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134     JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS.

which he was connected, of the death of Prof. Joseph Henry, and to invite them to attend his funeral.

Resolved, That the funeral take place on Thursday, 16th May, at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, at 4.30 o'clock p.m.

Resolved, That the Regents meet at the Institution on Thursday next at 4 o'clock p.m. to attend the funeral in a body.

Resolved, That a committee, consisting of General Sherman, Hon. Peter Parker, and Prof S. F. Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Institution, be appointed to make arrangements for the funeral ceremonies.

Resolved, That a meeting of the Board of Regents be held on Friday next, 17th May, at 10 o'clock, a.m. for the purpose of transacting such business as may come before it.

The Board then adjourned.

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 17, 1878.

A meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution was held this day at 10 o'clock a.m.

Present, the Chancellor--Chief Justice Waite, Hon. H Hamlin, Hon. A. A. Sargent, Hon. R. E. Withers, Hon. H. Clymer, Hon. J. A. Garfield, Rev. Dr. John Maclean, Hon. Peter Parker, Dr. Asa Gray, General W. T. Sherman, President Noah Porter.

General Garfield was requested to act as secretary.

At the request of the Chancellor, Rev. Dr. Maclean led in prayer for Divine guidance of the Regents in their present deliberations.

The following resolutions were then adopted:

1. Resolved, That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution hereby express their profound sorrow at the death of Prof. Joseph Henry, late Secretary of this Institution, and tender to the family of the deceased their sympathy for their great and irreparable loss.

2. Resolved, That in consideration of the long-continued, faithful, and unselfish services of Joseph Henry, our late Secretary, there be paid to his widow the same sum to which he would have been entitled, as salary, for the remainder of this year, and that the Secretary be directed to make payment to her for the amount thereof monthly.

3. Resolved, That Mrs. Henry be informed of this action of the Board, and the desire of the Regents that she will continue the occupancy of the apartments now in her use for such period, during the remainder of this year, as may suit her convenience.

4. Resolved, That a committee be appointed who shall prepare and submit to this Board at its next annual meeting a sketch of the life, character, and public services of the late lamented Secretary, which shall be entered upon the records.

5. Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the Board be requested to make arrangements for a public commemoration in honor of the late Secretary of the Institution, of such a character and at such a time as they may determine.