[23] 



2.2 



TABLE— Continued. 



Specimens 

 marked, 



4 D 



5 D 



6 D 



Dark sandstone, from quarry near Wood'^s 

 residence - - - - - 



Not tested, specimen being too small. 

 Lower stratum, Beaver dam quarry - 



Lops by- 

 frost, in 

 grains'. 



3.94 

 1.T2 



Respectfully submitted by 

 Washington, D. C., March 5, 184T. 



CHARLES G. PAGE. 



Seaton, it wms 

 Hough be a sub-committee to revise the details of 



• Laid on the table. 



On motion of Mr 



Resolved, That Mr 

 Xlii^ specifications, with a special reference to the solidity, security, and 

 economy of the building, and to report thereon to this committee; specify- 

 ing what changes, if any, he may deem necessary or expedient. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton, the following resolution was adopted: 



AVhereas the Board of Regents did_> on the 5th day of February, pass 

 the following resolution, to wit: 



'■^Resolved, That the building committee, in conjunction with the Secre- 

 tary, be authorized to publish, in such form as they may deem most appro- 

 priate, one thousand copies of a brief treatise, to be entitled "■ Hints on 

 Pul)lic Architecture," and to be illustrated with designs of the plan of the 

 building adopted for the Smithsonian Institution, and, at the option of the 

 committee, with any other designs that are the property of the institution: 

 Provided, that the cost of the same shall not exceed one thousand dollars, 

 which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose:" Therefore, 



Resolved, That Mr. Owen be a sub-commiUee to prepare, after consul- 

 tation with the Secretary, the said treatise, and to contract for the necessa- 

 ly illustrations; provided he submit the same to this committee before 

 pubUcation. 



The chairman submitted a table of the value of different kinds of plank 

 and scantling — Mount Crawford, Rockingham county, Virginia. 



Referred to the architect 



On motion, the conmiittee adjourned. 



FIFTH meeting-March 12, ISIT. 



Present, Messrs. Seaton, Hough, and Owen. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter from the.- 

 chief engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company: 



