JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 121 



January 2, 1856. 



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 day in the Regents' room at 12 o'clock m. 



Mr. Rush was requested to take the chair. 



The Secretary stated that, owing to the House of Representatives 

 not having elected a Speaker, no Regents had yet been appointed to 

 fill the vacancies in the Board from that body. 



There being no quorum present, the Board adjourned to meet on 

 Saturday, January 12th, at 12 m. 



January 12, 1856. 



A meeting of the Board was held this day at 12 o'clock. 



Present, Messrs. Mason, Rush, Totten, Bache, Seaton, Treasurer, 

 and the Secretary. 



There being no quorum present, the new Regents not yet having 

 been appointed, the Board adjourned to meet on Saturday, January 

 26th. 



January 26, 1856. 



A meeting of the Board was held this day at 12 m. 



Present, Messrs. Pearce, Mason, Rush, Totten, and the Secretary. 



There being no quorum, the Board adjourned to meet at the call 

 of the Secretary, as soon as the vacancies should be filled by Con- 

 gress. 



March 1, 1856. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board was held this day at 12 m. 



Present, Messrs. Pearce, Mason, English, Warner, Totten; Seaton, 

 Treasurer, and the Secretary. 



Mr. Pearce was called to the chair. . 



The Secretary announced the election, by joint resolution of the 

 Senate and House of Representatives, of the Hon. George E. 

 Badger, of North Carolina, and Professor Cornelius C. Felton, of 

 Massachusetts, as Regents to fill the vacancies occasioned by the 

 death of the Hon. John Macpherson Berrien, and the resignation 

 of the Hon. Rufus Choate. 



Also, the appointment, by the Speaker of the House of Repre- 

 sentatives, of the Hon. W. IT. English, of Indiana, Hon. II. War- 

 ner, of Georgia, and the Hon. B. Stanton, of Ohio, as Regents on 

 the part of the House. 



