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statement relative to the accounts of the Institution and of the National 

 Museum for the first quarter of 1874 ; which were accepted. 



The Secretary stated that, on the 24th of February, 1874, Mr. Joseph 

 A. Stuart, one of the executors of the estate of the late James Hamil- 

 ton, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, had paid the legacy of said Hamilton, 

 viz, one thousand dollars, into the Treasury of the United States, in ac- 

 cordance with the resolution of the Board of Regents adopted January 

 26, 1874. 



The following is a copy of the receipt : 



No. 10,564.] Treasury of the United States, 



Washington, D. C, February 24, 1874. 



I certify that Prof. Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, has this day deposited to the credit of the United States one 

 thousand dollars, on account of amount received by bequest of the late 

 James Hamilton, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, accepted by the Board of 

 Regents by resolution of January 26, 1874, providing that the amount 

 be deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury on same terms as the 

 original bequest of Smithson, in accordance with act of February 8, 

 1867, * for which I have signed duplicate receipts. 



$1,000. L. R. TUTTLE. 



Assistant Treasurer United States. 



The Secretary gave an account of the operations of the Institution ; 

 and after inspecting the building, the board adjourned sine die. 



* Statutes at Large, vol. 14, page 391. 



