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bounds, and a description of the same shall be made, and recorded in the book of 

 records of the proceedings of the Board of Eegents, and signed by the Eegents. 



On motion of Mr. Evans — 



Ordered, That Mr. Hough, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Evans be a committee to commu- 

 nicate the said resolution to the President of the United States and the other persons 

 named in the fourth section of the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr. Seaton presented the application of Alexander B. McFarland 

 for the appointment of superintendent of the masonry work of the 

 buildings of the institution, accompanied by sundry letters recom- 

 mendatory of his qualifications for that situation ; which were re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Buildings. 



On motion of Mr. Evans — 



Ordered, That when this Board adjourn to-day it adjourn to meet on Wednesday, 

 the 20th day of January next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



And then, on motion of Mr. Evans, the Board adjourned until 

 Wednesday, the 20th day of January next ; then to meet at the 

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

 10 o'clock, a. m. 



January 20, 1847. 



The Board of Regents met pursuant to their resolution of ad- 

 journment, adopted on the 23d day of December last. 



Present, George M. "Dallas, Chancellor; William W. Seaton, 

 George Evans, Robert Dale Owen, William J. Hough, Richard 

 Rush, Sidney Breese, Henry W. Hilliard, Alexander Dallas Bache, 

 and the Secretary. 



Hon. Lewis Cass, a Senator from the State of Michigan, ap- 

 pointed a Regent in the place of Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, 

 deceased, appeared, and took his seat as a member of the Board. 



Mr. Owen, f4'om the committee appointed on the 23d of Decem- 

 ber last, to confer with the President of the United States and the 

 other officers named in the fourth section of the act establishing the 

 Smithsonian Institution, relative to the selection of a site for the 

 building of the institution, made a report thereon, communicating 

 the consent of the President of the United States and the other 

 persons named in said fourth section, to the selection and appro- 

 priation of the site selected by the Regents. 



Mr. Rush presented a letter from Clarke, Fynmore, andFladgate, 

 of the city of London, relative to Madame de la Batut, who receives 

 an annuity from the Smithson estate, and communicating informa- 

 tion of her being alive at the present time, and also the mode of 

 obtaining information in relation to her. 



Mr. Hough presented a letter from Daniel Lee, setting forth .his 



