458 JOURNAL OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



For salary of Secretary $1,750 00 



For expense of first volume of Transactions, in part 203 53 



For incidentals, including furnishings, freight, carriage, hack-hire, &c„ 557 20 



For surveying and recording levels of Institution grounds 112 50 



For expenses of building, including superintendence 25,002 67 



$37,670 02 



Balance in the hands of Corcoran & Kiggs, 1st December, 1847 2,990 79 



$40,660 81 



The entire amount of the funds of the Institution on the 1st instant, was $758,- 

 159.79 ; being $861.79 more than the amount of its funds, on the day of the passage 

 of the act by which it was organized ; and on the first of next month, there will be 

 due of interest $15,455. 



The Institution has no debts, except a few unimportant items not yet rendered, and 

 also an account for the seal of the Institution. 



In regard to this latter, the committee report that, they employed Mr. Edward 

 Stabler of Sandy Springs, Maryland, to execute, in accordance with a resolution of 

 the Board of the 24th February last, a seal for the Institution, comprehending the 

 medallion head of Smithson, surrounded by the words "Smithsonian Institution." 

 Mr. Stabler has executed the work to the entire satisfaction of the committee, and 

 they submit to the Board a proof impression of the seal. The impression is made by 

 a cast-steel screw press. The committee were not able to make any positive contract 

 with Mr. Stabler, previously to commencing the work, Mr. Stabler stating that his 

 charge would be reasonable, and in proportion to the labor expended. Mr. Stabler 

 now charges, for the seal and press, together with stand and case, $376. The com- 

 mittee have not paid him, because they think the charge too high. In making it, 

 Mr. Stabler forwarded to the committee a letter from Mr. Franklin Peale, chief 

 -coiner of the mint, Philadelphia, herewith submitted. Mr. Peale expresses the opin- 

 ion, that $250 would not be an unreasonable charge. The stand and case cost $26 ; 

 so that, at that rate, the entire bill would amount to $276 ; which the committee 

 think a sufficient price. They report a resolution accordingly. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



W. W. SEATON, ") 



KOBERT DALE OWEN, [ Committee. 

 A. D. BACHE. J 



December 15, 1847. 



Resolution accompanying the foregoing report : 



Resolved, That the Executive Committee be authorized to pay Mr. Edward Stabler, 

 for seal and press executed by him, together with its stand and case, two hundred and 

 seventy-six dollars, out of any money in the treasury of the Institution not other- 

 wise appropriated ; and that the Chairman of the Executive Committee communicate 

 to Mr. Stabler a copy of this resolution. 



And, on motion, the committee adjourned. 



TENTH MEETING. 



December 22, 1847. 



Present, Messrs. Seaton (Chairman) and Owen. 



Mr. Edward Stabler appeared before the committee, and pre- 

 sented to them his seal and press. 



The resolution of the Board of the 15th instant, was presented to 



him; it being in the following words, to wit : 



Resolved, That the Executive Committee be authorized to pay Mr. Edward Stabler, 

 for seal and press executed by him, together with its stand and case, two hundred and 



