784 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



joint resolution. There is a vacancy in the board occasioned by the 

 resignation of Professor Dana, of Yale College. 



Mr. G. F. EDMUNDS. By "joint resolution" means "by law?" 



Mr. HAMLIN. By law, by joint resolution having the force of law. 

 The gentleman whose name is in the resolution is the president of 

 Yale College, the same college of which the late member who has just 

 resigned was a professor. I will say that on consultation with the 

 Regents of the Institution we have all unanimously believed that the 

 gentleman whose name is in the resolution is one most eminently fitted 

 for the position. 



Passed. 

 January 22, 1878 House. 



On motion of Mr. JAMES A. GARFIELD, Senate Resolution 15, to fill 

 vacancy in the Board of Regents, was passed. 

 January 26, 1878. 



Jtesolved, etc, , That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of 

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

 gress shall be filled by the appointment of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, 

 in place of James D. Dana, resigned. 



(Stat., XX, 247.) 

 March 11, 1878 Senate. 



Mr. HANNIBAL HAMLIN introduced joint resolution 



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

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

 William T. Sherman, of the city of Washington, in place of George Bancroft, of aid 

 city, resigned. 



Passed. 

 March 19, 1878 House. 



Mr. JAMES A. GARFIELD called up Senate joint resolution filling a 

 vacancy in the Board of Regents by the appointment of William T. 

 Sherman in place of George Bancroft, resigned. 



Passed. 

 March 25, 1878. 



Resolved*, etc., That the existing vacancy in the Board of Regents of 

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

 gress, shall be filled by the appointment of William T. Sherman, of 

 the city of Washington, in place of George Bancroft, of said city, 

 resigned. 



(Stat., XX, 249.) 



FIRE PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

 December 6, 1877 House. 



Mr. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER introduced a bill (H. 1906) to aid in the 

 protection of the public records and property against loss and damage 

 by fire: 



That in all buildings containing public property or public records of the Govern- 

 ment of the United States the head of the department having control of such build- 



