706 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



By Joint Resolution. 

 December 19, 1873 House. 



Mr. S. W. KELLOGG. I ask unanimous consent to submit the fol- 

 lowing- resolution: 



Resolved, etc., That Professor James D. Dana be, and hereby is, appointed as one of 

 the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of ttie class other than mem- 

 bers of Congress, in place of Theodore D. Woolsey, of Connecticut, \vho declines to 

 be reappointed. 



Mr. KELLOGG. I trust there will be no objection to the adoption 

 of the resolution. 



, Mr. J. A. GARFIELD. I suggest that it be referred to the Board of 

 Regents. 



Mr. KELLOGG. If there be any objection 1 will not press the reso- 

 lution. 



Mr. GARFIELD. I do not suppose there is any objection, but I only 

 suggest that it is the usual course. 



Mr. KELLOGG. If the usual course is as stated by the gentleman 

 from Ohio I do not object. 



Mr. GARFIELD. There is another vacancy to bo filled, occasioned 

 by the death of Professor Agassiz. 



Mr. KELLOGG. I do not suppose there would be the least objection, 

 Professor Dana being so well known ; but if that is the usual course, 

 I do not object. 



Mr. B. F. BUTLER. I suggest that the resolution be referred to the 

 Committee on Education and Labor. 



Mr. KELLOGG. I move that it be referred to the Committee on 

 Education and Labor. 



January 5, 1874 Senate. 



Mr. J. W. STEVENSON introduced a resolution providing that the 

 vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of 

 the class other than members of Congress be tilled by the appointment 

 of Asa Gray, J. D. Dana, A. T. Stewart, and that John Maclean and 

 Peter Parker be reappointed. 



Mr. STEVENSON. The appointments have been agreed upon by the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and they are to sup- 

 ply all vacancies in that board. 



The President pro tempoiv (Mr. M. H. CARPENTER). Is there objec- 

 tion to the present consideration of the joint resolution ( 



Mr. C. SUMNER. I ask if that is the report of a committee, or a 

 simple resolution ? 



The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It is a joint resolution introduced by 

 the Senator from Kentucky. 



Mr. SUMNER. I suggest that it should be considered by a committee. 



