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at such rates, including brokerage, as will not exceed one per cent, above tbe rates 



mentioned in said table, viz : 



35,000 Virginia 6 per cent, bonds at 95 cents. 



30,000 Pennsylvania 5 " " at 85 " 



30,000 Indiana 5 " " at 85 " 



30,000 Missouri " " at 85 " 



On motion of Dr. Magruder, the report of the committee was 

 accepted, and the resolutions were adopted. 



The Chancellor appointed Hon. J. A. Pearce, of the Senate, and 

 Hon. II. Warner, of the House of Representatives, a committee to 

 make application to Congress for an act authorizing the receipt of 

 the extra fund into the Treasury of the United States. 



The Board then adjourned to meet at the call of the Secretary. 





July 9, 1856. 



The Board of Regents met this day in the committee room of the 

 Library of Congress. 



Present, Hon. J. A. Pearce, James M. Mason, S. A. Douglas, W. 

 H. English, H. Warner, A. D. Bache, and the Secretary. 



The Secretary stated that Mr. Corcoran had informed him that 

 he could not purchase the stocks directed to be bought by the Board 

 at its last meeting at the prices limited by the resolution of June 

 18, 1856. 



On motion of Dr. Magruder, it was — 



Resolved, That the Secretary, under the direction of the Committee on Finance, be 

 instructed to purchase the said stocks at the market rate, and if any of said stocks 

 have advanced in price, the Secretary, under the instruction of said committee, may 

 invest in other stocks at discretion. 



The Board then adjourned sine die. 



January 21, 1857. 



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 third Wednesday of January of each year, 

 the Board met this day in the hall of the institution. 



Present, Hon. J. A. Pearce, Hon. W. H. English, Hon. B. Stan- 

 ton, Professor Bache, and the Secretary. 



No quorum being present, the Board adjourned to meet on Sat- 

 urday, January 24, 1857, at 11 o'clock, a. m. 



January 24, 1857. 

 The Board met this day at 11 o'clock, a. m. 

 Present, Hon. James A. Pearce, Hon. S. A. Douglas, Hon. W. H. 



