54 BOARD OF REGENTS. 



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Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to prepare, for the use of the institution, 

 a descriptive catalogue of Dr. Hare's apparatus, illustrated by impressions from the 

 original blocks. 



On motion the Board adjourned to meet on Saturdaj- next, at 10 

 o'clock, a. in. 



January 6, 1849. 



The Board met agreeably to adjournment. 



Present, the Chancellor, Messrs. Bache, Davis, Hilliard, McClel- 

 land, Marsh, Pearce, Seaton, and Totten. 



Mr. Totten presented the revised report of the Building Com- 

 mittee ; which was accepted. 



Mr. Hilliard read a letter from Mr. Squier ; which was referred 

 to the Secretary and Executive Committee. 



On motion of Mr. Btjche, it was — 



Resolved, That as the discharge of the duties assigned to the Assistant Secretary, 

 acting as Librarian, are now such as to give entire employment to his time, he receive 

 fromthe first instant, the full compensation provided by the resolution of the Board, 

 adopted January 26, 1847. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton, it was — 



Resolved, That when the Board adjourn, it adjourn to meet on "Wednesday, the 7th 

 of March next, at 10 o'clock, a. m., in the Vice-President's room in the Capitol, 

 for purpose of electing a Chancellor, in the place of Mr. Dallas, whose term of office 

 as Regent expires on the 4th of March next. 



The Assistant Secretary, acting as Librarian, read his report rel- 

 ative to the library. 



The Board then, on motion, adjourned to meet on Wednesday, 



the 7th of March next. 



March 7, 1849. 



The Board met at 10 o'clock, a. m., in the Vice-President's room 

 in the Capitol, agreeably to adjournment. 



Mr. Seaton was called to the chair. 



Present, Messrs. Bache, Davis, Fillmore, Hilliard, Mason, Seaton 

 and Totten. 



The chairman stated the object of the meeting to be to elect a 

 Chancellor in the place of Mr. Dallas, whose term of office as 

 Regent had expired. On the ballot being counted, it appeared that 

 Mr. Fillmore was unanimously elected. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton, it was unanimously — 



Resolved, That the Chancellor and Secretary be requested to communicate to the 

 Hon. George M. Dallas the high appreciation entertained by the Board of his services 

 as llcgent — particularly during the period of the organization of the institution — 

 their thanks for the manner in which hp discharged the duties of presiding officer of 

 the institution, and their respect for his character as a gentleman and a scholar. 



On motion of Mr. Mason, it was unanimously — 



Resolved, That the Secretary inform the President of the Senate that a vacancy ex- 

 ists in the Board of Kegents by the expiration of the term of Mr. Pearce of the Senate. 



The Board then adjourned sine die. 



