SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 31 



JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



AT THEIR SECOND MEETING. 



WEDNESDAY, December 9, 1846. 



This being the second Wednesday of December, the Board of 

 Regents met, pursuant to their resolution of the 9th day of Sep- 

 tember last, fixing their regular meetings. 



Present — George M. Dallas, Chancellor, Wat. W. Seaton, 

 George Evans, Robert Dale Owen, William J. Hough, 

 Richard Rush, Joseph G. Totten. 



The number fixed by the act establishing the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution as a quorum being five, a quorum was in attendance. 



At 11 o'clock, A. M. the Chancellor took the chair and called 

 the Board to order. 



Mr. Hough, from the Committee appointed to wait on the Presi- 

 dent of the United States, and the other persons named in the 

 fourth section of the act to establish the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and obtain their written consent to the selection and appropriation 

 of the public reservation called the "Mall," west of Seventh 

 street west, in the City of Washington, by the Regents, as a site 

 for the necessary buildings for said Institution, reported : 



That on the fifth day of December instant, he called upon the 

 President of the United States and the other persons named in 

 said fourth section of the act establishing said Institution, and so- 

 licited their assent to the selection and appropriation by said Re- 

 gents of all that portion of said reservation lying west of Seventh 

 street west, in said city, as a site for the necessary buildings for 

 said Institution, pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Regents 

 heretofore passed making such selection and appropriation ; but 



