J0UB9AL OF PB 85 



the Board, and Mr. 6 r; and, by invitation, Mr. 



Lenox, late .Mayor of Washington. 



Jr. the absence of the Chancellor, Mr. P( ,.': the chair. 



The proposition to I Cameron six thousand dollars 



from the fifteen per cent, retained by the Board, was bronght up 

 for consideration, and after a foil di m of the same, the fol- 



lowing resolution, offered by Mr. M lopted: 



I: That tbe B I mfci of Mr. 



r 



Cjd bim, unl 

 ed prudent by them to 



party, or to 



The resolution offered by Mr. Fitch, at the : 'ting, relative 



to the accounts of Mr. Renwick, taken up; and after be 



modified by General Totten, wa adopted, as folio 



That Mr. Bcnwick, having reported to the B ... ling 



that the Smil i ified that I 



arc: no longer required by the Beg 



\ 



shall have rem .\\ ( \. 



'> : on 



thr ; 8d July, 18-50; building be not completed ;i id 



upon the rendition 



the | •. or 



-ion. 

 /' 1 toriz > pay said bills, in accordan 



.' ion. 



The i that the expiration of the term of service of 



Mi .Lei , as a Regent, has caused a vacancy in the Building Com- 

 mittee. 



The chair nominated Mr. Maury to fill the vacancy; and, on mo- 

 tion, the nomination was confirmed. 



The following resolutions, offered by Mr. Totten, were adopted : 



Resolved, That the Board of itution have heard, 



with deep regret, of the death of Mr. Andrew J. D -ntofthe 



.ion. 



/*■ atertain a grateful sense of the '. T D 



in the department to which he devoted his life ; and while we bow with submis- 



. . that bis ■■ .an 



irreparable loss to thi city of W ueralapu 



calami 



Rt oh '■'• That we tender to the family of tfc 



■■ of their 

 R it the Secretary be i .a copy of ,;utions to the 



./ of the deceased. 



The Board then adjourned sine die. 



January 5, 1 

 In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their 



annual meeting on the first Wednesday of January of each year, 



