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itects, and the sum appropriated for the publication of the designs ; 

 which was read and laid upon the table. 



Also a bill of the expenses of Isaiah Rogers, in preparing plans, 

 drawings, and specifications and estimates ; which was referred to 

 the Executive Committee, with instructions to examine and report 

 upon the same. 



Mr. Bache presented a letter from C. F. Hagedorn, Consul Gen- 

 eral of Bavaria, giving some of the details of a valuable library, 

 now for sale in the city of Munich ; which letter was laid upon the 

 table. 



Mr. Evans offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That it is expedient that an assistant to the Secretary be appointed, who 

 shall also he the clerk of the building and executive committees, who shall take charge 

 of the rooms which may be obtained for the use of the institution ; who shall assist 

 the Secretary when required in keeping the records of the institution, keep accounts 

 and papers of the Secretary and of the Building Committee ; who shall be competent 

 to prepare all public advertisements, draw all contracts, keep all accounts of disburse- 

 ments, prepare all accounts for settlement at the Treasury, and discharge such duties 

 generally connected with the institution as may be required of him by the Secretary 

 or the Building Committee ; and who shall receive such compensation as shall here- 

 after be fixed upon by the Board. 



The resolution being read, the further consideration thereof was 

 postponed for the present. 



Ordered, That when this Board adjourn it adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock, a. m., on 

 Friday next. 



The Board then adjourned accordingly. 



February 5, 1847. 



On motion of Mr. Owen, the Board proceeded to the considera- 

 tion of the motion made by Mr. Bache on the 30th of January last, 

 to reconsider the vote by which the resolution authorizing the pub- 

 lication of the plans and estimates for the building for the institu- 

 tion was agreed to, and, after debate, the motion to reconsider was 

 agreed to. 



The question then recurring on the adoption of the resolution, 

 Mr. Bache offered the following amendment as a substitute there- 

 for ; which was read and agreed to, viz : 



Resolved, That the Building Committee, in conjunction with the Secretary, be au- 

 thorized to publish, in such form as they may deem most appropriate, one thousand 

 copies of a brief treatise, to be entitled "Hints on Public Architecture," and to be 

 illustrated with designs of the plan of the building adopted for the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, and, at the option of the committee, with any other designs that are the 

 property of the institution, provided that the cost of the same shall not exceed one 

 thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose. 



The question was then put on the adoption of the resolution as 

 amended, and it was decided in the affirmative. 



