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V. -l^-no. Bv this arrangement the interesting fact could be stated tliat after 



$550,000. 



Sec.eta,.y of '^» f ^'^harTCl'm tb! -- tf^L above-mentioned 

 „rig,nally '--''•^ -^ *f ^^^^ ^^^,^20 37 be added, making tbe total 

 res,d«ary '^S^^l^^^^J^^ „f 4e United States $560,000 as the trust 

 r:;l in : s ^^ ILe's to be applied to tbe tnaintenanee and uses 

 If the Ins tut on ; and furtber, tbat tbe Eegents be autbovized to apply the re- 

 m"nder of the income of tbe t-esidna-y legaey to tbe cunent expenses of the 



Institution and the recoustmction of tbe building. 



The Secretary stated tbat at tbe last annual -»™° ° *~ Ji^^ ^ .,„ 



of tbe State stocks held by *e Institut.on -, f^ ^ ^^Td tbat it 



Chancellor, Secretary, and Executive Committee, '^^'^ » , , ; ^^^^ 



.asnotnecessary.inorder.m^.tbe«^^^^^^^^^ 



Sgr'bl i:tte™r onhUof Virginia and Tennesseewould inere^^^^ 

 andLt the accumulated interest due would in time be paid. 



r,:rTS Set^ir^eserit a statement at the next meeting of the 



'tt^:^:i1lSC::T^'^ of the committee on the 

 tratf *of tbTubrary. the Secretary stated tbat a bill ^^ rXet^ t^e 

 the House of Eepresentatives by Mr. Patterson, which had been r eued to be 

 'l^lary CommitL of Congress, who ^^^^ T^Z^^^^Jt 



transfer of tlie Smithsonian library on the teims agreea lo uy 



last meetmg. Q^rretarv was then continued. 



The reading of the annual report of the o.cretaiy was 

 On motion of Mr. Wallach, the report was accepted. 

 The Board then adjourned to meet at the call of the Secretary. 



Washington, April 28, 1866. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents was held this day, at 1 1 o'clock a. m., in the 

 laboratory of the Smithsonian Institution. Vloe-Pres- 



Present: Chief Justice Chase. Chancellor; Hon. L. F. S. Fostei, Vice li^^ 

 JrUnited States; Hon. L. ^-nibull, Hon. J. W. P— , Ho. J^^^^ 

 rarnsworth,Hon. R. Wallach, General Richard Delaheld. Di. T. U. VVoolsey, 

 and Professor Henry, the Secretary. 



