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asking remuneration for plans of buildings furnished the Board at 



their last session. 



On motion of Mr. Hough — 



Resolved, That the Board approve of the course pursued hy the Building Commit- 

 tee in reference to the compensation given to Mr. Archer, and that he has no claim 

 on the institution on account of architectural services. 



Mr. Owen, from the Executive Committee, made a report relative 

 to a plan of finance, and of appropriation of funds for the next four 

 years, or until the buildings shall be completed. 



On motion of Mr. Hawley — 



Resolved, That the report of the Building Committee, of the Secretary, and of the 

 Executive Committee, be inserted at large in the journal of proceedings. 



On motion, the Board adjourned to meet on Monday morning, 

 December 13th, at 9 o'clock, a. m. 



December 13, 1847. 



The Board met agreeably to adjournment. 



Present, George M. Dallas, Chancellor; Alexander D. Bache, 

 Sidney Breese, Gideon Hawley, William J. Hough, Robert Dale 

 Owen, J. A. Pearce, W. W. Seaton, and Joseph G. Totten. 



The Chancellor presented an application from Messrs. Bailey & 

 Co., of Philadelphia, asking that they may be employed to con- 

 struct a clock for oiie of the towers of the Smithsonian building. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton — 



Resolved, That the application of Messrs. Bailey & Co., be referred to the Building 

 Committee. 



Mr. Seaton presented a letter from the trustees of the Bank of 

 the United States, in Philadelphia, offering to sell to the institu- 

 tion a number of portraits of revolutionary patriots; and, on 

 motion of Mr. Breese, it was 



Resolved, That the above letter be laid upon the table. 



On motion of Mr. Owen — 



Resolved, That the Executive Committee cause to be printed, in the same form as 

 the report on organization, one thousand copies of the address delivered by the Chan- 

 cellor of the Institution on occasion of laying the corner-stone of the building, and 

 that the Secretary cause to be laid on the desk of each member of the Senate and of 

 the House of Kepresentatives two copies of the same, as soon as it shall be printed. 



On motion of Mr. Bache, the following resolutions were adopted : 



1. Resolved, That so much of the programme presented to the Board of Eegents by 

 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in his recent report, as is contained in 

 sections Nos. 1 and 2 of said programme, be provisionally adopted ; and that the Secre- 

 tary be charged with the execution of its details, as far as the funds appropriated for 

 the several objects may permit, and that he be directed to report annually to the 

 Board his progress in the execution of this duty. 



2. Resolved, That the Executive Committee be directed to report, after consultation 

 with the Secretary, to the Board of Kegents, in relation to the appropriation desirable 

 for the year beginning March 19, 1848, in execution of the parts of the program me 

 which have been provisionally adopted. 



