



The Vice-President of the United States, supported by the Speaker 

 of the House, will i)reside on this occasion, and the Senate and House 

 will take part in the exercises. 



1. Opening prayer by Eev. Dr. McCosh, President of Princeton Col- 

 lege. 



2. Address by Hon. H. Hamlin, of the United States Senate. 



3. Address by Hon. E. E. Withers, of the United States' Senate. 



4. Address by Prof. Asa Gray, of Harvard University. 



5. Address by Prof. W. B. Eogers, of Boston. 



C. Address by Hon. Jas. A. Garfield, of the House of Eepresenta- 

 tives. 



7. Address by Hon. S. S. Cox, of the House of Eepresentatives. 



8. Address by General W. T. Sherman. 



9. Concluding prayer by Eev. Dr. Sunderland, Chaplain of the Senate. 



By authority of the Speaker of the House, reserved seats will be pro- 

 vided on the floor of the House for the following bodies with which Pro- 

 fessor Henry was associated : 



1. The Eegents of the Smithsonian Institution and the orators of the 

 evening, who will meet in the room of the Speaker of the House. 



2. The iSTational Academy of Sciences. 



3. The Washington Philosophical Society. 



4. The Light-House Board, who will meet in the room of the Commit- 

 tee of Ways and Means. 



5. The Alumni Association of Princeton College. 

 C. The Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. 



7. The Washington Monument Association, who will meet in the room 

 of the Committee on Appropriations. 



On motion of Mr. Sargent, the action of the committee was approved. 



On motion of General Garfield, it was — 



Eesolved, That the Board of Eegents assemble on Thursday evening 

 next at half past seven o'clock, in the Speaker's room at the Capitol, to 

 proceed in a body to attend the exercises in the Hall of the House of 

 Eepresentatives in honor of the memory of Professor Henry. 



