12 BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Resolved, That the Board will proceed forthwith to the election of a Secretary of 

 the institution. 



And thus modified, it was agreed to. 



The Board then proceeded to elect a Secretary by ballot, when it 

 appeared that there were twelve votes cast, of which — 



Professor Joseph Henry had ... 7 

 Francis Markoe, Jr., had ----- 4 

 Dr. Pickering had 1 



Whole number - - . - - - 12 



Necessary to a choice, 7. 



Professor Joseph Henry, of Princeton, in the State of New 

 Jersey, having a majority of all the votes given in, was declared by 

 the Chancellor duly elected Secretary of the institution. 



And thereupon, on motion of Mr. Owen, it was unanimously — 



Resolved, That the Board approve the election of Professor Henry as Secretary of 

 the institution, and invite him to assume the duties of that office. 



Ordered. That Mr. French continue to act as Assistant Secretary until the Secre- • 

 tary elect shall appear and enter upon his duties. 



On motion of Mr. Evans, the Board proceeded to the consideration 

 of the motion made by Mr. Breese yesterday, that the vote by which 

 the resolution adopting a site for the buildings of the institution was 

 passed be reconsidered. 



And the question being put, Will the Board reconsider the said 

 vote ? It was decided in the negative. 



So the resolution stands adopted. 



On motion of Mr. Evans — 



Ordered, 'That when the Board adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock, a. in., 

 to-morrow. 



On motion of Mr. Breese, the Board adjourned until 10 o'clock, 

 a. m., to-morrow. 



December 4, 1846. 

 The Board proceeded to the consideration of the resolutions ac- 

 companying the report of the Committee of Organization ; when 

 the following of the said resolutions (numbered as they were re- 

 ported) were read and agreed to, viz : 



[No. 3.] Resolved, That the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of 

 the Navy of the United States, he respectfully invited to furnish to consuls and other 

 public officers, in this and foreign countries, under their respective departments, such 

 suggestions as they may deem proper in regard to the procurement, as opportunity 

 offers, of additions to the museum of the institution, especially to its ethnological de- 

 partment; that three hundred copies of this report, when printed, be placed at the 

 disposal of each of the above-named Secretaries, as an explanation to these public 

 functionaries of the views of the institution in regard to a museum ; and that five 

 hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of the accruing inter- 

 est, to pay transportation or other expenses connected with the transmission from 

 foreign parts to Washington of any collections thus made ; and to such contributions, 



