JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



HE BOARD OF KEGEITS 



or ■ 



THE SMITHSOMAN INSTITUTM. 



Washington, January 21, 1863. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their annual session on the third 

 Tf cdnesday of January of each year, the Board met this day in the Eegents' 

 room. 



Present: Hon. II. Hamlin, Vice-President of the United States, Hon. TV. 

 P. Fessendcn, Hon. S. Colfax, Hon. S. S. Cox, Hon. E. McPherson, and the 

 Secretary. 



Several members being absent on account of a severe storm, the Regents 

 devoted the meeting to the examination of the building, museum, library, and 

 collections. . 



The Board then adjourned, to meet on Saturday, January 31, 1863. 



Washington, D. C, January 31, 18G3. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents was held this day, at 11 

 o'clock a. m. Present : Vice-President Hamlin, Hon. L. Trimibull, Hon. G. 

 Davis, Hon. S. S. Cox, Professor A. D. Bache,' the treasurer, Mr. Scaton, and 

 the Secretary. 



The Vice-President was called to the chair. 



The Secretary announced the death of Hon. James A. Pearce since the last 

 session of the Board, and stated that Hon. Garrett Davis, Avho Avas present, had 

 been appointed a Regent by the President of the Senate to fill the vacancy. 



Professor Bache, after a series of appropriate remarks, offered the following 

 resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution deeply 

 mourn the loss of their distinguished fellow-regent, James Alfred Pearce. 



Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Pearce our country has lost a refined and 

 influential citizen, the Senate of the United States an able, judicious, honest 

 statesman, and this Institution an active, intelligent, and learned regent. 



