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Excerpt from Report From the Board of Regents: Submitted to Congress, of the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Smithsonian Institution, March 3, 1847 At a meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, held at the city of Washington, on Monday, the 7th day of September, an Domini 1846, present - Hon. George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States;Hon. R. B. Taney, Chief Justice;Hon. Wm. W. Seaton, Mayor of the city of Washington;Hon. George Evans, Senator;Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, Senator;Hon. Robert Dale Owen, Representative;Hon. Wm. J. Hough, Representative;Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, Representative;Hon. Rufus Choate, of Mass., Citizen at large;Gideon Hawley, LLD., of New York, Citizen at large;Hon. Richard Rush, of Penn., Citizen at large;Alexander Dallas Bache, LLD., National Institute;Col. Joseph G Totten, National Institute. For the purpose of a preliminary organization of said board, Hon. George M. Dallas was appointed President, and Hon. Wm. J. Hough Secretary. On motion, it was Resolved, That the President appoint a suitable person doorkeeper, who shall also act as messenger of said board during the present session. Whereupon, the President appointed William McPeak doorkeeper and messenger. On motion, it was Resolved, That the Rules and Orders of the Senate of the United States be adopted as the Rules and Orders for the government of this board, until others shall be adopted in their stead. On motion, it was Resolved, That the Secretary of this institution, hereafter to be elected, procure from the Department of State a copy of the joint resolution of the two houses of Congress by which a portion of the regents of this institution were appointed; and that he also procure from the Secretary of the Senate and from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, a certificate of the appointment of the regents from their respective houses, and file the same in the office of the Secretary of said institution. On motion, it was Resolved, That ail further action of this board in relation to the election of officers be postponed until to-morrow. On motion, the board adjourned to to-morrow. Tuesday, September 8, 1846. The Board of Regents met pursuant to adjournment. Present, the same regents named in yesterday's proceedings, except Mr. Totten, who is absent in consequence of sickness. On motion, the board then proceeded to the election of a Chancellor, by ballot; and, upon counting the ballots, it appeared that Hon. George M. Dallas was unanimously elected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Report from the Board of Regents: Submitted to Congress, of the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Smithsonian Institution, March 3, 1847 (Classic Reprint) by Unknown Author (Paperback / softback, 2015)

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