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And the question being put on agreeing to the same, 



It \vas decided in the affirmative. 



The remainder of the resolutions were then postponed for the present. 

 On motion of Mr. Owen, 



The board then proceeded to elect a secretary by ballot, when it ap- 

 peared that there* were twelve votes cast, of which Professor Joseph 

 Henry, of Princeton, New Jersey, had a majority, and was declared by 

 the Chancellor duly elected Secretary of the insritotion. 



The board proceeded to the consideration of the motion made by Mr. 

 Breese yesterday, that. the vote by. which the resolution adopting a site 

 for the buildings of the institution be reconsidered. 



And the question being put. Will the board reconsider the said vote? 



It was decided in the negative. 



So the said resolution stands adopted. 



The board adjourned until 10 o'clock, a. m., to-morrow. 



FRIDAY, December 4, 1S46. 



The board proceeded to the consideration of the resolutions accompa- 

 nying the report of the Committee on Organization ; when 



The following of the said resolutions (numbered as they were report- 

 ed) were read and agreed to, viz : 



[No. 3.] Resolved, That the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of 

 War, and of the Navy of the United States, be respectfully invited to 

 furnish to consuls and other public officers, in this and foreign countries, 

 under their respective departments, such suggestions as they may deem 

 proper in regard to the procurement, as opportunity offers, of additions to 

 the museum of the institution, especially to its ethnological department; 

 that three hundred copies of this repDrt, when printed, be placed at the 

 disposal of each of the above named Secretaries, as an explanation to these 

 public functionaries of the views of the institution in regard to a museum; 

 and that five hundred dollars bo, and the samiC is hereby, appropriated, 

 out of the accruing interests, to pay transportation or other expenses con- 

 nected with the transmission from foreign parts to 'Washington of any 

 collections thus made ; and to such contributions, when placed in the 

 museum, the name of the~ officer obtaining and forwarding the same 

 shall in all cases be appended. 



[No. 4.] Resolved, That the Secretary of War be respectfully invited 

 to furnish to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs such suggestions as he 

 may deem proper regarding the procurement from the Indian country of 

 collections for the njuseum of the Smithsonian Institution, illustrating 

 the natural history of the country, and more especially the physical his- 

 torj?", manners and customs, of the various tribes of aborigines on the 

 North American continent; tl at one hundred copies of this report, when 

 printed, be placed at his disposal, as a means- of informing the various 

 Indian agents of the special character of the collections desired ; and that 

 the sum of five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, annually ap- 

 propriated, out of the accruing interests of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 for the procurement and transportation of such Indian collections ; and, 

 when placed in the museum, there shall be appended to each the name of 

 the agent through whom the same may be procured. 



[No. 5.j Resoloed, That the public generally be invited to furnish con-- 



