THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 75 



JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BOARD OF REGENTS 



OF 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



TENTH ANNUAL SESSION. 



WEDNESDAY, January 2, 1856. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their an- 

 nual meeting on the first Wednesday of January of each year, the 

 Board met this day in the Regents' room at 12 o'clock m. 



Mr. Rush was requested to take the chair. 



The Secretary stated that, owing to the House of Representatives 

 not having elected a speaker, no Regents had yet been appointed to 

 fill the vacancies in the Board from that body. 



There being no quorum present, the Board adjourned to meet on 

 Saturday, January 12th, at 12 m. 



SATURDAY, January 12, 1856. 



A meeting of the Board was held this day at 12 o'clock. 



Present : Messrs. Mason, Rush, Totten, Bache ; Seatou, Treasurer, 

 and the Secretary. 



There being no quorum present, the new Regents not yet having 

 been appointed, the Board adjourned to meet on Saturday, January 

 26th. 



SATURDAY, January 26, 1856. 



A meeting of the Board was held this day at 12 m. 

 Present: Messrs. Pearce, Mason, Rush, Totten, and the Secretary. 

 There being no quorum, the Board adjourned to meet at the call of 

 the Secretary, as soon as the vacancies should be filled by Congress. 



SATURDAY, March 1, 1856. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board was held this day at 12 m. 

 Present: Messrs. Pearce, Mason, English, Warner, Totten; Seaton, 

 Treasurer, and the Secretary. 



