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[[red-inked stamp]] ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. [[/stamp]]

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

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WASHINGTON, January 13, 1886.

In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution fixing the time of the annual session on the second Wednesday in January of each year, the Board met this day at 10 o'clock A.M.

Present: The Chancellor, Chief-Justice MORRISON R. WAITE; Hon. SAMUEL B. MAXEY, Hon. JUSTIN S. MORRILL, Hon. OTHO R. SINGLETON, Hon. WILLIAM L. WILSON, Hon. WILLIAM W. PHELPS, Dr. ASA GRAY, Dr. NOAH PORTER, Dr. HENRY COPPÉE, Dr. JAMES C. WELLING, General MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS, and the Secretary, Prof. SPENCER F. BAIRD.

Excuses for non-attendance were read from Dr. John Maclean and Senators Sherman and Cullom.

The Chancellor announced the election of Senator John Sherman as President pro tempore  of the Senate on the 7th December, 1885, which placed his name on the Board of Regents as acting Vice-President of the United States.

He also announced the appointment by the Vice-President (Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks), on the 23d of March, 1885, of Hon Shelby M. Cullom, of Illinois, vice  Hon. N. P. Hill, whose term as a Senator had expired.

The Chancellor announced the re-appointment as Regents, by joint resolution of Congress, December 26, 1885, of Dr. J. Maclean, Dr. A. Gray, and Dr. H. Coppée, whose terms had expired, and the appointment of General M. C. Meigs, vice General Sherman, whose term had expired, and who was no longer a citizen of Washington.

He also announced the appointment by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Hon. J. G. Carlisle), on the 12th January, 1886; of Hon. O. R. Singleton, Hon. W. L. Wilson, and Hon. W. W. Phelps, as Regents for the term of the Forty-ninth Congress.

The Secretary stated, in accordance with the rules of the Board during its recess, the remaining members of the Executive Committee had filled the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of service as a Regent of General Sherman, by the appointment, in June, 1885, of Dr. Coppée.

On motion of Mr. Singleton, it was-
   
Resolved, That Dr. Henry Coppée be elected to fill the vacancy in the Executive Committee.

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