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SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OV REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN 



INSTITUTION. 



Washington, January 7, 1852. 



Ill accordance with the resolution of (lie Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, fixing the time of" the beginning of their annual meeting 

 on the first Wednesday of January of each yeai-, the Board met this day 

 in the Smithsonian building, at 12 o'clock noon. 



A quorum not being present, llie Board adjourned to Saturday the 

 lOfh inst. 



Washington, Saturday, January 10, 1852. 



Agreeably to adjournment the Board of Regents met this day at noon. 

 Present — Messrs. Bache, Filch, Lenox, Mason, Pearce and Rush, of the 

 Board ; and Mr. Seaton, treasurer. 



The secretary informed the Board of the re-appointment of Mr. Fitch of 

 Indiana, and Mr. Colcock of Georgia, and the appointment of Mr. Meacham 

 of Vermont, as Regents on the part of the House of Representatives of the 

 present Congress. 



The secretary also stated that the accounts and reports of the Institution 

 would be ready for presentation at the next meeting; whereupon, the Re- 

 gents, after examining the several parts of tlie establishment, adjourned to 

 meet on Saturday next at 10 o'clock. 



Washington, January 17, 1852. 



The Board met this day agreeably to adjournment. Present — Mr. Taney, 

 chancellor; Messrs. Bache, Fitch, Lenox, Pearce, Rush and Totten, of the 

 Board ; and Mr. Seaton, treasurer. 



The report of the Executive Committee was presented by the chairman, 

 (Mr. Bache,) was read, and ordered to lie on the table. 



The report of the Building Committee was presented by Mr. Lenox, 

 chairman, and was read. 



On motion, the above reports weie adopted. 



The annual report of the secretary, giving an account of the condition of 

 the Institution and of the operations of the past year, was presented, and a 

 part of the same read. 



Copies of the Memoirs and Reports pwblished by the Jnstitution during 

 the past year were placed on the table for the inspection of the Board. 



A letter from Gilbert Cameron, contractor for the building, asking for an 

 advance of money from the fund withheld as security for the proper per- 

 formance of his contract, and a letter from James Renwick, jr., architect, 

 approving of the part payment of the same, w^ere read, whereupon — 



On motion of Mr. Pearce, it was 



Resolve!, That the chancellor fill the places in i\\9 Building Committee Vthich were 

 occupied hy Messrs. Davis and Ililliard. 



