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INDEX. 



W. W. Seaton — Continued. 



offered resolutions to have separate proposals 

 for building, 30. 



presented application of A. B. McFarland, 20. 



presented applications, 51. 



presented claim of Mr. Archer, 40. 



presented communication of G. Catlin, 17. 



presented letter from W. A. Coleman, 18. 



presented letter from John Notman, 22. 



presented letter from H. Stockton, 34. 



presented letter from trustees of Bank of the 

 United States offering portraits for sale, 41. 



presented letters relative to applications for 

 office of Secretary, 5. 



presented report of receipts and expenses, 

 70. 



proposed to amend resolution in relation to 

 site of building, 9. 



report of Building Committee, 59G, 698, 701. 



report on building, 7. 



report of Executive Committee, 42, 50, 52, 56, 

 481, 481, 485. 



report on expenditures, 93, 122, 457. 



report on fire-proofing building, 06. 



resolution by, to procure seal for S. I., 38. 



resolution by, relative to report, 39. 



resolution by, requesting meeting of the 

 Establishment, 45. 



resolution in regard to death of, 301. 



request of, to withdraw report of Executive 

 Committee, 52. 



sketch of life and services of, 308. 



thanks of Board to, 67. 



would not accept compensation as treasurer, 

 60. 

 Secretary of the Institution, ffra. J. Hough 

 elected, 2. 



account of correspondence, 424. 



account of operations by, 355. 



allowance to, in lieu of residence of $500 per 

 annum, 83. 



and chairman of Executive Committee to re- 

 port system of keeping funds, 63. 



and Chancellor authorized to make annual 

 report of Regents to Congress, 73. 



application for office of, 5, 11. 



appointmentand removal of assistants by, 110. 



appointed on committee to represent Board 

 at investigation by Congress, 119. 



appointed on committee on active operations 

 and museum, 220. 



appointed on the committee on the fire, 235. 



appointed on committee on deposit of in- 

 come and system of accounts, 302. 



appointed on committee to ask for appropria- 

 tion for museum, 320. 



arrangement of discharge of duties of, 15. 



assistant, to act in conjunction with, 49. 



autuorized to receive treasury notes, 38. 



authorized to sign report of Board to Con- 

 gress, 39. 



authorized to appoint assistant in depart- 

 ment of natural history, 67. 



authorized to appoint general assistant, 68. 



authorized to employ accountant, 74. 



certificates of stock stand in name of, 78. 



communication between Institution and 

 Board of Regents to be through, 120. 



communication of, relative to article by 

 S. F. B. Morse, 132. 



duties and powers of, 110. 



election of Joseph Henry as, 12. 

 office accepted by Joseph Henry, 17. 



Executive Committee to consult with, in re- 

 lation to appropriations, 41. 



expenditures for, 481, 482, 498, 504, 508, 510, 

 513, 516, 519, 521, 525, 528, 531, 534, 538, 543, 

 546, 552. 



gave account of history of S. I., 423. 



letters commending plan of organization by, 

 45. 



of S. I. made trustee of Toner lectures, 408. 



presented report of transactions and pro- 

 gramme of organization, 40. 



Secretary of the Institution — Continued. 



proceeds of lecture by, at Princeton credited 

 to Board, 48. / 



programme presented by, adopted provision- 

 ally, 41. 



proposed amendments in programme of or- 

 ganization, 74. 



power to remove assistants, 113. 



removal of C. C. Jewett by, 117. 



report by, on accounts and funds, 66. 



report of, on State stocks, 247. 



report in relation to Centennial Exhibition, 

 436. 



salary of, 15, 108. 



salary of, increased, 241. 



should have principal direction of affairs of 

 S. I., 492. 



thanks to Wm. J. Hough for disinterested 

 services as, 15. 



to adopt rule of giving no opinion on any sub- 

 ject unless required to examine it by the 

 Board, 44. 



to appoint agent abroad, 74. 



to appoint assistant to act as Treasurer, 66. 



to appoint book-keeper, 53. 



to be associated with Building Committee in 

 investigating accident to building, 01. 



to be consulted in regard to resolutions, 14. 



to be organ of communication between offi- 

 cers of Institution and Board, 44. 



to be president of faculty, 14. 



to communicate with men eminent in sci- 

 ence, 27. 



to conduct all correspondence, 120. 



to continue physical researches, 26. 



to contract for apparatus, 29. 



to exchange treasury notes for United States 

 stock, 53. 



to give lectures, 26. 



to give opinion relative to observations on 

 the solar parallax, 44. 



to make experiments to determine the value 

 of building materials, 38. 



to nominate assistant, 27. 



to participate in deliberations of Board, but 

 without a vote, 16. 



to prepare plan for executing resolutions 

 relative to publications, 26. 



visits of, to Cambridge, Canada, New York, 

 &c, 479. 



of State, Treasury, and War to furnish to 

 public officers suggestions in regard to 

 procurement of additions to museum, 12. 



of Treasury. See Treasury. 



of War to furnish suggestions regarding pro- 

 curement of specimens, 13. 



of War, interview with Prof. Henry as to de- 

 posit of books, 194. 

 Secchi, Prof, obtained permission for S. I. to 



procure casts in Rome, 163. 

 Select committee on resolutions of Messrs. 

 Fitch and Meacham, resolution by, on 

 power of Secretary to remove assistants, 

 112. 

 Select committee on distribution of income, 



paper submitted to, by C. C. Jewett, 117. 

 Senate, certificate of Secretary of, as to Re- 

 gents, to be recorded, 3. 



certificates of stock transferred from vaults 

 of Secretary of, 78. 



passage of bill by, relative to fund, 303. 

 Senators, list of those who have been Regents, 



749. 

 Seneca sandstone, report on, 589, 590, 599, 612, 

 661. 



proposals for, 622. 

 Sewage system of Washington, 346. 

 Sewer, construction of, through the building, 



707. 

 Seybert, Henry, memorial by, on Lowe's plan 



to cross the Atlantic, 167. 

 Shaffner's Telegraph Companion, article in, by 

 S. F. B. Morse making attack on Prof. 

 Henry, 140, 142. 



