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R. Schoolcraft respecting a paper which he desires to prepare on 

 the subject of ethnology; which request was referred to the Secre- 

 tary for conference thereupon with Mr. Schoolcraft. 



The Board then adjourned until Monday next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



March 1, 1847. 



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

 of Regents. 



Mr. Owen offered the following resolution ; which was agreed to, 

 viz : 



Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much of the same as may be 

 necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated towards the expenses of the ex- 

 periments heretofore authorized to be instituted to determine the economical value of 

 the different building materials used in the United States. 



Mr. Hough offered the following resolution, of which' he gave 

 notice at the last meeting, viz : 



Resolved, That it being understood that Mr. George Catlin is about to return to this 

 country with his collection of Indian paintings, &c, he be requested to deposit the 

 same in one of the galleries of the Smithsonian Institution, as soon as the building 

 shall be ready for its reception, provided he will do so without charge to the institu- 

 tion ; and that upon such deposit being made, said institution will properly arrange 

 .and prepare said collection for exhibition. 



The said resolution was read, considered, and agreed to. 



Mr. Hough also proposed the following, which was adopted, viz : 



Resolved, That the Secretary inform Mr. Catlin of the adoption of the above reso- 

 lution, and of the probable time when the building will be ready for the reception of 

 the collection. 



The Secretary presented a memoir from Mr. Alexander Berry on 

 the atmospheric* refraction of light as connected with terrestrial 

 electro-magnetism, the magnetic direction and variation, atmos- 

 pheric electricity, &c, to be published in the Transactions of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, or to be deposited, for the present, with 

 the Board of Regents. 



The said memoir was committed to the care of the Secretaiy. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton — 



Resolved, That the Chancellor and Secretary be authorized to sign the Eeport of 

 Proceedings of the Board of Kegents to the Senate and House of ^Representatives of 

 the United States, prepared by the committee charged with that duty. 



On motion of Mr. Hough, the Board of Regents then adjourned 

 sine die. 



December 8, 1847. 

 The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution met this 

 day in the room of the Vice-President of the United States agree- 

 ably to their resolution of the 9th September, 1846, fixing the time 

 of their regular meetings. 



