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A quorum not being present, the Board adjourned to Saturday, 

 the 10th instant. 



January 10, 1852. 



Agreeably to adjournment, the Board of Regents met this day at 

 noon. 



Present, Messrs. Bache, Fitch, Lenox, Mason, Pearce, and Rush, 

 of the Board ; and Mr. Seaton, treasurer. 



The Secretary informed the Board of the reappointment of Mr. 

 Fitch, of Indiana, and Mr. Colcock, of Georgia, and the appoint- 

 ment of Mr. Meacham, of Vermont, as Regents on the part of the 

 House of Representatives of the present Congress. 



The Secretary also stated that the accounts and reports of the 

 institution would be ready for presentation at the next meeting; 

 whereupon, the Regents, after examining the several parts of the 

 •establishment, adjourned to meet on Saturday next at 10 o'clock. 



January 17, 1852. 



The Board met this day, agreeably to adjournment. 



Present, Mr. Taney, Chancellor; Messrs. Bache, Fitch, Lenox, 

 Pearce, Rush, and Totten, of the Board ; and Mr. Seaton, treas- 

 urer. 



The report of the Executive Committee was presented by the 

 chairman, (Mr. Bache;) was read, and ordered to lie on the table. 



The report of the Building Committee was presented by Mr. 

 Lenox, chairman, and was read. 



On motion, the above reports were adopted. 



The annual report of the Secretary, giving an account of the 

 condition of the institution and of the operations of the past year, 

 was presented, and a part of the same read. 



Copies of the memoirs and reports published by the institution 

 during the past year were placed on the table for the inspection of 

 the Board. 



A letter from Gilbert Cameron, contractor for the building, ask- 

 ing for an advance of money from the fund withheld as security for 

 the proper performance of his contract; and a letter from James 

 Renwick, Jr., architect, approving of the part payment of the same, 

 were read ; whereupon, on motion of Mr. Pearce, it was — 



Resolved, That the Chancellor fill the places in the Building Committee which were 

 occupied hy Messrs. Davis and Ililliard. 



The Chancellor appointed Messrs. Rush and Fitch, who signified 

 their acceptance. 



