THIKTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1853-1855. 567 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Robert Hare, Washington Irving, Benjamin Silliman, Parker Cleaveland. 



BOARD OF regents. 



Vice-President of the United States. 



Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the United States. 

 John T. Towers, Ma3'or of the city of Washington. 

 James A. Pearce, member of the Senate of the United States. 

 James M. Mason, member of the Senate of the United States. 

 Stephen A. Douglas, member of the Senate of the United States. 

 William H. English, member of the House of Representatives. 

 David Stuart, member of the House of Representatives. 

 .Tames Meacham, member of the House of Representatives. 



, citizen of Massachusetts. 



Gideon Hawley, citizen of New York. 



J. Macpherson Berrien, citizen of Georgia. 



Richard Rush, citizen of Pennsylvania. 



Alexander D. Bache, member of the National Institute, Washington. 



Joseph G. Totten, member of the National Institute, Washington. 



The active government of the Institution is in the hands of the fol- 

 lowing officers and committees: 



Franklin Pierce, ex-officio Presiding Officer of the Institution. 

 Roger B. Taney, Chancellor of the Institution. 

 Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Institution. 



, Assistant Secretary, in charge of Library. 



Spencer F. Baird, Assistant Secretary, in charge of the Museum. 



Alexander D. Bache, 



James A. Pearce, J- Executive Committee. 



Joseph G. Totten, 



Richard Rush, 



Wm. H. Engl'ish ' Building Committee. 



Joseph Henry, 



W. W. Seaton, Treasurer. 



The committee feel it their duty to submit a few remarks in relation 

 to this organization. 



It appears by the evidence that so much of it as is called the "Estab- 

 lishment" has never performed any part whatever in the administration 

 of the Institution. It is obvious that those Regents who reside at a 

 great distance from Washington can have but little to do with its man- 

 agement. Those of them who are members of the Senate or House of 

 Representatives, unless their residence, during the recess of Congress, 

 is in the vicinity of Washington, can not be expected, for the most part, 

 to have that influence over its operations which those who reside per- 

 manently at the seat of government, or in its immediate vicinity, will 

 more naturall}^ exercise. The Executive Committee is the body in 

 which the government substantially exists. 



