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BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Salary of Assistant Secretary . 



Explorations 



Alcohol, &c 



Assistance or labor 



Apparatus 



Incidentals 



Catalogue 



Glass jars 



Contingencies . 



$3,550 00 



$9,550 00 

 100 00 



38,500 00 



The committee have not recommended an equal distribution between the active op- 

 erations on the one hand, and the library, museum, &c, on the other, because the 

 compromise resolutions which require such equality of distribution do not go into 

 effect until the completion of the building. 



J. A. PEARCE,) 



A. D. BACHE, [Executive Committee. 



J. G. TOTTEN, J 



On motion of Mr. Pearee, the above report was laid on the table. 

 The Secretary presented the following letter to the Board, in 

 compliance with which he had called this special meeting : 



"Washington, April 13, 1854. 

 Prof. Joseph Henry, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 In accordance with the provision of the third section of an act establishing the In- 

 stitution, the undersigned request you to appoint a special meeting of the Regents on 

 Saturday, the 29th instant, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



J. MEACHAM, 

 W. H. ENGLISH, 

 D. STUAPwT. 



Mr. Meacham then stated the reasons why he had requested this 

 special meeting. 



Mr. Pearee stated that the subject brought before the Board by 

 Mr. Meacham was now under consideration by a Special Committee 

 appointed by the Regents, which would be ready to report at the 

 next meeting. 



On motion, the subject was postponed till the next meeting of 

 the Board. 



The Board then adjourned to meet on Saturday, May 13, at 10 

 o'clock, a. m. 



May 13, 1854. 



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

 urday, May 13, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



Present, Messrs. Bache, Hawley, Maury, Meacham, Pearee, Tot- 

 ten, and the Secretary. 



