486 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



By tJie Vice- President. 

 August 24, 1852 Senate. 



Mr. J. A. PEARCE submitted resolution. 



Resolved, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 occasioned by the resignation of Jefferson Davis, be filled by the President of the 

 Senate. 



Agreed to and Robert M. Charlton was appointed. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



By the Speaker. 

 January 2, 1852 House. 



The Speaker (Mr. LINN BOYD), in pursuance of the act of Congress, 

 announced the names of the following gentlemen as Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution: William F. Colcock, of South Carolina; 

 Graham N. Fitch, of Indiana, and James Meacham, of Vermont. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



By Joint Resolution. 

 December 21, 1852 Senate. 



Mr. J. A. PEARCE. There are two vacancies in the Board of Regents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, which it is very desirable and necessary 

 should soon be filled. I therefore ask leave to introduce a joint 

 resolution. 



Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, of the class "other than members of Congress," be filled by the appointment 

 of Alexander Dallas Bache, of the city of Washington, and John MacPherson Berrien, 

 of the State of Georgia. 



Considered by the Senate as in Committee of the Whole; reported 

 without amendment; passed. 

 January 11, 1853 House. 



Mr. JAMES MEACHAM. I ask the unanimous consent of the House to 

 take up joint resolution S. 6-, for the appointment of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. It will take but a moment, and it is very 

 necessary that it should be passed. Resolution passed. 

 January 13, 1853. 



Resolved, etc., That the vacancies in the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, of the class "other than members of Con- 

 gress," be filled by the appointment of Alexander Dallas Bache, a 

 member of the National Institute, and resident in the city of Wash- 

 ington, and John MacPherson Berrien, of the State of Georgia. 



(Stat., X, 261.) 



