JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 

 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Washington, D. C, January 18, 1882. 



The annual meeting of the Board of Eegents of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution was held this day at 10 o'clock a. m., in the Regent's room. 



Present : The Chancellor — Chief Justice Waite, Hon. Geo. F. Hoar, 

 Hon. N. P. Hill, Hon. S. B. Maxey, Hon. N. C. Deering, Hon. E. B. 

 Taylor, Hon. S. S. Cox, Rev. Dr. John Maclean, Hon. Peter Parker, I)r. 

 Asa Gray, Dr. Henry Copp^e, General Wm. T. Sherman, Dr. Noah Por- 

 ter, and the Secretary, Prof. S. F. Baird. 



The Chancellor made the following announcement relative to the ap- 

 pointment of members of the Board : 



On the 21st of February, 1881, the Vice-President (Mr. Wheeler) 

 appointed Hon. G. F, Hoar, as Regent, vice Hon. H. Hamlin, resigned. 



On the 19th of May, 1881, the Vice-President (Mr. Arthur) ap- 

 pointed Hon. S.B. Maxey, of Texas, and Hon. K P. Hill, of Colorado, 

 Regents, vice Hon. R. E. Withers and Hon. K. Booth, whose terms had 

 expired. 



On the 9th of January, 1882, the Speaker of the House (Mr. Keifer) 

 appointed as Eegents for the term of the 47th Congress, Hon. K. C. 

 Deering, of Iowa, Hon. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, and Hon. S. S. Cox, of 

 i^ew York. 



The Chancellor called the attention of the Board to the death of Presi- 

 dent Garfield, ex officio presiding officer of the Institution, and for 

 many years one of its Regents. 



On motion of Dr. Gray it was — 



Resolved^ That the Chancellor be requested to enter upon the record 

 an expression of the sense of the great loss which the Institution havS 

 sustained by the death of one of its most devoted and distinguished 

 administrators. 



In compliance with the foregoing resolution, the Chancellor presented 

 the following memorial notice : 



General Garfield first took his seat in Congress at the end of the 

 year 18G3. He was then but thirty-six years old. 



At the beginning of his second term he was appointed a member of 

 this Board by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was 

 present at the meeting of February 3, 18G6. He continued to hold the 



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