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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITU- 

 TION, AT THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION, COMMENCING WEDNESDAY, 

 JANUARY 2, ISGO. 



Adjourned meeting of the third annual session of the Board of Regents, 

 for the purpose of clectvig a Chancellor. 



March 7, 1849. 



The board met at 10 o'clock a. m., in the Vice President's roonij in 

 the Capitol, agreeably to adjournment. 



Mr. Se-iton was called to the chair. 



Present: Messrs. Bache, Davis, Fillmore, Hilliard, Mason, Seaton, and 

 Totten. 



The chairman stated the object of the meeting to be to elect a Chan- 

 cellor in the place of Mr. Dallas, whose term of office as Regent had ex- 

 pired. On the ballot being counted, it appeared that Mr. Fillmore was 

 unanimously elected. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton, it was unanimously 



Resolved, That the Chancellor and Secretary be requested to commu- 

 nicate to the Hon. George M. Dallas the high appreciation entertained by 

 the board of his services as a Regent — particularly during tlie period 

 of the organization of the institution — their thanks for the manner in 

 which he has discharged the duties of presiding officer of the institution, 

 and their respect for his character as a gentleman and a scholar. 

 On motion of Mr. Mason, it was unanimously 



Resolved, That the Secretary inform the President of the Senate that a 

 vacanc}'- exists in the Board of Regents by the expiration of the term of 

 Mr. Pearce, of the Senate. 



The board then adjourned siiie die. 



FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. 

 Wednesday, January 2, 1850. 



This being the day appointed for the annual meeting of the Regents, 

 the board met at half-past twelve o'clock, in the eastern range of the 

 Smithsonian building. 



Present: Messrs. Davis, Fillmore, Mason, Rush, Seaton, and Totten. 



Mr. Fillmore, Chancellor of the institution, took the chair. 



The proceedings of the last meeting, held March 7, 1849, were read 

 and approved. 



Professor Henry, the Secretary, stated to the board that since the last 

 meeting, the Hon. Mr. Pearce, of Maryland, had been appointed a Re- 

 gent from the Senate of the United States, and that there were now three 

 vacancies in the board to be filled from the House of Representatives. 

 The Secretary also stated that his report on the operations of the institu- 

 tion was ready to be laid before the board, but as the new members 



