INDEX. 



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Resolutions — Continued. 



Chancellor to request meeting of Establish- 

 ments. 



J. A. Pearce appointed committee to ask Con- 

 gress to elect It. D. Owen as Regent, 45. 



Chancellor to convey to R. Rush the regret of 

 Board at absence, 45 



Board to recommend to the Establishment 

 election of R. Rush as honorary member,45. 



C. C. Jewett's duties to commence March 19, 

 1840, 4G. 



relative to scale of expenditures, adopted, 46. 



committee of three to consider what services 

 may be rendered by Assistant Secretary 

 before March, 1849, 4G. 



salary of messenger fixed at $400, 47. 



relative to service of Assistant Secretary, 47. 



to excuse R. D. Owen from service on Execu- 

 tive Committee, 47. 



referring Mr. Stabler's communication to 

 Executive Committee, 47. 



relative to appointment of committee to con- 

 sider what services may be rendered by 

 Assistant Secretary, 48. 



relative to successor to Lewis Cass, 48. 



account of expenditures by Executive Com- 

 mittee to be entered in Journal, 4S. 



compensation to assistant secretary referred 

 to Executive Committee, 49. 



duties of assistant secretary before March 

 19, 1849, 49. 



200 copies of memoir to be presented to Squier 

 and Davis, 50. 



reports to be entered on Journal, 50. 



Banlett's new English dictionary to be re- 

 ferred to Secretary, Executive Committee, 

 and G. P. Marsh, 51. 



committee to be appointed to communicate 

 thanks of Board to Dr. Hare, 51. 



Secretary to purchase lithographic stones, 51. 



Secretary to return thanks for assistance in 

 promoting objects of Institution, 52. 



Chancellor, Secretary, and chairman of Ex- 

 ecutive Committee to prepare report, 52. 



Secretary to insert in records names of indi- 

 viduals and societies commending pro- 

 gramme, 52. 



to exchange treasury notes for United States 

 stock, 63. 



Building Committee to transfer$200 from ex- 

 periments on building materials to publi- 

 cation of volume on public architecture, 53. 



meeting to elect Chancellor, vice Dallas, 54. 



Secretary to inform President of Senate that 

 vacancy exists in Board of Regents, 54. 



Assistant'Secretary to receive full compensa- 

 tion, 54. 



illustrated catalogue, of Hare's apparatus, 54. 



Chancellor and Secretary to communicate to 

 Geo. M. Dallas appreciation of his services 

 on Board, 54. 



Secretary to purchase portrait of James 

 Smithson from Mrs. Fitall, 50. 



Honorary Members to attend meetings of 

 Board, 5G. 



reports of Building and Executive Com- 

 mittees to be recorded, 50. 



report of Secretary to form part of report to 

 Congress, 50. 



Secretary to report on scheme of Mr. Har- 

 mon, 58. 



thanks to examiners of memoirs, 58. 



Secretary to furnish Lieut. Gilliss with in- 

 struments, 58. 



architects to send in designs for buildings, 

 5!). 



committee to examine Mr. Harmon's plan of 

 re-executing architectural drawings, 00. 



contractor entitled to $11,000 a year, GO. 



committee to take under consideration re- 

 ports on subject of accident, 01. 



Mr. Harmon to execute elevation of S. I. in 

 his peculiar style, 01. 



thanks to E. G. Squier for gift of relics, G2. 



53 



Resolutions— Continued. 

 Building Committee to take legal advice as 

 to power possessed by Regents under con- 

 tract, G2. 

 report of Committee on Building recommit- 

 ted, G2. 

 Building Committee to negotiate compro- 

 mise with contractor relative to defective 

 work, C3. 

 Secretary and chairman of Executive Com- 

 mittee to report system of disbursing funds 

 of Institution, G3. 

 thanks to Abbott Lawrence for attention to 



interests of Institution, G3. 

 permanent fund to be enlarged, G3. 

 declining to receive minerals with view to 

 purchase, 03. 



Secretary to communicate resolution to Con- 

 gress relative to fund, 03. 



Chancellor and Secretary to sell $200,000 of 

 stock, G3. 



Chancellor and Secretary to acknowledge 

 volumes from British Government, 04. 



Secretary to appoint assistant to act as treas- 

 urer, GO. 



Executive Committee to advance $17,980 to 

 contractor, 00. 



adopting report of committee charged with 

 examination of building, 00. 



J. G. Totten appointed member of Executive 

 Committe, 67. 



Walter Lenox appointed member of Build- 

 ing Committee, 07. 



Secretary authorized to appoint assistant sec- 

 retary in department of natural history, 67. 



thanks to W. W. Seaton for able and valuable 

 services, 07. 



$20,000 appropriated for current expenses, G8. 



Secretary authorized to appoint a general as- 

 sistant, 08. 



Board to elect Chancellor, 09. 



Secretary to communicate resolution to Con- 

 gress relative to increase of fund, 71. 



to enlarge permanent fund of S. I., 71. 



thanks of Board to be presented to Alex- 

 ander Culbertson, 72. 



accounts referred to Executive Committee, 

 73. 



report of Secretary and Executive Commit- 

 tee adopted, and to be sent to Congress, 73. 



$25,000 appropriated for annual expenses, 

 73. 



Walter Lenox appointed committee to report 

 upon proposition to obtain bell, 7:'.. 



Secretary authorized to purchase bell, 74. 



Secretary to appoint agent abroad to conduct 

 exchanges, 74. 



Secretary to employ accountant, 74. 



Executive Committee to inquire into expe- 

 diency of providing residences for officers, 

 74. 



Chancellor to fill vacancies in Building Com- 

 mittee, 75. 



James A. Pearce to have memorial taken 

 from files of Senate and referred to Com- 

 mittee on Finance, 7G. 



Executive Committee to advance $o,ooo to 

 contractor, 70. 



Chancellor and Secretary to sell $180,000 of 

 stock, and deposit proceeds with Corcoran 

 & Riggs, 70. 



Secretary added to Building Committee, 76. 



copy of special report of Secretary (-> be pub- 

 lished in National Intelligencer, 77. 



will of Thomas Wynns referred to Mr. Mason, 

 78. 



vote of thanks to Sir Henry Bulwer for aid- 

 ing transmission of publications, 79. 



Dr. Stone's proposition for munument to 

 Smithson to lie on table, 79. 



Secretary authorized to accept offer of Henry 

 Stevens to collect facts about James .Smith- 

 son, 79. 



$30,000 appropriated for expenses of S. I., 80. 



