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Henry as Secretary of the Institution, and invite him to assume 

 the duties of that office. 



Ordered, That Mr. French continue to act as Assistant Sec- 

 retary until the Secretary elect shall appear, and enter upon his 

 duties. 



On motion of Mr. Evans, 

 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. 



On motion of Mr. Evans, 

 Ordered, That when the Board adjourn to-day, it adjourn to 

 meet at 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. 

 On motion of Mr. Breese, 

 The Board adjourned until 10 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. 



FRIDAY, December 4, 1846. 



The Board proceeded to the consideration of the resolutions 

 accompanying the Report of the Committee of Organization ; when 



The following of the said resolutions (numbered as they were 

 reported) were read, and agreed to, viz : 



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

 ury, 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 sug- 

 gestions 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 report, 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 be, and the same is hereby, 

 appropriated, out of the accruing interest, to pay transportation, 



