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Mr. Seaton proposed that the same be amended, by inserting after 



the word " Potomac " the following : 



" Intending to authorize the erection of a monument to George Washington, by the 

 Washington Monument Association, on a part of the said site, which lies between 

 Fourteenth street and the river." 



Mr. Evans moved that the said amendment be amended by sub- 

 stituting therefor the following : 



" Subject to the power of Congress to grant any portion of the same west of Four- 

 teenth street to the Washington Monument Society, for the purpose of erecting a 

 monument thereon." 



And the question being put on agreeing to the amendment of 

 Mr. Evans, it was decided in the affirmative. 



The amendment, as amended, was then agreed to, and the resolu- 

 tion, as amended, was agreed to. 



And so it was — 



Resolved, That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution do select and adopt, as 

 the site for their buildings, so much of the Mall, in the city of Washington, as lies 

 between Seventh street and the river Potomac, subject to the power of Congress to 

 grant any portion of the same west of Fourteenth street to the Washington Monu- 

 ment Society, for .the purpose of erecting a monument thereon, if the consent of the 

 persons named in the fourth section of the act to establish the Smithsonian Institution 

 for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men be obtained thereto ; and that, 

 upon such consent being obtained in due form, the Secretary is hereby instructed to 

 cause the said ground so selected to be set out by proper metes and bounds. 



On motion of Mr. Evans — 



Ordered, That the committee on the selection of a site be instructed to wait upon 

 the President of the United States, and lay before him a certified copy of said resolu- 

 tion ; and that the Secretary communicate a copy of the same to each of the officers 

 mentioned in the act of Congress establishing the institution. 



On motion of Mr. Evans — 



Ordered, That the Chancellor and each chairman of a committee be a committee to 

 prepare "a report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the institution," 

 for submission to Congress, agreeably to the third section of the act establishing the 

 same. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton, the Board adjourned until to-morrow, 

 at 12 o'clock meridian. 



December 2, 1846. 



Mr. Choate, one of the Regents, appeared. 



Mr. Owen presented sundry applications for the office of secre- 

 tary of the institution ; which were placed on file for future con- 

 sideration. 



Mr. Owen presented a letter from A. Randall, of the city of St. 

 Louis, asking that the time fixed by the Building Committee of the 

 Board of Regents, for the furnishing of plans for the building, may 

 be extended ; which letter was placed on file. 



Mr. Owen presented a letter from Nahurn Capen, of Boston, sug- 

 gesting the formation of a statistical department of the institution ; 

 which was placed on file for future consideration. 



