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3. Resolved, That Mrs. HENRY be informed of this action of 

 the Board, and the desire of the Regents that she will continue the 

 occupancy of the apartments now in her use for such period, during 

 the remainder of this year, as may suit her convenience. 



4. Resolved, That a committee be appointed who shall prepare 

 and submit to this Board at its next annual meeting a sketch of the 

 life, character, and public services of the late lamented Secretary, 

 which shall be entered upon the records. 



5. Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the Board be 

 requested to make arrangements for a public commemoration in 

 honor of the late Secretary of the Institution, of such a character 

 and at such a time as they may determine. 



The Chancellor appointed as the special committee under the 



fourth resolution, President PORTER, Dr. GRAY, and Dr. MACLEAN. 

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On motion, it was 



Resolved, That the Chancellor prepare a suitable notice of the 

 death of Professor HENRY, to be sent to foreign establishments in 

 correspondence with the Institution. - - - 



The Board then adjourned sine die. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 15, 1879. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion was held this day in the Regents' room, at ten o'clock A. M. 



Present: The Chancellor, Chief Justice WAITE, Hon. WILLIAM 

 A. WHEELER, Vice-President of the United States, Hon. AARON 

 A. SARGENT, Hon. ROBERT E. WITHERS, Hon. JAMES A. 

 GARFIELD, Hon. HIESTER CLYMER, Dr. JOHN MACLEAN, Dr. 

 ASA GRAY, Dr. HENRY COPPEE, Hon. PETER PARKER, President 

 NOAH PORTER, General WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, and the Secre- 

 tary, Professor SPENCER F. BAIRD. 



