JOURNAL OP PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE BOARD OF REGENTS 



or 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Washington, January 20, 18G4. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their annual session on the third 

 Wednesday of January of each year, the Board met this day in the Regents' 

 room, at lOi o'clock a. m. Present : Hon. S. S. Cox, Hon. J. W. Patterson 

 Hon. R. Wallach, General J. G. Totten, and Professor Henry, the Secretary. 



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

 25, at 1\ p. m. 



Monday, January 25, 1864. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents was held this day at 7£ o'clock p. m 

 Present : Hon. H. Hamlin, Vice-President of the United States, Hon. W. P. 

 Fessenden, Hon. L. Trumbull, Hon. J. W. Patterson, Hon. II. W. Davis, Hon. 

 R. Wallach, Mr. William B. Astor, General Joseph G. Totten, Professor A. D. 

 Baehe, the treasurer Mr. Seaton, and Professor Henry, the Secretary. 



In the absence of the chancellor, Mr. Hamlin was called to the chair. 



The Secretary announced the election, by joint resolution of the Senate and 

 House of Representatives, of Professor Agassiz, of Massachusetts, as a Regent 

 in place of Mr. Badger, the reappointment by the Speaker of Hon. S. S. Cox, 

 of Ohio, and the appointment of Hon. J. W. Patterson, of New Hampshire, 

 and Hon. Hemy Winter Davis, of Maryland, as Regents from the House of 

 Representatives. 



The general statement of the funds of the Institution and of the receipts and 

 expenditures during 18G3 was presented by the treasurer. 



The Secretary submitted the anuual report of the operations of the Institu- 

 tion during the past year, which was read in part. 



The Secretary made a statement as to the policy which had been adopted ro 

 regard to bequests and donations having special conditions attached to them, 



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