10 PROCEEDINGS OF REGENTS. 



The Chancellor stated that he understood that the family of 

 Professor Henry had expressed the wish that the Board of 

 Regents should make all the arrangements for the funeral. 



The following resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That the Chancellor be directed to notify the President 

 of the United States and his Cabinet, the Supreme Court of the 

 United States, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the 

 two houses of Congress, the General of the Army, the Admiral 

 of the Navy, the Diplomatic Corps, the Light-House Board, the 

 National Academy of Sciences, the Washington Philosophical 

 Society, and other organizations with which he was connected, of 

 the death of Professor Joseph Henry, and to invite them to 

 attend his funeral. 



Resolved, That the funeral take place on Thursday, the 16th of 

 May, at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, at half past 

 four o'clock P. M. 



Resolved, That the Regents meet at the Institution on Thursday 

 next, at four o'clock P. m., to attend the funeral in a body. 



Resolved, That a committee, consisting of General Sherman, 

 Hon. Peter Parker, and Professor S. F. Baird, Assistant Sec- 

 retary of the Institution, be appointed to make arrangements for 

 the funeral ceremonies. 



Resolved, That a meeting of the Board of Regents be held on 

 Friday next, 17th of May, at ten o'clock A. M., for the purpose 

 of transacting such business as may come before it. 



The Board then adjourned. 



