734 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



December 19, 1873. — Mr. Kellogg. I ask unanimous con- 

 sent to submit the following resolution : 



Resolved, ^c, That Professor James D. Dana be, and hereby is, appointed 

 as one of the Board of Kegents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class 

 other tlian members of Congress, in place of Theodore D. Woolsey, of Con- 

 necticut, who declines to be reappointed. 



Mr. Kellogg. I trust there will be no objection to the 

 adoption of the resolution. 



Mr. Garfield. I suggest that it be referred to the Board 

 of Regents. 



Mr. Kellogg. If there be any objection, I will not press 

 the resolution. 



Mr. Garfield. I do not suppose there is any objection, 

 but I only suggest that it is the usual course. 



Mr. Kellogg. If the usual course is as stated by the gen- 

 tleman from Ohio I do not object. 



Mr. Garfield. There is another vacancy to be filled, 

 occasioned by the death of Professor Agassiz. 



Mr. Kellogg. I do not suppose there would be the least 

 objection. Professor Dana being so well known ; but if that 

 is the usual course, I do not object. 



Mr. Butler. I suggest that the resolution be referred 

 to the Committee on Education and Labor. 



Mr. Kellogg. I move that it be referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Education and Labor. 



January 5, 1874. — Mr. Garfield introduced a joint reso- 

 lution providing that the vacancies in the Board of Regents 

 ot the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than mem- 

 bers of Congress be filled by the appointment of Asa Gray, 

 J. D. Dana, A. T. Stewart, and the reappointment of John 

 Maclean and Peter Parker ; which was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Education and Labor. 



Januanj 6, 1874. — Mr. Maynard offered a joint resolution 

 in relation to the appointment of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, which was referred to the Committee on Edu- 

 cation and Labor. 



January 7, 1874. — Mr. Sherwood introduced joint resolu- 

 tion for the appointment of Professor Leo Lesquereux, of 

 Columbus, Ohio, one of the Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution ; wiiich was referred to the Committee on Edu- 

 cation and Labor. 



Mr. Monroe. The Committee on Education and Labor 

 have had under consideration sundry resolutions in regard 

 to filling vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. Some other gentlemen had asked for 



