JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



"Washes^gton, January 15, 18G8. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, fixing the time of beginning of the annual session on the third Wed- 

 nesday of January in each year, a meeting was called for this day. Present, 

 Hon. J. V. L. Pruyn, General Richard Delafield, Professor L. Agassiz, Hon. 

 Peter Parker, and Professor Henry, the Secretary. 



The Secretary presented the following joint resolution of the Senate and 

 House of Representatives of the United States : 



[Public Resolution No. 5.] 



A RESOLUTION for the appointment of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- 

 gress assembled, That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 of the class "other than members of Congress" be filled by the appointment of Theodore 

 D. Woolsey, of Connecticut, William B. Astor, of New York, John Maclean, of Now Jersey, 

 and Peter Parker, of the city of Washington. 



Approved, January 11, 1868. 



The Secretary stated that on the 7th of January the Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives had appointed the following Regents: Hon. J. A. Garfield 

 of Ohio, Hon. L. P. Poland of Vermont, and Hon. J. V. L. Pruyn of New York. 



No quorum being present, the Board, after examining the building and col- 

 lections, adjourned to meet on Wednesday evening, January 22, 1S68, at 7^ 

 o'clock. 



WASHrNTGTON, January 22, 1868. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents was held at 7^ o'clock p. m. in the Regents' 

 room of the Smithsonian Institution. Present, Hon. B. F. Wade, Hon. R. 

 Wallach, Hon. L. Trumbull, Hon. G. Davis, Hon. J. A. Garfield, Hon. L. P. 

 Poland, Hon. J. V. L. Pruyn, Prof. L. Agassiz, Rev. Dr. John Maclean, General 

 Richard Delafield, Hon. Peter Parker, and Professor Henry, the Secretary. 



Mr. Wade was called to the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were 

 read and approved. 



The Secretary stated that a vacancy existed in the Executive Committee, on 

 account of the death of Professor Bache. 



On motion it was 



Ixcsolvcd, That Hon. Peter Parker be elected to fill the vacancy in the Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



