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INDEX. 



Eesolutions — Continued. 



Building Committee to finish building and 

 make changes, 80. 



Secretary to inform Joseph H. Bradley that 

 Board will unite in arrangement between 

 Sniffin & Cameron, 80. 



thanks to Chas. G. Page for apparatus, 81. 



subject of depositing copyright books re- 

 ferred to committee, 81. 



correspondence to be preserved in bound 

 volumes and open at call of Regents or 

 Executive Committee, 81. 



Chancellor and Secretary to make annual re- 

 port to Congress, 81. 



$150 added to sum allowed J. G. Fliigel, 82. 



$500 to be added to salaries of Prof. Baird and 

 C. C. Jewett in lieu of residence, 83. 



allowance of $500 to Secretary in lieu of resi- 

 dence, 83. 



of respect for memory of Andrew J. Down- 

 ing, 85. 



to pay bills of J. Renwick, 85. 



J. Itenwick's accounts to be settled when he 

 shall render final certificate, 85. 



Building Committee to settle accounts of G. 

 Cameron, 85. 



vacancy in Executive Committee to be filled, 

 8G. 



B. S. Alexander requested to supervise execu- 

 tion of plau, 87. 



plans of B. S. Alexander adopted by Board, 

 87. 



$50i> appropriated for instruments for E. K. 

 Kane, 88. 



magnetic observatory to be erected, 89. 



on death of C. B. Adams, 89. 



on death of Sears C. Walker, 89. 



vacancy in Building Committee filled by 

 nomination of Chair, 93. 



thanks to J. O. Halliwell for gift of manu- 

 scripts, 90. 



compensation to J. G. Fltlgel to be $300 per 

 annnm, 90. 



surplus fund to be continued with Corcoran 

 & Riggs, 91. 



distribution of income referred to select com- 

 mittee, 91. 



Secretary to call attention of Library Com- 

 mittee of Congress to plan of stereotyping 

 catalogue, 91. 



Building Committee and Executive Com- 

 mittee to alter east wing into dwelling for 

 Secretary, 92. 



Secretary and other officers to furnish Board 

 with estimates of appropriations, 94. 



granting use of rooms, &c, to United States 

 Agricultural Society, 96. 



Executive Committee and Secretary to sub- 

 mit to Board of Regents estimates for ex- 

 penses, 98. 



compromise on organization, 103. 



annual appropriations to be apportioned spe- 

 cifically, 112. 



requiring equal division of income between 

 active operations and museum to be re- 

 pealed, 112. 



report of special committee on income order- 

 ed to be printed, 112. 



Secretary has power to remove assistants, 113. 



Board has power to remove Secretary, 113. 



Executive Committee authorized to investi- 

 gate claims of L. Blodget, 114. 



refusing admission to meetings of Board of 

 reporters, 115. 



large proportion of income should be appro- 

 priated for formation of library, not adopts 

 ed, 115. 



appropriations apportioned specifically, 115. 



requiring equal division of income repealed, 

 115. 



expenditures for library to be made under 

 direction of Library Committee, 115. 



communication from G. A. Cameron referred 

 to Building Committee, 116. 



Resolutions— Continued, 

 committee of three to confer with committee- 

 of Establishment as to means of communi- 

 cation between bodies, 116. 

 to return memorial to C. C. Jewett, 117. 

 approval by Board not essential to validity of 

 act of Secretary in removing C. C. Jewett,. 

 117, 118. 

 approving action of Secretary in removing 



C. C. Jewett, 117, 118. 

 Building Committee to pay for excess of cost' 

 of building over estimates out of funds on. 

 deposit, 118. 

 of House of Representatives appointing 

 special committee to inquire into manage- 

 ment of S. I., 119. 

 committee of five appointed to represent 

 Board before Committee of Investigation, 

 of House of Representatives, 119. 



Secretary to decline offer of J. M. Stanley,. 

 119. 



Committee of Finance appointed to inquire 

 into proper investment of funds of Institu- 

 tion, 120. 



communication between Institution and 

 Board of Regents to be through Secre- 

 tary, 120. 



correspondence to be conducted by Secre- 

 tary, 120. 



annual meeting of Board of Regents to be 

 held on third Wednesday in January,. 

 122. 



respect to memory of J. Macpherson Berrien,. 

 122. 



Secretary to return thanks to transportation 

 companies for liberality, 123. 



committee to inquire into manner of invest- 

 ing extra funds, 123. 



letter of trustees of Hamilton College re- 

 ferred to Bache, Totten, and Henry to ex- 

 amine t descope, 124. 



Mason and English, committee to draught 

 bill asking authority to receive funds or 

 legacies and for power to sue and be sued,. 

 125. 



report of Committee on Finance to invest 

 in State stocks concurred in, 127. 



Committee on Finance to invest fund in 

 State bonds and stocks, 127. 



Secretary to purchase State stocks at market 

 rates, 128. 



funds deposited with Corcoran & Riggs to be 

 placed in hands of Riggs & Co., 130. 



respect to memory of Jacob W. Bailey, 132. 



respect to memory of William C. Redfield, 

 132. 



communication of Dr. Hare, on weights and 

 measures, to be transmitted to Secretary of 

 Treasury, with recommendation that in- 

 strument be received by Government, 

 132; to be inserted in report, 132. 



communication of Secretary on S. F. B. Morse 

 referred to committee, 133. 



thanks for present of Grecian Album from 

 Miss Contaxaki, 137. 



respect to memory of Dr. Hare, 139. 



S. F. B. Morse has not refuted statements 

 of Prof. Henry, 150. 



that report of committee on Prof. Henry's 

 communication relative to telegraph, be 

 recorded in proceedings of Regents, 150. 



confidence in Prof. Henry and value of his 

 great discoveries, 150. 



$2,000 appropriated for casts of works of art,. 

 152. 



thanks of Board to companies for liberality 

 to Lieut. Gilliss, 152. 



thanks of Board to R. Schleiden for inter- 

 vention with North German Lloyd for free- 

 freights, 152. 



respect to memory of Richard Rush, 155. 



respect to memory of W. W. Turner, 157. 



respect to memory of Washington Irving,, 

 159. 



