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On motion of Mr, Evans, 

 The Board of Regents adjourned sine die. 



WEDNESDAY, February 17, 1847. 



The Board of Regents met at 10 o'clock, a. m., pursuant to the resolu- 

 tion of organization. 



Present, Mr. Dallas, (Chancellor,) Mr. Seaton, Mr. Hough, Mr. Owen, 

 Mr. Bache, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Rush. 



The Secretary presented a letter from C. C. Jewett, accepting the ap- 

 pointment of Assistant Secretary, to act as librarian ; which was read, 

 and laid upon the table. 



Mr. Owen offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were 

 read, considered, and agreed to : 



Whereas a bill has been introduced into the Senate of the United 

 States, relative to the site of the Smithsonian Institution, 



Resolved, That if, in virtue of the provisions of said bill, any change 

 in the present site of the institution be made, all the contracts heretofore 

 authorized by the board in regard to building, laying out the grounds, 

 fencing, &.c., shall be and remain in full force, and shall, apply to any 

 new site that may be selected, in the same manner as the same now ap- 

 ply to the site in the possession of the institution. 



Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolution be forthwith com- 

 municated by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury of the United States. 

 On motion of Mr; Hough, 



Ordered, Thai the board adjourn until Saturday next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



Thereupon, the board adjourned. 



SATURDAY, February 20, 1847. 



The following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be paid by 

 the Executive Committee to Mr. Isaiah Rogers, architect, Boston, in full 

 remuneration for plans submitted by him to the board. 



On motion, the board adjourned to meet on Wednesday next, the 24th 

 instant, at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



WEDNESDAY, February 24, 1847. 



The committee appointed on the 5th December last, to " procure the 

 introduction, if they deem it expedient, of a bill amendatory of the act 

 establishing this institution," submit, as the best explanation of their 

 proceedings, the following communication addressed by them to the ed- 

 itor of the " Union," and pubUshed in that paper of the 15th February : 



TO THE EDITORS. 



Sir: The undersigned, appointed by the Board of Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution a committee to " procure the introduction into 

 Congress, if they deem it expedient, of a bill amendatory of the act or- 

 ganizing the institution," have, in discharging the duty assigned them. 



