AP PENS: 
S RESOLUTIONS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE BOARD. 
Resolved, That the members of the Lighthouse Board feel 
Most deeply the loss sustained by the branch of the public 
Service under their charge in the death of Brevet Major- 
General Joseph Gilbert Totten, who has been one of the 
Most useful and active members of the Board from its first 
appointment in pursuance of law in 1851, under the Secre- 
' | tary of the Treasury, as a temporary Board of Inquiry into 
the Lighthouse Establishment of the United States, through 
all the years of organization of the establishment and of its 
€xecutive duties. 
esolved, That the high scientific attainments, the admira- 
ble administrative qualities, the perfect knowledge of gen- 
eral principles, and attention to every minute detail of the 
System, impressed the mental and moral qualities of Gen- 
eral Totten upon his associates in a way to make his mind 
eminently a leading one of the Board, while his suavity, pa- 
lence, perfect amiability, and retiring modesty rendered 
; him one of the most charming of associates in executing 
Work to which he was so much more than sufficient. 
Resolved, That in the discharge of the duties of inquiry 
of the first Board, the resulting organization, the ~epaon 
of the present system of lighting by lenses, the subject of 
“onstruction, theoretical and practical, and the use of mate- 
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