JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 97 



February 25, 1854. 



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

 nian Institution was held on Saturday, February 25, 1854, at 10 

 o'clock, a. m. 



Present, Messrs. Douglas, English, Maury, Mason, Meacham, 

 Pearce, Rush, Stuart and the Secretary. 



Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, appointed from the Senate of the 

 United States, as a Regent of the Institution, to fill the vacancy oc- 

 casioned by the expiration of the term of Hon. R. M. Charlton, 

 appeared and took his seat in the Board. 



In the absence of the Chancellor, Mr. Pearce was called to the 

 chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were then read and approved. 



The Secretary laid before the Board, for inspection, the proof- 

 sheets and illustrations of a memoir, by John Chappelsmith, on the 

 tornado which occurred near ~Nexv Harmony, Indiana, in 1852. 



The Secretary stated that, in accordance with the resolution of 

 the Board at its last meeting, the use of the lecture room of the 

 institution had been given to the United States Agricultural Soci- 

 ety, which had held it's sessions there during the past week. 



The continuation of the report of the Secretary was read. 



The Board then adjourned to meet on Saturday, March 4, 1854. 



March 4, 1854. 

 A quorum not being present, the Board adjourned to meet on 

 Saturday March 11, 1854, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



March 11, 1854. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents was held on Sat- 

 urday, March 11, 1854, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



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

 Totten, and the Secretary. 



In the absence of the Chancellor, Mr. Pearce was called to the 

 chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The report of the Executive Committee in relation to the finances 

 and expenditures of the institution during the year 1853 was pre- 

 sented by the chairman, Mr. Pearce. 



On motion of Mr. Mason, the report was accepted. 



The committee, to which was referred the resolution of Mr. 

 Eitch, offered at the last session, and also the resolution offered by 



