50 BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Present, the Chancellor, Messrs. Bache, Breese, Davis, Hilliard, 

 Marsh, McClelland, Pearce, Seaton, and Totteu. 



A quorum being present, and the Chancellor being obliged to 

 leave in consequence, of his duties in the Senate, Mr. Totten was 

 called to the chair. 



The Secretary stated to the meeting that Messrs. Choate and 

 Hawley had loeen reappointed as Regents to fill the vacancies occa- 

 sioned b} 7 the expiration of their first term of service. 



The Secretary also stated that he had sent telegraphic messages 

 to Messrs. Choate and Hawley announcing their reappointment, and 

 informing them that the Board would probably transact no business 

 for some days in order to give them an opportunity to be present. 



Whereupon, on motion, the Board adjourned to meet on Monday, 

 the 18th instant, at 11 o'clock, a. m. 



December 18, 1848. 



The Board met agreeably to adjournment. 



Present, the Chancellor, Messrs. Bache, Breese, Davis, Hilliard* 

 Marsh, McClelland, Pearce, Seaton, and Totten. 



Mr. Seaton, from the Executive Committee, presented a report of 

 the expenditures and state of the funds of the institution. 



Mr. Totten, from the Building Committee, presented a report on 

 the progress of erection of the Smithsonian edifice and improve- 

 ments of the grounds, with estimates of future expenses, &c. 



The Secretary presented his annual report, of the operations of 

 the institution, accompanied by a report of the Assistant Secretary 

 relative to the library. 



On motion, it was — 



Resolved, That these several reports ho recorded on the pages of the journal: 



On motion, the Board adjourned to meet on Wednesday, the 20tb 

 instant, at 11 o'clock, a. m. 



December 20, 1848. 

 The Board met agreeably to adjournment. 



Present, the Chancellor, Messrs. Bache, Breese, Davis, Marsh, 

 Pearce, Seaton, and Totten. 



On motion of Mr. Marsh, it was — 



Resolved, That the Secretary and Executive Committee be authorized to present to- 

 Messrs. Squier and Davis two hundred copies of their memoir contained in the first 

 volume of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 



Mr. Marsh presented a letter from John R. Bartlett, of New 

 York, accompanying a plan for the preparation of a new and im- 



