24 BOARD OF REGENTS. 



[No. 1.] Resolved, That the Norman plan of a building for the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, furnished by James Ren-wick, Jr., of New York, substantially as amended, 

 agreeably to the suggestions of the committee, is approved and adopted by this Board. 



Mr. Dallas, Mr. Cass and Mr. Breese severally read propositions 

 of amendment which they intend to offer at a proper time. 



After debate, the Board adjourned until Monday next, at 10 

 o'clock, a. m. 



January 25, 1847. 



The Chancellor presented a letter from John P. Todd, offering on 

 the part of Mrs. Madison and himself some immense blocks of 

 marble obtained from the " Montpelier Quarry," in the State of 

 Virginia, for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Also a letter from Charles Fraber, soliciting the appointment of 

 messenger to the Board of Regents. 



Also a letter from the Honorable Reverdy Johnson, inclosing a 

 memorial of R. Gary Long, architect of Baltimore, Maryland, pray- 

 ing for the publication of an invitation to all architects to forward 

 plans and drawings for the building of the Smithsonian Institution 

 before they decide upon such plans. 



Also a letter from Theodore Frelinghuysen, soliciting the appoint- 

 ment of librarian for Rev. R. R. Gurley. 



Also a letter from John Haviland, respecting the plans and esti-* 

 mates heretofore submitted to the Board of Regents by him for the 

 building for the institution, and reducing the same to meet the 

 present wants of the institution. 



Also a letter from John McArran, soliciting the appointment of 

 gardener to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr. Bache informed the Board of Regents that he had received 

 a letter from C. F. Hagedorn, consul general of Bavaria, communi- 

 cating the fact that a valuable library of thirty thousand volumes 

 belonging to Count Haptedton, of Munich, was for sale. 



Mr. Owen, from the Committee on Organization, to which was 

 recommitted, on the 21st of December last, the report made by Mr. 

 Owen on the 1st of December last, together with such of the resolu- 

 tions accompanying the same, as had not been agreed to by the 

 Board, reported back the same in an amended form, accompanied 

 by sundry resolutions ; which report and resolutions were laid upon 

 the table. 



Mr. Choate offered sundry resolutions in relation to the organiza- 

 tion of the institution ; which were read and laid upon the table. 



The Board took a recess until 1 o'clock, p. m. • 



