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On motion of Mr. Bache, 

 Resolved, That the Executive Committee be authorized to ar- 

 range with the Secretary the time and manner of the discharge 

 of the duties enjoined on him by law, and by the resolutions of 

 the Regents. 



Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed by the 

 Chancellor, to procure the introduction, if they deem it expedient, 

 of a bill amendatory of the act establishing this Institution. 



Mr. Owen, Mr. Hough, and Mr. Evans were appointed the said 

 committee. 



It having been suggested by Mr. Evans, that, on the minds of 

 one or more of the Regents, a doiibt existed as to the passage of 

 the resolution, No. 7, in yesterday's proceedings, or whether it 

 was not to be considered as among those postponed until the 

 Board could meet again, and avail itself of the advice of the 

 Secretary elect, 



It was unanimously ordered, that it be considered as among the 

 postponed resolutions, and it was postponed accordingly, till the 

 next session. 



The following is the resolution referred to : 



Resolved, That it is expedient to include, ultimately, in the plan 

 of the Institution, popular lectures on useful subjects; as on agricul- 

 ture and its latest improvements ; on the productive arts of life ; 

 on the sciences, and the aid they bring to labor ; on common 

 school instruction, including the proper construction of school 

 rooms, the most approved apparatus for teaching, and the most ju- 

 dicious management, moral and intellectual, of children in common 

 schools ; also, if suitable lecturers be found, on history, natural 

 and civil, including the physical history of the various races of 

 men, and the gradual advance of each to its present state of civil- 

 ization ; on political economy, in its practical connexion with the 

 every day business of life ; and, generally, on any department of 

 useful knowledge not strictly professional. 

 On motion of Mr. Owen, 



Resolved, That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be 

 entitled to participate in the deliberations of the Board of Re- 

 gents, but without vote. 



