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sented to the Board a plan and drawings for a building for the in- 

 stitution, together with specifications and estimates of the cost, 

 &c. ; which were referred to the Committee on Buildings. 



And then, on motion, the Board adjourned until the last Monday 

 in November next. 



November 30, 1846. 



Agreeably to their adjournment on the 9th day of September 

 last, a meeting of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution was 

 held at the room of the Vice-President of the United States, in the 

 Capitol. 



George M. Dallas, the Chancellor, (and one of the Regents,) and 

 the following Regents appeared, viz : William W. Seaton, Isaac S. 

 Pennybacker, Sidney Breese, Robert Dale Owen, William J. 

 Hough, Henry W. Hilliard, Richard Rush, Gideon Hawley, Alex- 

 ander Dallas Bache, and Joseph G. Totten. 



Messrs. Hough, Seaton, Totten, Rush, and the Chancellor, each 

 presented sundry letters, recommendations, &c, relative to applica- 

 tions for the office of secretary of the institution ; which were sev- 

 erally placed upon file for future consideration. 



Mr. Rush presented a letter from Miss Legare, sister of the late 

 Hugh S. Legare, asking the Regents to purchase the library left by 

 her brother ; which was placed upon file for future consideration. 



The Chancellor, from the committee appointed at the last session 

 of the Board of Regents " to obtain plans for the erection of build- 

 ings," to consider as to materials, the warming and lighting the 

 buildings, &c, made the following report, accompanied by sundry 

 letters from Mr. Owen to Mr. Seaton, giving a detailed account of 

 the examinations made by himself, Mr. Hough, and Mr. Totten, 

 as a sub-committee in Philadelphia, New York and Boston and 

 from Mr. David Dale Owen, Professors Silliman and Fowler, in 

 relation to the selection of material for the erection of the insti- 

 tution building. 



The undersigned, a committee appointed by the Board at its session on the 9th of 

 September last, respectfully report : 



In order "to obtain plans for the erection of buildings," to form some judgment 

 " in regard to the best material for said buildings," and to ascertain " the best modes 

 of warming, lighting and ventilating the same," the committee took the following 

 measures : 



