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to wait upon the President of the United States, and lay before him a 

 certified copy of said resolution ; and that the Secretary communicate a 

 copy of the same to each of the officers mentioned in the act of Congress 

 establishing ihe institution. 



On motion of Mr. Evans, 



Ordered^ That tlie Chancellor and each chairman of a committee be a 

 committee to prepare " a report of the operations, expenditures, and con- 

 dition of the institution,-" for submission to Congress, agreeably to the 

 third section of the act establishing the same. 



The board adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, meridian. 



WEDNESDAY, December 2, 1S46. 



Mr. Choate, one of the regents, appeared. 



A motion was made by Mr. Breese to reconsider the vote by which the 

 board yesterday adopted the resolution selecting and adopting a site for 

 their buildings. 



After debate, 



The motion of Mr. Breese was postponed until to-morrow. 



The resolutions reported yesterday by Mr. Owen, from the Committee 

 on Organization, came up in order for consideration. 



At the suggestion of Mr. Choate that he wished to examine the report 

 accompanying them. 



On motion of Mr. Owen, they were further postponed until to-morrow. 



Mr. Breese laid on the table the following resolution : 



Resolved, That at one o'clock, p. m., to morrow, the board will proceed 

 to the election of a secretary of the institution. 



The board adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, meridian. 



THURSDAY, December 3, 1S46. 



Mr. Choate, from the committee appointed at the meeting of the regents' 

 in September in relation to the formation of a library, made a report, 

 which was read and laid on the table. 



On motion of Mr. Owen, the resolutions accompanying the report made 

 by him from the Committee on Organization were taken up for conside-/ 

 ration. 



Mr. Owen moved that the board proceed to consider the resolution rela- 

 tive to the qualifications of secretary, and numbered 13 ; 



Which motion was agreed to. 



The said resolution was then read, as follows : 



[No. 13 ] Resolved, That it is essential, for the advancement of the 

 proper interests of the trust, that the Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution be a man possessing weight of character, and a high grade of 

 talent ; and that it is further desirable that he possess eminent scientific 

 and general acquirements ; that he be a man capable of advancing science 

 and promoting letters by original research and effort, well qualified to act 

 as a respected channel of communication between the institution and 

 scientific and literary individuals and societies in this and foreign coun- 

 tries ; and, in a word, a man worthy to represent before the world of 

 science and of letters the institution over which this board presides. 



