PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OP REGENTS. XXVII 



consulate at (Jciioa. Ilul.w (lio day and yojir iioxt al.ovr wrilten. and of llic 

 liidcpendenco of tin- T'liitrd Stales tho one Inindrod and twonty-cislith. 



[SKAL.J Wll.I.IAM HkNKV HiSHOI'. 



Cniisiil nj the United Htates. 

 |TrMiislati(Tii of tlio prcfccfs dccn'i-. | 



liOVAI. IMUOFKCTITRE Ol'' (JkNOA. 



The prefect of tlie province, upon tlie demand of Mr. Alexander Grabaui Bell, 

 liearin^ in mind tlie certiticate of illness and the extract from the certilicate of 

 death relevant, as also the receipt No. 78ti/10(i41 delivered by the tiscal re};ister 

 of (lenoa. on this date, for the required payment of the tax for a g;ov(>rnmeniaI 

 liennit to i he amount of .".'>(> tire. 



r>e;ii-ing in mind the law concerninii the care of hy^jiene and the pul)lic health 

 (•f December 21.*. ISSS. No. r>S4!), series :;. and the rejiulation of mortuary affairs 

 of .Inly L'."). 1S!t2: 



l>e<rees that there is ;uithorized, suliject to the observance of the existinj^ 

 sanitary re<iuirements. the transportation of the remains of James Smlthson. 

 deceased of a malady not contagious, from (ienoa to Washington ( tlnited States 

 of America). 



(Jenoa. December 29. 190;'.. 



The iirefect. N. Oarroni. 



Appknoix C.—Coijii of a orHficufc iiuulr bii tlie British connnl-general at Genoa, 

 at the request uf tlie iindiiripal hiiredii of lii/</icn<\ statimj that no ohjention 

 e.risted on the part of the British eonsalcite-gencral to the removal of the 

 remains of James ;:<mitlison. 



[Translation.] 



Consulate-General of Great Britain, 



Qenoa, Deeemlnr SO, lUOS. 

 There is not known on the part of this royal consulate-general any reason 

 why the representatives of the late Mr. Smith.son, deceased in the year 1829, 

 should not remove his body from the cemetery of San Benigno. which has been 

 exjiroprh-ited. 



[seal.] William Keene. Consul-deneral. 



Appendix D. — Certificate of the acting mayor of Genoa that all the reqmrements 

 of the existing regulations on mortuary matters had been complied with. 



I Form for authentication of signature.] 



Consular Service, United States of America. 



Genoa, Italy, January .'>, IDO.'/. 

 I. William Henry Bishoi), c(»nsul of the TTnited States at Genoa. Italy, do 

 horei»y certify that the signature of Bernabo Brea. acting mayor at (Jenoa, Italy, 

 at the foot of the paper hereto annexed, is his true and genuine signature, made 

 and acknowledge in my ])resence, and that the said Bernabo Brea is personally 

 known to me. 



In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the 

 consulate at Genoa, Italy, the day and year next above written, and of the 

 Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth. 

 [seal.] William Henry Bishop. 



Consul of the United States. 



ITranslation of tlio mayor's cordticato.] 



City Hall of (iKNOA. Office of Hygiene. 

 The mayor certifies that the body of .Tames Smithson has hotm inclosed in two 

 coHins. the one of zinc and the otiier of strong wood, and that there liavc been 

 observed throughout all the re(iuirements of the existing regul.-iticns on mor 

 tuary matters, .articles '-'A, 'A'2. 33. 

 <Jenoa. .lanuary 4. 19<)4. 

 For the mayor : 



Bebnabo Brea, The Assistant. 



