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On motion of Mr. Davis, it was 



Resolved, That the Secretary be authorized to have the Institution represented 

 at the surrogate's office, Brooklyn, New York, on the 19th of Marcfh next. 



The Secretary stated that during the past year the interest on the Smith- 

 sonian fund in the treasury of the United States had been paid in coin; but 

 that Chief Justice Chase, Chancellor of the Institution, had recommended that 

 application be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for the payment of all 

 the interest in coin, which for the previous three years had been received in 

 currency, since he had while Secretary of the Treasury authorized a similar 

 course in regard to other applications of the same character. 



On motion of Mr. Garfield, it was 



Resolved, That the Secretary of the Institution be directed to apply to the 

 Treasury Department for the payment of the difference between the interest 

 actually received in currency during the years 1862, 1863, and 1864, and the 

 amount in coin to which the Institution was justly entitled. 



Mr. Patterson addressed the Board in relation to the great value of the library 

 of the Institution, and recommended that some action be taken to secure it from 

 danger of destruction, and advised the placing of it, under proper restrictions, in 

 the library of Congress. 



After remarks by Messrs. Delafield, Garfield, Davis, and Trumbull, 



On motion of Mr. Patterson, it was 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed, to consist of one Regent from the 

 Senate, one from the House of Representatives, one resident member, and the 

 Secretary of the Institution, to confer with the Committee on the Library of 

 Congress in relation to an arrangement for the removal of the library of the 

 Smithsonian Institution to the Capitol. 



The Chair appointed Mr. Patterson, chairman, and Messrs. Trumbull, Dela- 

 field, and Professor Henry as the committee. 



The Board then adjourned to meet on Saturday, February 17. 



Washington, February 23, 1866. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution was held 

 this day at 12 m. in the room of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, United 

 States Capitol. 



Present : Hon. L. F. S. Foster, Vice-President United States, Hons. W. P. 

 Fessenden, L. Trumbull, and G. Davis, of the United States Senate ; Hons. 

 J. W. Patterson, J. A. Garfield, and J. F. Farnswoxth, of the House of 

 Representatives ; General R. Delafield, Hon. R. Wallach, and Professor Henry, 

 Secretary. 



Mr. Foster took the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and 

 approved. 



The Secretary stated that, in accordance with the instructions of the Board, 

 he had addressed the following communication to the Secretary of the Treasury 

 relative to the payment of the interest on the Smithsonian fund in coin j but as 

 yet had received no answer : 



