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Committee, to consist of Messrs. Pearce, Mason, Rush, Bache, Choate, Totten, and 

 Maury, for a report at the next session of the Board of Regents of such changes, if 

 any, as in their opinion are desirable ; and that the same committee be instructed to* 

 report fixed regulations relative to the reception of donations, &c. 



General Totten offered the following resolution ; which was 



adopted : 



Resolved, That the Building Committee, and the Executive Committee jointly, be 

 instructed to take into consideration and decide upon the propriety of making such 

 alterations in the east wing of the Smithsonian building, as to converl it into a suita- 

 ble dwelling for the Secretary, and that the Building Committee carry into effect the 

 decision of the Joint Committee. 



The Board then, on motion, adjourned sine die. 



January 4, 1854. 



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, 

 the Board met this clay in the Regents' room. 



Present, Messrs. English, Mason, Maury, Stuart, Totten, and the 

 Secretary. 



In the absence of the Chancellor, and on motion of Mr. Maury, 

 Mr. Mason was called to the chair. 



The Secretary informed the Board of the reappointment of Mr. 

 Meacham, of Vermont, and the appointment of Hon. William H. 

 English, of Indiana, and Hon. David Stuart, of Michigan, as Re- 

 gents of the Smithsonian Institution on the part of the House of 

 Representatives of the present Congress. 



The Secretary stated that the accounts and reports of the Institu- 

 tion would be ready for presentation at the next meeting ; where- 

 upon, the Regents, after examining the building, adjourned to meet 

 on Saturday, 14th January, at 10 o'clock, a. rn. 



January 14, 1854. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution was held in the Smithsonian building on Satur- 

 day, January 14th, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



Present, Messrs. Bache, English, Mason, Maury, Meacham, Pearce, 

 Stuart, Taney, Totten, the Secretary, and W. W. Seaton, Esq.,. 

 treasurer. 



The Chancellor, Hon. Roger B. Taney, took the chair. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Secretary informed the Board that a meeting of the " Estab- 

 lishment" had been called, by order of the President of the United 



