74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Resolved, That a copy of this resolutioa be transmitted to the family of the 

 deceased. 



On motion of Gbneral Garfield, the Secretary was directed to have these 

 resolutions, and a suitable notice of the late Mr. Seaton, inserted in the next 

 annual report. 



The Secretary stated that it would be necessary to make provision for sup- 

 plying the place of Mr. Seaton, and perhaps some new arrangements in regard 

 to the method of keeping the accounts, paying bills, &c. 



The Chancellor suggested that the income of the Institution should be placed 

 in the treasury of the United States, or in a government depository ; and, 



On motion, it was 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed to consider the subject of the proper 

 deposit of the income, and of any change which might be necessary in regiird 

 to the system of accounts, and repo?t at the next meeting. 



The Chancellor appointed General Delafield, General Garfield, and the Sec- 

 retary as the committee. 



The Board then adjourned to meet on Friday evening, at 7^ o'clock. 



Washington, February 1, 1867. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution was held 

 this day at 8 o'clock p. m. in the laboratory of the Institution. 



Present : Chief Justice Chase, Chancellor ; Hon. L. F. S. Foster, President of 

 the Senate ; Hon. L. Trumbull, Hon. J. W. Patterson, Hon. J. A. Garfield, 

 Hon. J. F. Farnsworth, General R. Delafield, Professor Louis Agassiz, Hon. 

 R. Wallach, and the Secretary, Professor Henry. 



The Chancellor took the chair. 



The minutes were read and approved. 



The Secretary presented a petition from William De Beust, asking for remu- 

 neration for losses by the fire at the Institution. 



On motion of Mr. Foster, it was 



Resolved, That the Secretary be authorized to settle with William De Beust 

 at a fjiir valuation for his tools lost during the fire at the Institution in Janu- 

 ary, 1865, in full payment of his claims, the amount not to exceed five hun- 

 dred dollars. 



The Secretary presented the following memorial which had been offered to 

 Congress by the special committee : 



MEMORIAL OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITU- 

 TION. 



To the lionorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assemhled : 

 The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have directed the un- 

 dersigned to transmit to your honorable body the resolution herewith appended, 

 and to solicit the passage of an act in accordance therewith. 



It is known to your honorable body that the original sum received into the 

 United States treasury from the bequest of James Smithson, of England, was 



